See below for article groupings from Light Pollution News Podcast episodes. Listen every month to stay up to date on the current research and news on how artificial light at night impacts our health.

From A Sparkle of Starlinks!

• A new way to beat jet lag? Engineered cells speed circadian adjustment, Phys.org.

Not Included in Show

• Wearable EEG Recordings Show Dysregulated Sleep-wake and Circadian Rhythms in Hospitalized Patients With Delirium, Neurology.
• Biological and Habitual Factors That Influence Sleep and Circadian Rhythm: A Narrative Review, Cureus.
• Morning sunlight can reset the body clock surprisingly quickly because outdoor light is vastly brighter than most indoor environments, ScienceBlog.
• Fire May Have Transformed Humans From Daytime Creatures Into 24-Hour Animals… Kind Of Like Lemurs, Benjamin Taub, IFLScience.
• Dim light at night modulates neuroimmune and clock gene responses to burn pit emission inhalation exposure in mice, Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health, Part A.
• Effect of organic light-emitting diode on nighttime task performance and melatonin secretion: Randomized controlled trials, Chronobiology International.
• Moonlight, phone screens and standby LEDs: Is your bedroom too bright?, Giedre Peseckyte, Euronews.

From Lighting for Reassurance.

• How to Grieve a Changing Planet, Phil Lane MSW, LCSW, Psychology Today.
• Nighttime light exposure is associated with metabolic dysfunction in schizophrenia: A cross-sectional analysis of the LENS study, SLEEP.

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• Clocking Regeneration: Chrono-Immunology, Circadian Rhythms and Immunometabolic Drivers of Healthy Aging, Frontiers.
• Circadian Rhythm in Restless Legs Syndrome and Its Association With Symptom Severity, Journal of Biological Rhythms.
• How melatonin works and what you should know about it, WWBT.
• Chronic circadian rhythm disruption exacerbates the progression of inherited retinal …, Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science.
• Prenatal circadian rhythm disruption induces sex-specific substance use and mood-related phenotypes in mice, bioRxiv.
• Study reveals a winter version of the biological clock, WSU Insider.
• Sleep Scientists Favor Year-Round Standard Time, Psychology Today.
• What Is Circadian Sunmaxxing? The Science Behind the Viral Morning Routine, Sacramento Bee.
• How bacteria use circadian clocks to colonize their world, Phys.org.
• Night shifts are deadly, not just inconvenient, LA Times.
• The surprising health benefits of watching the sunset, MSN.
• One Nighttime Habit Will Weaken Your Heart After 40, Finds 10-Year Study, Yahoo Health.
• Analysis of the Association Between Outdoor Artificial Light Exposure and Depressive Symptoms in Patients with Different Subtypes of Depression, Journal of Psychiatric Research.
• Nocturnal Dim Blue Light Is Associated with Splenic Immune Dysregulation and Altered CORT-GR Signalling in High-Fat-Diet-Fed Mice, Antioxidants.
• Evolutionary and physiological arguments for the existence of a circalunar clock in humans, BMC Ecology and Evolution.
• The association between artificial light at night and inflammatory bowel disease incidence, surgery, and health services utilization: population-based observational studies, Inflammatory Bowel Diseases.

From Fundamental Rhythms!

• The Impact of Sunlight and Artificial Light at Night on Sleep Stages: Evidence From a 7-Day Sensor-Based Observational Study, JMIR mHealth and uHealth.
• Short- and Long-Term Chrono-Immune Consequences of Dim Light at Night Exposure in Male Mice at Different Life Stages, Clocks & Sleep.

Not Included in Show

• Morning light exposure in the first hour after waking shapes cortisol and alertness for the hours that follow — and most people in modern built environments are not getting it, Nato Lagidze, Space Daily.
• Thousands of Brain Scans Reveal A Worrying Consequence of Night Shifts, Carly Cassella, ScienceAlert.
• After five days in a dark cave, a scienist emerged with life-changing insights, Rhiannon Stevens, ABC News (AU).
• Researchers Say LED Lighting Might Actually Be Hurting You, Noelle Corbett, BGR.
• Impact of cortisol circadian rhythm on psychological well-being in treated Cushing syndrome: a cross-sectional study, The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism.
• Bright City Lights Might Be Making Your Allergies Worse, New York Times.
• Could nighttime light affect brain health? UK researchers investigate Alzheimer’s links, Hillary Smith, University of Kentucky.
• Beyond residential exposure: Mobility-oriented outdoor artificial light at night and its lagged associations with sleep, Environmental Research.
• Brighter nights, greater health risks: intensity-dependent disruptions by nighttime light exposure on sleep and metabolism in diurnal zebra finches, Photochemical & Photobiological Sciences.
• Analysis of the Association Between Outdoor Artificial Light Exposure and Depressive Symptoms in Patients with Different Subtypes of Depression, Journal of Psychiatric Research.
• Nocturnal Dim Blue Light Is Associated with Splenic Immune Dysregulation and Altered CORT-GR Signalling in High-Fat-Diet-Fed Mice, Antioxidants.
• More Than Attachment: Relationships Between Noctcaelador, Night Sky Attachment, and Night Sky Watching Frequency, Journal of International Scholarship.

