by David Brooks | May 31, 2016 | Blog
Next week is a packed one for Science Cafe in New Hampshire – there’s a special discussion in Laconia on Monday about opioid abuse, and Science Cafe Concord on Tuesday discussion the science of brewing. And then on Wednesday, I’m part of something...
by David Brooks | Mar 29, 2016 | None, Science-Technology
As New Hampshire contemplates its energy future, maybe we should include a bit of energy past that has never quite succeeded. That’s the idea behind an intriguing proposal from Dean Kamen’s research firm, DEKA. It wants to power a state-owned building with a Stirling...
by David Brooks | Mar 22, 2016 | None, Science-Technology
If you need help gathering tons of insects to determine whether bad bugs are invading our woods, you could do a lot worse than enrolling a thousand night-flying acrobats to do it for you. Even if the only way to get results is to perform DNA analysis of their poop...
by David Brooks | Mar 15, 2016 | None, Science-Technology
Everybody complains about the weather, but nobody does anything about it, a famous person once quipped, but that’s not entirely true: We measure the weather like crazy, and measurement is the first step to control. Every morning, for example, I check a rain gauge next...
by David Brooks | Mar 8, 2016 | None, Science-Technology
There’s an interesting experiment going on in New Hampshire right now, as we figure out how to shift our electric utilities to some sort of futuristic energy-providing thingamajig that can help us create a world of distributed energy. The experiment involves New...
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