As an amateur astronomer I'm always glad to hear of another excuse to darken the night sky. As the development begins to creep into even this remote corner of Manitoba, I can see the day where my own access to a dark sky at home will be gone.
For women, artificial light seems particularly insidious. Draw those blinds to sleep, you city folk.
A Link Found Between Light, Breast Cancer
By MARTIN MITTELSTAEDT
Saturday, January 14, 2006 Posted at 2:13 AM EST
From Saturday's Globe and Mail
The high rate of breast cancer in industrialized countries has long puzzled medical researchers, but a team of U.S. scientists has discovered a possible explanation for why women in developed countries are at high risk of developing the disease.
The answer at first glance may seem unlikely: nighttime exposure to electric lighting...
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