From Cosmovision!

• When city lights turn blue: Spectral ALAN exposure, LED lighting, and diabetes prevalence using SDGSAT-1, Environmental Pollution.
• Psychosocial responses to outdoor artificial light at night (ALAN): a scoping review, Frontiers in Psychology.
• Association of high-intensity evening light exposure with risk of incident age-related macular degeneration, cataract, and glaucoma: a prospective cohort study of 82,826 participants, GeroScience.

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• Study: Artificial Light at Night Linked to Increased Cardiovascular Risk via Brain Stress Activity, Coco Somers, Natural News.
• Psychology suggests stargazing might be better for us than we realize, Mal James, Space Daily.
• How to Unlock Better Sleep Using Sunlight and Diet, Gary Wenk Ph.D., Psychology Today.
• Artificial light a 'pollutant' to humans, nature and astronomy, Royal Astronomical Society.
• Artificial nighttime lighting may be more dangerous than previously thought, study warns, JUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH, The Jerusalem Post.
• Experts warn of health risks from LED lights across the Gulf Coast, Kellie Burns, Gulf Coast News Now.
• How to bring back the starry sky: Artificial lighting is harmful, can lead to diabetes, depression, obesity, DW.
• LED lighting creating crisis for human mitochondria: Researchers, Rob Taub, News Nation Now.
• The Health Risks of Permanent Daylight Saving Time, Wendy Troxel Ph.D., Psychology Today.
• Western Slope Skies – Circadian Rhythm Part 1: Evolution, KVNF.
• Satellite-derived Light Exposure and Ocular Health: Bibliometric Mapping of Research Trends and Knowledge Structure, Remote Sensing Applications: Society and Environment.
• Spatial Patterns of Opioid Overdose Mortality Risk Across Urban, Transitional, and Rural Communities Using Satellite-Derived and Socioeconomic Indicators, Journal of Urban Health.
• Higher light at night exposure is associated with increased risk of diabetes mellitus: A cross-sectional study of the NHANES database, Medicine.
• Urban light pollution and pollen allergies, New York Times.

From Avoiding Light Fetish.

• Artificial light at night linked to immune disruption, higher death risk, Leo Feierberg Better, The Jerusalem Post.
• Night light disrupts antibody production rhythms, may raise risk of death, Israeli study finds, Sue Serkes, Times of Israel.
• Association between bedroom nighttime light pollution and risk of hepatic encephalopathy in hepatocellular carcinoma patients: a prospective cohort study, Scientific Reports.
• Effects of Exposure to Extreme Artificial Light at Night on Liver Oxidative Damage and Gut Microbiota During Pregnancy and Lactation in Mice, Animals.
• Chronic Artificial Light at Night Exposure Disrupts Circadian Rhythms and Modulates P53 Gene Expression in a Rat Model of Colorectal Cancer, Journal of Medicine and Health Research.

Not Included in Show

• Microsoft tests replacing Windows 11’s Night Light with something better, Kristian Kask, PCWorld.
• The Most Sleep-Deprived U.S. Cities, Mapped, Jenny Cohen, Mental Floss.
• How LED Lights Are Damaging Your Health | Dr. Glen Jeffery & Dr. Andrew Huberman, Huberman Lab Clips, YouTube.
• This Is Your Body on Too Much Light, Meryl Davids Landau, Prevention.
• UT Health San Antonio researchers awarded grant to study how circadian rhythm disruptions may contribute to Alzheimer’s, UT Health.
• Chronic sunlight exposure can disrupt body clocks in skin, Gaby Clark, Medical Xpress.
• Light pollution impairs ovarian function via m6A-dependent miR-421-5p processing-mediated clock disruption, Chronobiology International.
• Light Exposure as a Modifiable Determinant of Mental Health, Current Psychiatry Reports.
• Adolescent blue light exposure reduces exploratory behavior and recognition memory in male and female Long Evans rats, Hormones and Behavior.
• Experts warn of health risks from LED lights across the Gulf Coast, Kellie Burns, Gulf Coast News Now.

