Light plays a defining role in a bedroom’s atmosphere. It shapes softness, highlights texture, and influences how different elements settle within the room. Among these elements, the bedside table ...

Astronomical events such as eclipses were central to Maya culture, reflected in the care the Maya took to keep accurate calendars to aid in celestial predictions. Among the few surviving Maya texts is ...

New Harvard research reveals nighttime artificial light poses significant health risks. Even small amounts of light can harm heart health. Studies show a direct link between light exposure and ...

Share on Pinterest Sleeping in total darkness may help lower your risk of cardiovascular disease. d3sign/Getty Images A recent study reports that exposure to light during sleep is associated with a ...

Artificial light at night is causing ecosystems to release more carbon into the atmosphere, according to new research that matched satellite observations with decades of carbon data from the two most ...

The bright lights of the big city might seem dazzling, but they can be hard on your heart health, a new study says. People exposed to high levels of artificial light have an increasingly higher risk ...

Bright lights at night raise the risk of a heart attack or stroke, suggests a new study. Researchers found that exposure to higher levels of artificial light pollution after dark are linked to ...

An international cohort study of the effect on adults of exposure to light at night found that it significantly elevates the risk for cardiovascular disease (CVD) in those aged more than 50 years. “In ...

Times are tough, there's simply no denying that. The rising cost of living has forced many people to have to make some really hard decisions about their own lifestyles, to the point where they're ...

Two new scientific papers may help unlock the mysteries of lights in the sky by looking at sky survey plates from the 1940s and 50s, an era before man-made objects were in orbit. NBC News' Gadi ...

As the sun goes down, we switch on the lights indoors, from overhead to lamp lights. At the same time, bright lights from the street illuminate homes. Screens add to these lights, from television to ...