by David Brooks | Nov 8, 2023 | Blog, Newsletter
UPDATE: The referendum was rejected roughly 2-1. Only the Portland area supported it, but just barely: the vote there rounds to 50-50. Maine, which leaped into the electoral unknown by adopting the first statewide embrace of ranked-choice voting, may soon leap into...
by David Brooks | Nov 7, 2023 | Blog, Newsletter
A publication called Electric Vehicles from a century ago (before gas-powered cars killed them off) has been digitized online. A reader on reddit point to this map, showing New England charging stations in 1915: I swear, New Hampshire looks better then than it does in...
by David Brooks | Nov 7, 2023 | Blog, Newsletter
A wasp-like critter from Russia’s far east that lays eggs on the larvae of Emerald Ash Borer, producing its own larvae that eat the EAB, is proving a pretty good biocontrol in Michigan. A study from the US Forest Service (here) found: Life table analysis showed...
by David Brooks | Nov 7, 2023 | Blog, Newsletter
If you, dear reader, are annoyed that your sleep got messed up because you had to change clocks on Sunday, you can follow the greatest of New Hampshire traditions and blame Massachusetts. Daylight Saving Time was instituted in this country during World War I to save...
by David Brooks | Nov 6, 2023 | Blog, Newsletter
(Links to each patent can be found here, using the patent number or inventor’s name.) By Targeted News Service WASHINGTON – The following federal patents were assigned in New Hampshire through Nov. 5. *** System and Method for Powering a Device DEKA PRODUCTS LIMITED...
by David Brooks | Nov 6, 2023 | Blog, Newsletter
The Boston site for Axios news service has an article saying that Logan Airport has begun testing wastewater from incoming planes, looking for viruses. (Full story, although it’s quite short, is here.) They’ll look for “pathogens like the flu, RSV...