From Trust Nobody, Check Everything.

• Moonlight: a neglected driver of primate sleep ecology, Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology.

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• Pollution, noise and climate stress all pose a serious threat to heart health, Arce Domingo Relloso, The Conversation.
• B.C.’s switch to permanent DST adds to the ‘perfect storm’ for poorer adolescent sleep and mental health, Elizabeth Keys, The Conversation.
• Teens are sleeping less than ever and screens aren't primarily to blame, Ari Daniel, NPR.
• Thousands sign petition to stop clocks changing after health warning, Anish Vij, LADbible.
• Association between long-term exposure to artificial light at night and air pollution, and cardiovascular diseases in middle-aged and older adults, PLOS One.
• This is how you can tackle your nighttime anxiety, Catherine Renton, Readly.
• Can dark showering 'genuinely help' us sleep better? Experts weigh in, Emma Stoddart, Hello!.
• Do we really need eight hours sleep a night – and what happens if we don’t get it?, Joel Snape, The Guardian.
• Morphofunctional State of the Liver Under Conditions of Three-Month Dark Deprivation: The Influence of Circadian Disruptions and Melatonin, International Journal of Molecular Sciences.
• Chronic Night Shift Is More Detrimental Than Chronic Light at Night on Circadian Rhythmicity and Metabolic Health in a Female Diurnal Rodent, The FASEB Journal.
• Concomitant exposure to residential greenness, nitrogen dioxide, and outdoor light at night in association with incident anxiety, Landscape and Urban Planning.
• Woman in China develops obesity and health issues linked to sleeping with lights on, The Online citizen.

From Conquering Nature.

• Blue light filters don't work, Patrick Mineault, Neuroai.science.
• Dim light at night impacts circadian rhythms and Alzheimer’s disease-like neuroinflammation and neuropathology in humanized APP SAA knock-in mice, Sleep.
• Light pollution and risk of diabetes: a systematic review and meta-analysis of observational studies, Frontiers in Public Health.

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• Doctor Points Out Health Danger Coming From Our New-Age Industrial Centers: Light Pollution, John Loftus, The Daily Caller.
• Good News—You Actually *Can* Catch Up On Sleep, Experts Say, Sarah Regan, mindbodygreen.com.
• It’s Not Just Your Screens: Why So Many People Suddenly Need Reading Glasses, Passant Rabie, Gizmodo.
• How Nighttime Light Quietly Became a Serious Health Threat, Nicole Pajer, Medscape.
• Late evening room light and sleep restriction reduces the ability of bright morning light to phase advance adolescents’ circadian clocks, Nature.
• A brighter night sky could damage health and well-being, Amanda Morris, Northwestern Now.
• NASA Satellites Show Where Outdoor Lights Worsen Allergy Season, NASA.
• Prenatal Exposure to Artificial Light at Night and the Offspring’s First 1000-Day Growth: A Prospective Metabolomic and Gene-Environment Interaction Study, Environmental Science & Technology.
• Chronodisruption induced by artificial light exposure: Unraveling its molecular pathways and impacts on cardiometabolic dysfunctions, Global Translational Medicine.
• Investigating the Combined Effect of Artificial Light at Night and Noise on Sleep Quality of High School Students, Journal of Sleep Research.
• Space satellites may be affecting your sleep cycle, Julia Musto, Independent.
• Dark Showering' for Better Sleep Is Going Viral. Does It Work?, Aryelle Siclait, Today.

From Look at Me Lighting!

• Outdoor Artificial Light May Extend Light Sleep While Altering Deep Sleep Patterns, Giuliana Grossi, AJMC.
• Exposure to outdoor artificial light at night is associated with a higher risk of ulcerative colitis: a prospective cohort study from the UK Biobank, Frontiers in Public Health.
• Association between artificial light at night and the incidence of anxiety: a global ecological study, Environmental Sciences Europe.

Not Included in Show

• Weaker and fragmented circadian rhythms linked to higher dementia risk, American Academy of Neurology.
• The color of nighttime light affects our moods beyond brightness, Nature.
• Why street­lights blaz­ing into your bed­room might put you at risk of insom­nia, can­cer and heart dis­ease, NICK CONSTABLE, The Mail.
• Scientists discover oral compound that helps “reset” the body clock forward, Asia Research News.
• I Went 7 Days Without Electric Light. Here's What I Learned in the Dark., Olivia James, Yoga Journal.
• Association between exposure to light at night and ambulatory 24-hour blood pressure among college students, Biological Rhythm Research.
• Light matters: Investigating the influence of natural and artificial light on BMI and key mediators, Chronobiology International.

