October 2024: See the Stars, Share the Stars!

Light Pollution News

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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פרקים

1. October 2024: See the Stars, Share the Stars! (00:00:00)

2. Green Architecture and Citizen Science (00:13:45)

3. Effects of Light on Human Health (00:29:56)

4. Starry Skies and Mental Health Research (00:38:04)