Day: February 24, 2009

The canonical website for information is http://www.100hoursofastronomy.org/.  This page will be updated with new local to New York and Brooklyn.  Keep in mind that there is a weather component to this event, but I hope to be able to sponsor both night viewing and some solar viewing, although the Sun has been very quiescent (no …

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Yet another study has found a connection between cancer and night-time lighting.  Last time it was breast cancer, this time is it prostate cancer.  In Darkness, Melatonin may Suppress Breast and Prostate Cancers, Science News reports on another study that shows a link between burning the midnight oil and human health. The great irony to …

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