Excessive artificial light at night (ALAN) doesn’t just pollute the sky. It may also pollute the brain. That’s according to a surprising new study focused on light pollution and Alzheimer’s disease ...

An MRI of a human brain. (Image courtesy of Pixabay) (CN) — Since the widespread electrification of cities began at the turn of the 20th century, the proliferation of light pollution has visibly ...

Can Hoya's budget-friendly Starscape filter reduce light pollution and take your night city shots and astro pictures to the ...

Scientists are tapping into photographs taken by astronauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS) to reliably measure the amount of light pollution worldwide. This study not only includes the ...

Light pollution is bad. Not only is it bad for astronomers—making it harder for them to see the night sky and study the stars—but now researchers believe there might be a connection between light ...

University of Sheffield provides funding as a founding partner of The Conversation UK. Light pollution is a growing issue. Over the past 25 years, artificial lighting has surged by 49% worldwide. For ...

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.

You may have seen reports late last month about a new study showing how too much light at night is affecting birds — the latest sign of a problem that has implications for us, too. The study’s ...

*New research suggests that excessive light pollution may increase the risk of Alzheimer’s disease. A study published in Frontiers in Neuroscience found a strong association between high levels of ...