From Connection.

• Bright light exposure suppresses feeding and weight gain via a visual circuit linked to the lateral hypothalamus, Wen Li et al., Nature.
• Impact of artificial light at night on obesity and overweight: a systematic review and meta-analysis, BMC Public Health.
• Associations of outdoor artificial light at night exposure with telomere length and mitochondrial DNA copy number in children and adolescents: Examining sex-specific associations, Environmental Research.
• The impact of nighttime lighting satisfaction on the enjoyment of nocturnal physical activity and mental health, Acta Psychologica.

Not Included in Show

• U-shaped association between outdoor artificial light at night exposure and metabolic syndrome in Chinese youth: Findings from a nationally representative study, Environmental Pollution.
• Humans are built for nature not modern life, ScienceDaily.
• Living and Light, BBC Sounds.
• How Much Melatonin Should You Be Taking?, Julia Forbes, Wired.
• Night shifts can be deadly, Texas A&M University, Futurity: Research News.
• Circadian disruption aggravates non-alcoholic fatty liver disease by activating RIPK1-RIPK3-MLKL axis in mice, Xiaopeng Li et al., Nature.
• It matters what time of day you get cancer treatment, study suggests, Clarissa Brincat, Live Science.
• Nighttime exposure to light may raise cardiovascular risk by up to 50%, Terry Murphy, Harvard Gazette.
• Dark Skies, Better Health, Dr. Lillian Mezey, Crozet Gazette.
• Nighttime surgery increases complication risk in chronic subdural hematoma: a population-based cohort study, Acta Neurochirurgica.
• Night shifts aren’t just tiring, they can be deadly, Zaid Elayyan, Texas A&M.
• Exposure to artificial lighting at night: from an ecological challenge to a risk factor for glucose dysmetabolism and gestational diabetes? Narrative review, Annals of Medicine.
• Modeling the health impacts of urban light pollution: Synthetic populations and behavioral interventions, Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer.
• Your Bedroom Probably Isn’t Dark Enough, Veronique Greenwood, Time.

From 0.68%.

• Are LED Lights Bad for You? The Hidden Health Impacts of Our Indoor World, Susannah Shmurak, The Upside.
• Digital dawn or dimming dusk? the dual impact of light pollution and digital economic expansion on senior cognitive function health in China, BMC Public Health.
• Association between nighttime light and cardiometabolic multimorbidity: a prospective cohort study of UK Biobank, BMC Public Health.
• Computed indoor light conditions due to outdoor skyglow at night, Urban Climate.

Not Included in Show

• Scientists Uncover Yet Another Reason to Sleep in Total Darkness, Margherita Bassi, Gizmodo.
• Experts issue warning after uncovering surprising link to heart disease: 'A public health concern', Alyssa Ochs, Yahoo Entertainment.
• Do you need more sleep in fall and winter? Probably., Laura Kiniry, Popular Science.
• Alzheimer’s might be powered by a broken sleep-wake cycle, ScienceDaily.
• Morning shift vs night shift vs rotating shift: Apollo doctor breaks down the riskiest work routine for long term health, ET Online, The Times of India.
• Sleeping with the lights on? How it may affect your health, from heart disease to diabetes, Global Desk, The Times of India.
• I Went To Bed At 9pm Every Night For A Week – And Reset My Circadian Rhythm, Ranyechi Udemezue, British Vogue.
• Passive vs Active Nighttime Smartphone Use as Markers of Next-Day Suicide Risk, JAMA Network.
• Nighttime phone use linked to higher levels of suicidal thoughts in high-risk adults, Sanjukta Mondal, Medical Xpress.
• Exposure to artificial lighting at night: from an ecological challenge to a risk factor for glucose dysmetabolism and gestational diabetes? Narrative review, Annals of Medicine.

From Myth Busted!

• The Human Mind Isn't Meant to Be Awake Past Midnight, Scientists Warn, Carly Cassella, ScienceAlert.
• Individual-Level Exposure to Light at Night and Sleep Health: A Comparison between Real-Time Mobility-Based Measurements and Indoor Residence-Based Measurements, Environmental Science & Technology.

