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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:

• Reducing light pollution, this city 'went dark' to save birds — and it worked, Good Good Good.
• Cool' white car headlights more likely to dazzle moths, Science Daily.
• Town Pilots New Streetlights On Main Street To Combat Light Pollution, Nantucket Current.
• DarkSky International launches new lighting policy templates for municipalities and territories, Drew Reagan, Dark Sky International.
• Exposure to constant artificial light alters honey bee sleep rhythms and disrupts sleep, Scientific Reports.

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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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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:

• It’s Almost Halloween. That Means It’s Time for a Bat Beauty Contest, KQED Arts, KQED.

• The moon’s influence on the activity of tropical forest mammals, Proceedings of the Royal Society B.

• Shedding light with harmonic radar: Unveiling the hidden impacts of streetlights on moth flight behavior, PNAS.

• Archaeologists Explore Life After Dark in the Ancient Night, Nancy Gonlin and April Nowell, Atlas Obscura.

• light pollution more light FRIGHT pollution (for best effect please read this sentence on all hallow's eve), Qwantz.com.

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This month, host Bill McGeeney is joined by Kevin Beare, whom you may know better as CapeMayAstro, Michael Rymer from Dark Sky makes a return visit, and the always insightful, Frank Turina of the Night Sky Resource Center joins us once again!

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Bill's Picks:

• Beaker Street Science Photography Prize, Beaker Street Science Festival.
  
  
• Lights Out Greenwich! New Town Lighting Regulations Target Light Pollution, Greenwich Free Press.
  
  
• ‘Clear message’ from community on dark skies, Sunshine Coast Council.
  
  
• Service proposes to list the Bethany Beach firefly as threatened, Jalyn Williams, US Fish & Wildlife Service.
  
  
• Foxfire Brings Magical Light to the Dark Forest, Leigh Ann Henion, Atlas Obscura.

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This month, host Bill McGeeney is joined by Kevin Beare, whom you may know better as CapeMayAstro, Michael Rymer from Dark Sky makes a return visit, and the always insightful, Frank Turina of the Night Sky Resource Center joins us once again!

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Bill's Picks:

• SpaceX launches 5 giant BlueBird smartphone satellites for AST SpaceMobile, lands rocket, Avery Truman, Space.com.
  
  
• An Innovative New Approach to Light Pollution Measurement by Drone, Drone.
  
  
• Hit the lights: Mets outfit Citi Field for electric light shows, Associated Press.
  
  
• Power Outages in the Southeast US Following Helene, NOAA.
  
  
• Hit the lights: Mets outfit Citi Field for electric light shows, Associated Press.

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A lot to discuss this month! Host Bill McGeeney is joined by an expert panel featuring the astronomer and artist, Dr. Tyler Nordgren, photographer and Youtuber, Nico Carver, and, thought leader and CEO of Visibility Innovations, Nancy Clanton.

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Bill's Picks:

• Rehabilitation outcomes of bird-building collision victims in the Northeastern United States, PLOS ONE.
  
  
• The effects of artificial light at night on spider brains, Biology Letters.
  
  
• In Iceland, humans throwing baby puffins is a good thing, Alisha McDarris, Popular Science
  
  
• Piraeus Tower is a Greek high-rise icon revived through sustainable strategies, Ellie Stathaki, Wallpaper*
  
  
• Outdoor nighttime light exposure (light pollution) is associated with Alzheimer’s disease, Frontiers in Neuroscience.

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