The glow of streetlights, phone screens, and bedroom televisions may be doing far more damage to human health than most ...

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.

Charles Fulco, a NASA Solar System Ambassador, teacher, and host of the Science@Home podcast, illuminates the issue of light pollution. Light pollution is the bane of neighbors, motorists, ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. Scientists researching the prevalence of Alzheimer’s disease ...

SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) -- Excess light cast into the sky is now seen as a form of pollution with real impacts on the environment. The State of California is now considering a bill that would be a ...

While lawmakers focus on power and water demands, round-the-clock industrial lighting from massive facilities threatens both ...

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 ...

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 ...

DarkSky International and the American Astronomical Society are urging people to tell the FCC to reject SpaceX's ambitious ...

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 ...

Malta hosts regionally important seabird populations particularly of the Yelkouan Shearwater and the European Storm-petrel.

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 ...