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• Bright light at night is hell on your heart, says new large study, Michael Franco, New Atlas.
• Alzheimer's disrupts circadian rhythms of plaque-clearing brain cells, Kerry, WashU Medicine.
• Nighttime light exposure may be linked with top killer disease worldwide, Kristen Rogers, CNN, CNN.
• The right timing could make cancer treatments work better, Johns Hopkins University, Futurity: Research News.
• How Qantas Plans To Beat Jet Lag On The World’s New Longest Flight, Jordi Lippe-McGraw, Forbes.
• Research progress on the mutual regulatory mechanism of circadian clock genes and autophagy, Frontiers.
• How changes in light can impact your sleep schedule, Olivia Whitehouse, WHSV3.
• Are LED Lights Bad for You? The Hidden Health Impacts of Our Indoor World, Susannah Shmurak, The Upside.
• Seasonal Depression May Have ‘Overlooked’ Cause, Maria Azzurra Volpe, Newsweek.
• Sleep Service Providers Market Trends and Forecasts, 2032 – Strategic Collaborations and Technology Licensing are Helping Key Players Strengthen their Market Position, Presser, GlobeNewswire.
• This Sleep Lamp Tackles Digital Sleep Disruption, Srishti Mitra, Yanko Design.

From 1 Lux.

• The absolute ‘worst city in America’ to get good sleep is minutes away from NYC — and the Big Apple isn’t far behind, Asia Grace, New York Post.
• Light does not phase shift the circadian clock of subcutaneous adipose tissue in vitro, Biological Timing and Sleep.
• Association between exposure to outdoor light at night and sleep habits in Shahedieh Cohort Study: A cross-sectional analysis, Environmental Pollution.
• Brighter bedroom light at night predicts risk for earlier pubertal onset: a two-year longitudinal study, The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism.
• Association between indoor light at night and obesity among children and adolescents at different physical activity levels: a population-based cross-sectional study, BMC Public Health.

Not Included in Show

• Study finds early exposure to air and light pollution may raise pediatric thyroid cancer risk, Patrick Lewis, Natural News.
• Study links 172 diseases to sleep deprivation, Lance D Johnson, Natural News.
• Light pollution and synchronization with lunar cycles, University of Padua.
• Artificial light weakens menstrual cycle's natural synchronization with lunar phases, study suggests, Stephanie Baum, Medical Xpress.
• The Impact of Lunar Phases During Day and Night Cycles on Perinatal Outcomes: A Nationwide Cohort Study, Birth.
• Analysis of Exposure to ALAN (Artificial Light at Night) in the Urban Space of Madrid and Toledo (Spain) and Its Impact on Human Circadian Rhythms: “Circadian Neurolighting”, Urban Science.

From Barely Tapped!

• The Evolutionary Code of Sleep, Sam Goldstein, Psychology Today.
• Randomised trial reveals a mismatch between preferences for and hormonal responses to anthropogenic light colour temperatures, PLOS One.
• Dual associations of post-sleep and pre-wake light-at-night (LAN) exposure with myopia in children and adolescents, Environmental Research.

Not Included in Show

• Study how screen time affects circadian rhythms, Nature.
• Interaction of daytime and nighttime light exposure on objective sleep quality in patients with bipolar disorder: a cross-sectional analysis of the APPLE cohort, Translational Psychiatry.
• Putting sleep at the center of health care, Katy Smith, U of A.
• Going to bed after midnight could be having a detrimental effect on your health, new study warns, Emma Rosemurgey, LADbible.
• Biometric scanners, circadian lighting, and lattes on demand: How tech is shaping JPMorgan's new HQ, Reed Alexander, Emmalyse Brownstein, Business Insider.
• The Surprising Ways Nighttime Light Wrecks Your Brain and Body, SciTechDaily.

From 10 Point Scale!

• External light schedules can induce nighttime sleep disruptions in a Homeostat-Circadian-Light Model for sleep in young children, Tianyong Yao, Victoria Booth, arXiv.
• Association between outdoor artificial light at night, circadian health, and LDL-C in intracranial artery atherosclerotic stenosis, Clinical Epigenetics.
• Framing exposure to excessive and improper lighting as light-public health, Discover Public Health.
• Effects of Air and Light Pollution on Brain and Behavioral Function: Potential Synergy, Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews.

