A recent news release from Lewis County highlighting a new "light pollution" policy drew hundreds of negative responses on ...

States with an overexposure to artificial light pollution—particularly at night—are linked to an increased risk of Alzheimer's disease, according to a new study by scientists at Rush University ...

Our night sky is rapidly disappearing. At our current rate of dumping excess light into the world, a child born today who could see 250 stars right now from their nearby night sky will only be able to ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . High levels of exposure to artificial outdoor light at night and air pollution were associated with elevated ...

A new study found a link between outdoor light pollution and the prevalence of Alzheimer’s disease. For adults younger than 65, excessive light pollution increased the risk of Alzheimer’s more ...

Citizen Science Salon is a partnership between our sister publication, Discover, and SciStarter.Org. For most of human history, we slept under the stars. Instead of staring at electronic screens, our ...

It’s December, and that means holiday lights everywhere -- strung along roof lines, windows, doors and trees. But all those festive lights aren’t good for the environment. They add to a bigger problem ...

Neighbors in Ogden expressed concerns about noise and light pollution from a nearby Amazon facility, as the company purchased additional property across the street.

This article was originally featured on The Conversation. For most of human history, the stars blazed in an otherwise dark night sky. But starting around the Industrial Revolution, as artificial light ...

Many of us have seen images taken from space of the Earth at night. The planet sparkles, dazzling light from cities connected to each other by bright tendrils. It looks eerily beautiful and somehow ...

Exposure to outdoor light at night could put people at a higher risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease (AD), according to a new study published in Frontiers in Neuroscience. "We show that, in the U.S.