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This month, host Bill McGeeney is joined by Dr. Mario Motta, lighting designer Glenn Heinmiller, and, advocate, David Lefevre!

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Bill's Picks:

• Here are 5 major threats to Ireland's remaining dark skies, George McMillan, RTE.
• Young People Are Losing Their Cultural Heritage to Light Pollution, Paige Cromley, Sierra.
• Rethinking Occasional Outdoor Lighting: A Kinder, Gentler, More Nature-Friendly Glow, Kendra Wilson, Gardenista.
• Brighter nights and darker days predict higher mortality risk: A prospective analysis of personal light exposure in >88,000 individuals, PNAS.

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A panel of guests from 2024 reflect on their favorite news stories of 2024 They discuss significant victories, such as the community-led opposition against the MSG Sphere project and the introduction of regulations in various countries addressing light pollution.

- Community success in opposing MSG Sphere project
- United Nations addresses satellite constellations’ impact on astronomy
- New Zealand aims for dark sky continent with light pollution regulations
- Astrotourism trends and their economic potential
- Health implications of light pollution linked to mortality rates
- Increasing awareness and activism against light pollution
- Moab designates dark sky community status
- Alzheimer’s risks associated with nighttime light exposure
- Challenges and solutions for space debris and light pollution
- Importance of public engagement in legislative processes

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This month, host Bill McGeeney is joined by Travis Longcore, Adjunct Professor and Co-Chair of the Environmental Science and Engineering Program at the UCLA Institute of the Environment and Sustainability, and Paul Bogard, author of The End of Night: Searching for Natural Darkness in an Age of Artificial Light, a finalist for the PEN/E. O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award!

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Bill's Picks:

• Brightness of the Qianfan Satellites, Arxiv.

• Space Agency seeks feedback on solutions to light pollution, Adam Thorn, SpaceConnect.

• Labour councillors back residents’ campaign to stop street lighting along The Leas, Ryan Smith, The Shields Gazette.

• Why Scientists Are Linking More Diseases to Light at Night, Marta Zaraska, WebMD.

• Astro Adventurers, Skyscanner.

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