David Stone
Founder & Euro Editor
Navigating Apps with Changes in Memory: Join Our Study
December 2, 2025
Weill Cornell Medicine seeks older adults with mild memory loss for a study on improving navigation apps. Participation is valuable,...
Leaf Blower Season, the Annual Assault on Common Sense
Yesterday, the annoying backyard roar told me “It’s leaf blower season again.” The environmentally unsound, intrusive machines deprive manual laborers of earnings. We’d be better off if we brought out some rakes and did it the old way in the…
Lost Sleep and Jangled Nerves: The Rising Onslaught of Noise Harms Mind and Body
Rachel Bluth, Kaiser Health NewsJanuary 5, 2023 Republished with Permission: The Roosevelt Island Daily News SACRAMENTO — Mike Thomson’s friends refuse to stay over at his house anymore. Thomson lives about 50 yards from a busy freeway that bisects California’s…
The Leaf Blower Menace: Why These Noisy Machines Should be Banned
Every autumn, the sound of leaf blowers fills the air. It sounds like every homeowner in America has one, and they are used with impunity to clean up leaves that have fallen from trees. But these noisy machines should be…
David Stone
Founder & Euro Editor