Highlights from this episode:
- New Metric
- Apps
- Bird Safety
- Millinery
Intro and outro music by Doctor Turtle
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Headlines and Sources:
A New Circadian Metric
https://www.lightnowblog.com/2025/03/rethink-circadian-metrics-rev-erb%CE%B1-biomarker-for-daytime/
Monash U Gamifies Circadian Entrainment
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-025-93597-y
U of Michigan Creates App to Boost Circadian Entrainment in Cancer Recovery
U of Liege Publishes Paper on Some Inconclusive Interactions Between Circadian Rhythm, Thermoregulation and Memory in Older People
https://www.mdpi.com/2624-5175/7/2/17
1/3rd of Korean Shift Worker Face Sleep Disorders
https://koreatimes.co.kr/www/nation/2025/03/119_394885.html?utm_source=fl
Jet Lag Affects Male and Female Mice Differently
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-03-chronic-jet-lag-disrupts-metabolism.html#google_vignette
Prenatal Circadian Disruption Linked with Neurodevelopmental Issues (in Mice) Kinda
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40118225/
Blue Light Connected to Green Algae Metabolism
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-025-57809-3
Testing Lighting Colors on Stephen’s Island, NZ for Bird Safety
ESO Confirms that Chilean Observatory Will Suffer If Energy Project Goes Ahead
https://www.eso.org/public/news/eso2506/?lang
Vera Rubin Observatory Confronts Low-Orbit Objects
ESA Sets Zero-Debris Standard
https://www.esa.int/Space_Safety/Technological_to-do_list_to_reach_Zero_Debris_created
Philips Lighting Gets DarkSky Recognition for Street Light Product
New Observatory and Dark Sky Space in Fountain Hills, AZ this Fall
Florida Keys Insist They Are an Astrotourism Location
Nevada City, CA Moves Ahead with Lighting Ordinance
https://knco.com/dark-sky-ordinance-moves-forward-in-nevada-city/
Fenwick, DW Studies Dark Sky Options
Dorset, UK Receives Paper on Switching Street Lighting for Health
https://www.aol.com/news/change-streetlights-improve-health-council-074305794.html
Wilkes-Barre, PA Limits Lighting from Food Truck
Rockwood, ON Builds New Welcome Signs with Responsible Lighting
UK Ferry Terminal Revises Lighting for the Better
https://x.com/SReynoldsSNP/status/1904894002979049510
Police at Ohio State U Plan on All-Night Cruise Lighting
https://facilityexecutive.com/cruise-light-program-increases-campus-patrol-visibility/
Filipinos Push Back on Proposed Projections on the Side of Mayon Volcano
https://ph.headtopics.com/news/mayon-volcano-lighting-project-faces-backlash-over-costs-67514541
Glamping Facility in Northern Ireland Draws Lighting Complaints
Fairfax, VA Starts Lights Out for Birds Campaign
https://annandaletoday.com/reduce-nighttime-lighting-to-protect-migrating-birds/
Erie Bird Observatory, PA Hosts Lights Out Event
Lights Out Texas Starts for Migration Season
https://fwtx.com/news/lights-out-texas-safeguards-migratory-birds/
Sea Turtle Nesting Starts Early in Volusia, FL
Summit, NJ Residents Push Back on Proposed Unitarian Universalist Church Lighting
Fairview, TX Mayor Claims LDS Temple is Breach Mediation Agreement
White Stadium Faces Lawsuit
https://www.nbcboston.com/news/local/boston-white-stadium-lawsuit/3660232/
UK Study Reaffirms Headlight Glare Issues
Youtube Car Reviewer mark rober Compares LIDAR Against Tesla’s Camera-Based Full Self Drive
https://electrek.co/2025/03/16/tesla-autopilot-drives-into-wall-camera-vs-lidar-test/
A Different Youtuber kyle paul Recreated the Tesla FSD “Wall Test”
Prof Nick Dunn Publishes ‘Dark Futures: When the Lights Go Down’
Virtual Pop Idol Group, Hololive, Endorses Street Light Vandalism
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bIF4b1tAT18
Berliner Artist Raises Awareness of Light Pollution from ‘Lollipop’ Fixtures by Putting Hats on Them
https://www.rbb24.de/panorama/beitrag/2025/03/berlin-strassenlaterne-muetze-kunst.html