Not Included in Show

• We should be in a golden age for sleep, Allie Volpe, Vox.
• Artificial light is quietly ravaging our biological functions by disrupting circadian rhythm, Lance D Johnson, Natural News.
• The hidden ways light at night damages your brain, mood, and metabolism, ScienceDaily.
• Going to bed after midnight could be having a detrimental effect on your health, new study warns, Emma Rosemurgey, LADbible.
• How much does light pollution alter vector disease transmission at scale?, African Journal of Ecology.
• Lights Are Brighter Than Ever. Is That Bad for Your Eyes?, Matt Fuchs, TIME.
• Trajectories of Outdoor Light at Night, Small for Gestational Age, and Effect Modification by Socio-Economic Status: A Population-Based Retrospective Cohort StudyArticle link copied!, Ecotoxicology and Public Health.
• Light pollution from street lamps at night could increase risk of heart disease, Meike Leonard, Daily Mail.
• Sleeping with the lights on? Research links nighttime light exposure to heart disease, stroke, Charity Kilei, The Eastleigh Voice.
• How Artificial Light After Dark Rewires The Brain, StudyFinds.
• Effect of gestational exposure to dim light at night on the behavior of rat dams and offspring, Scientific Reports.
• Outdoor light at night and neuropsychiatric symptoms in dementia, GeroScience.

From Establishing Precedent.

• New Research Reveals That Humans Are Seasonal Animals, Matt Davenport, SciTechDaily.
• Editorial: Long-term effects of adolescent stress, sleep deprivation, or circadian disruption on mood and anxiety, Frontiers in Neuroscience.
• Adaptation under constant light or dark: a challenge to the pineal, Journal of Comparative Physiology B.
• Exposure to light and noise at night, and sleep quality in community-dwelling older adults: a cross-sectional study, European Geriatric Medicine.
• Lipid metabolic adaptations during inflammation are controlled by the circadian clock and impaired by light at night, Inflammation Research.

Not Included in Show

• Daylight supercharges immunity: Scientists uncover how the body’s circadian clock helps fight infections, Ava Grace, Natural News.
• How Light Pollution Harms Health Across India, Charu Bahri, IndiaSpend.
• Weaker Circadian Rhythms Linked to Accelerated Biological Aging, Study Finds, HCP Live.
• Dim light at night induces depression-like behaviors during the postpartum period through circadian rhythm related pathways in mice, Translational Psychiatry.
• Light pollution in India is disrupting sleep and hurting health, IndiaSpend.
• Study reveals link between nighttime artificial light exposure, depression, Xinhua.
• Nighttime light exposure linked to heart disease in largest study yet, Helen Thomson, New Scientist.
• Artificial Light Undermines Health: Aligning Modern Life With Biological Clocks, Neuroscience News.
• Improving Our Approach to Studies of Outdoor Artificial Light at Night and Cancer Risk, Environmental Health Perspectives.
• Saving from the dark side of light at night: differential effects of complete darkness in the first and second half of dimly illuminated nights on sleep and metabolism, Journal of Comparative Physiology A.

From Identity.

• When doctors describe your brain scan as a “starry sky,” it’s not good, Beth Mole, Ars Technica.
• The impact of light pollution on the number of hospitalizations due to cardiovascular diseases, European Journal of Preventive Cardiology.

Not Included in Show

• A Feng Shui Expert Helped Elevate My Bedroom—And My Sleep, McKenzie Dillon, Forbes.
• I've Tried Everything To Wake Up Energized—Here Are 5 Things That Work, Sarah Regan, mindbodygreen.com.
• If You Do This To Fall Asleep, You May Be At Greater Risk Of Dementia, Gretchen Lidicker, mindbodygreen.com.
• the best blue light blocking glasses, Fitnessista, Fitnessista.
• I'm A Natural Night Owl: Here's How I Trained Myself To Be Up At 6:30 A.M., Angela Holliday Bell Md, mindbodygreen.com.
• Daylight can boost the immune system’s ability to fight infections – new study, Chris Hall, The Conversation.
• Late nights and short sleep: New study links teen sleep biotypes to brain development, Willow Tohi, Natural News.
• Addicted to melatonin? Why doctors are concerned, Tega Egwabor, Rolling Out.
• New Research Uncovers How Shift Work Impacts Muscle Health, Technology News.
• The diverse roles of the circadian clock in cancer, Nature Cancer.
• Daylight can boost the immune system’s ability to fight infections: New study, Chris Hall, Down to Earth.
• Can Light Pollution Affect Our Health? Here's How, Manya Singh, NDTV News.
• Association between outdoor light at night exposure and preterm birth and effect modification by pre-pregnancy stress: A national population-based retrospective cohort study, Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety.

From Cozy Lychnology.

