All Around Science

276 - Light Polution

All Around Science

Show Notes

On today’s episode: Finally some good news for science in the United States! Light pollution is making our cities brighter and stars dimmer. All that and more today on All Around Science...

RESOURCES Under anti-vaccine RFK Jr., CDC slashes childhood vaccine schedule | Ars Technica Appeals court agrees that Congress blocked cuts to research costs | Ars Technica NASA’s science budget won’t be a train wreck after all | Ars Technica https://www.uantwerpen.be/en/research-groups/behavioural-ecology-ecophysiology/news/skyglow/ https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.1600377 https://royalsocietypublishing.org/rstb/article/378/1892/20220352/109340 https://theconversation.com/more-lighting-alone-does-not-create-safer-cities-look-at-what-research-with-young-women-tells-us-113359 https://darksky.org/app/uploads/2014/09/Chicago-Alley-Lighting-Project.pdf#page=55.09 https://www.ojp.gov/ncjrs/virtual-library/abstracts/improved-street-lighting-and-crime-prevention-systematic-review

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