by David Brooks | Dec 1, 2016 | Blog, Newsletter
Science Cafe New Hampshire takes December off, but SEE Science Center in Manchester still holds its science-chat-in-a-bar session, called Science on Tap. Its held at the Stark Brewing Company, 50 Commercial St. in Manchester, on Tuesday, Dec. 6 at 6 p.m., and the...
by David Brooks | Nov 23, 2016 | Newsletter
The big tech-business news in New Hampshire the past week was the decision by Oracle to buy Manchester’s Dyn for somewhere between $600 million and $2 billion, depending on which report you believe. Oracle Co. has been in New Hampshire a long time – its...
by David Brooks | Nov 23, 2016 | Newsletter
Our understanding of genetic material allows us to do many important things, and shaming dog-owners who leave canine poop in public places is surely one of them. As reported in the Monitor this week (here’s the story), a Concord man wants to establish a...
by David Brooks | Nov 23, 2016 | Blog, Newsletter
Ten years ago, then-PSNH began operating Northern Wood Power, replacing a 50-megawatt coal-burning boiler (one of three at the Schiller plant in Portsmouth) with one that burns wood chips and other wood byproducts, replacing some 130,000 tons of coal annually. I...
by David Brooks | Nov 23, 2016 | Newsletter
Alternative voting methods are in the news after Maine narrowly passed a ballot initiative allowing instant-runoff ballots in state and federal races, starting in 2018. Knowledgeable folks mention Arrow’s Theorem, which proved that there’s no perfect...
by David Brooks | Nov 22, 2016 | Newsletter
I’m a moderately regular guest on New Hampshire Public Radio, appearing most Tuesdays before 5 p.m. to talk about my Monitor column and occasionally appearing on The Exchange talk show. Much less often I appear on community access and local TV – most...
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