• Air, Light Pollution May Increase Risk for Pediatric Papillary Thyroid Cancer, Endocrinology Advisor.
• Perinatal Exposures to Ambient Fine Particulate Matter and Outdoor Artificial Light at Night and Risk of Pediatric Papillary Thyroid Cancer, Environmental Health Perspectives.
• Relationship Between Darkness and Healing of Night Sky in Planetarium, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health.
• Association of outdoor artificial light at night on blood pressure and hypertension: Insights from a population-based survey, Journal of Prevention & Intervention in the Community.
• Prevalence of Individuals with Pervasive Developmental Disorders living in Southern California that Have Sleep Disorders and/or Sleep Medication Prescriptions with Respect to Light Pollution at Night, Neurology.
• Early-life exposure to air and light pollution linked to increased risk of pediatric thyroid cancer, ScienceDaily.
• Associations between light at night and mental health: A systematic review and meta-analysis, Science of The Total Environment.
• Stargazing Could Be Key To Your Well Being, And A Clear Sky Is All You Need To Reap The Benefits, Jan Wesner Childs, The Weather Channel.

Not Included in Show

• If You Do This To Fall Asleep, You May Be At Greater Risk Of Dementia, mindbodygreen.com.
• Arizona city named 2nd most restful travel destination. Here's why it's so relaxing, Reia Li, Arizona Republic.
• Synergistic impact of air pollution and artificial light at night on memory disorders: a nationwide cohort analysis, BMC Public Health.
• Outdoor exposure to artificial light at night and breast cancer risk: A case-control study nested in the E3N-Generations Cohort, Environmental Health Perspectives.
• Study Identifies Link Between Body Clock Disruption and Metabolic Disease, Melissa Rohman, Northwestern Medicine.
• Sleep and Memory: How the brain rewires itself overnight, Pranjal Malewar, Tech Explorist.
• Researchers uncover link between heart attack severity and circadian rhythm, News-Medical.

From Operation Daylight Forever!

• Blue Light Influences Negative Thoughts of Self, Sleep.
• Association between outdoor artificial light at night and metabolic diseases in middle-aged to older adults—the CHARLS survey, Frontiers in Public Health.
• Personal 24-hour light exposure pattern with obesity and adiposity-related parameters in school-aged children: a cross-sectional study based on compositional data analysis, Environmental Research.

Not Included in Show

• Astronauts’ Health During Space Missions: Nichi BRITE and Neu REFIX Beta Glucans Could Benefit by Neutrophil-to-Lymphocyte Ratio, IL-6 Control, the Immune Biomarkers of Aging and Longevity, Business Wire, Financial Post.
• Beyond vision: effects of light on the circadian clock and mood-related behaviours, npj Biological Timing and Sleep.
• From Sleep Loss to Suicidality: How Nighttime Light Affects the Mind, Richard Sears, Mad in America.
• I'm A Neurophysiologist: These 3 Sneaky Factors Are Messing With Your Sleep, Jamie Schneider, mindbodygreen.com.
• I'm An OB/GYN Who Works Nights—4 Hacks To Maintain Energy & Sleep Well, Jamie Schneider, mindbodygreen.com.
• Sleep Awareness Month Matters to Me. Here's Why You Should Care, Too, Caroline Igo, CNET.
• What Doctors Really Think of Sleepmaxxing, Angela Haupt, Time.
• When you get hurt matters: Circadian rhythms affect muscle repair, ScienceDaily.
• Why sleep hygiene matters for children and how to implement a good routine, Camilla Foster, The Independent.
• Your Home Is Probably Missing These Items for a Better Night’s Sleep, E! Online.
• Association between outdoor light at night exposure and preterm birth and effect modification by pre-pregnancy stress: A national population-based retrospective cohort study, Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety.

From Shadow Cast!

• My 2025 Wellness Trend Predictions, Katie Wells, Wellness Mama.
• People in industrial societies get more sleep than hunter-gatherers, Michael Le Page, New Scientist.

Not Included in Show

• Night Owls, This Is How Staying Up Late Impacts Your Metabolism, Sarah Regan, mindbodygreen.com.
• UNM Researcher Studies How Night Shift Work and Artificial Light Affect Human Health, Dustin Roberto, UNM.
• Ultrabright light of Canadian synchrotron helping solve society’s most complex problems, Innovation News Network.
• Genetic and epigenetic alterations in night shift nurses with breast cancer: a narrative review, Cancer Cell International.
• Circadian functioning, student wellbeing, and academic achievement: associations with use of electronic devices at night, Biological Rhythm Research.
• Map Reveals America's Most Fatigued Cites, Sean Duke, Newsweek.

