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 ...
For much of human history, the rhythms of daily life were dictated by the sun — when to wake, when to work and when to sleep. But that all changed in the 19th century with the advent of electric light ...
Pavla Rosenstein, a New Haven resident, has not been able to sleep since the city installed new street lights in her neighborhood. She has had to buy blackout blinds to sleep in her own room. “The one ...