by David Brooks | Oct 14, 2015 | Economy-Business
New Hampshire’s energy picture got two surprising pieces of news Tuesday: The Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station on Boston’s South Shore plans to shut down in the next few years, and the state’s largest natural-gas plant changed ownership for $500 million. Both reflect the...
by David Brooks | Oct 13, 2015 | Science-Technology
I feel very safe in predicting that you, dear reader, have never thought much about screw threads. Although your life has been filled with screwing together pieces of wood, screwing bolts into nuts and hunting for screws on the floor after dropping them in the middle...
by David Brooks | Oct 6, 2015 | Environmental, Nature
Barry Rock is retired, so you might not pay much attention when he laments that something was better when he was young. When the topic is leaf-peeping, however, you absolutely should pay attention. “There was a time you could count on it like clockwork, that there...
by David Brooks | Sep 29, 2015 | Computers-Digital Devices, Science-Technology
You know how Netflix clobbered Blockbuster using new technology? A very new New Hampshire startup has visions of doing the same thing to Netflix using an even newer technology. The company, named Lbry, wants to deliver content online like movies via distributed...
by David Brooks | Sep 22, 2015 | Computers-Digital Devices, Science-Technology
It’s not entirely true, but perhaps not entirely false, to credit an indignant 8-year-old with public recognition of New Hampshire’s pivotal contribution to the video game industry. As his parents tell it, 8-year-old Alex Baer was taken to a talk in 2000 concerning...
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