From Gateway Topics!

• US Adults Are Willing to Spend Nearly $1000 a Year to Achieve a Good Night's Sleep, CNET Survey Finds, Nasha Addarich Martínez, CNET.

Not Included in Show

• Something in the air: Most polluted city in the UK revealed, Dr. Tim Sandle, Digital Journal.
• Lighting up cancer cells with biolasers, ScienceDaily.
• When the power goes out, health risks rise, Maria Godoy, NPR.
• A push to cool Australian cities may inadvertently increase our skin cancer risk, unless we act, Hugh Stanford, Joe Hurley, Phys.org.

From Share Cookies and Be Friendly!

• The association between outdoor artificial light at night exposure and antenatal depression and anxiety symptoms: A retrospective cohort study in China, Environmental Research.
• Outdoor light at night, air pollution and risk of incident type 2 diabetes, Environmental Research.
• Impact of bedroom light exposure on glucose metabolic markers and the role of circadian-dependent meal timing: A population-based cross-sectional study, Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety.

Not Included in Show

• Cyanobacterial circadian clock uses an AM radio-like mechanism to control cellular processes, University of Cambridge, Phys.org.
• Why the early hours of the day can be especially dangerous to our health, Weizmann Institute of Science, Medical Xpress.
• How the color of light impacts our internal clocks and circadian rhythms, Eric Ralls, Earth.com.
• Study Reveals Why Even a Little Light Can Disrupt Your Sleep Patterns, Ashley Olivine, Verywell Health.
• Why do so many young people suddenly have cancer?, Dylan Scott, Vox.
• Sleep disorders in the land of the midnight sun, CBC News.
• Light exposure differs by sex in the US, with females receiving less bright light, Biological Timing and Sleep.
• Maternal exposure to dim light at night induces behavioral alterations in the adolescent and adult offspring Wistar rat, Frontiers in Physiology.
• Assessing Impact of Light Pollution on Ocular Health: Projecting Legal-Policy Measures, Indian Journal of Health and Medical Law.
• Light at night and circadian rhythms: from the perspective of physiological anthropology research, Journal of Physiological Anthropology.
• Neighborhood social contact and cohesion mediate the relationship between subjectively perceived artificial light at night and mental wellbeing, Journal of Health Psychology.

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• Brighter Nights And Darker Days Can Have a Serious Effect on Mortality Risk, David Nield, ScienceAlert.
• Satellite and brain data show environmental impacts on young brains, Noelle Toumey Reetz-Georgia State, Futurity: Research News.
• Outdoor Artificial Light at Night and Insomnia-Related Social Media Posts, JAMA Network.
• Brighter nights and darker days predict higher mortality risk: A prospective analysis of personal light exposure in >88,000 individuals, PNAS.
• Evaluation of metabolic and haematological impacts of light-at-night exposure on adult male Wistar rats under sleep restriction condition., Dutse Journal of Pure and Applied Sciences.
• Light at night exposure and risk of dementia conversion from mild cognitive impairment in a Northern Italy population, International Journal of Health Geographics.
• Effects of exposure to outdoor light at night on blood lipids in China: a nationwide cross-sectional study, Scientific Reports.
• Circadian desynchrony in early life leads to enduring autistic-like behavioral changes in adulthood, Communications Biology.
• Outdoor artificial light at night and risk of conversion from mild cognitive impairment to dementia, European Journal of Public Health.
• Nocturnal Artificial Light Exposure in Expectant Mothers and Risk of Congenital Glaucoma, European Journal of Public Health.

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• Disruption of circadian rhythm as a potential pathogenesis of nocturia, Nature Reviews Urology.
• Here's the science of jet lag — and how to avoid it during the holidays, Regina G. Barber, Rebecca Ramirez, Rachel Carlson, NPR.
• Scientists develop new lights to help reset American's circadian rhythm, 8QUAD.
• Getting more light in the day and less at night is good for your health. Here's why, Will Stone, NPR.
• Study finds strong link between night-time light exposure and stroke risk, Daily Wrap.
• Dark sky health benefits, National Geographic.
• Bright lights, big city: The health risk posed by artificial light outside, New Atlas.
• Light Has The Power to Shift Your Mental Health. Here's How., Jacob Crouse, Emiliana Tonini & Ian Hickie, ScienceAlert.
• The connections between human health and blue light pollution, WBUR.
• The Influence of Artificial Light Exposure on Indigenous Populations: Exploring Its Impact on Menarcheal Age and Reproductive Function, Journal of Reproduction & Infertility.