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How ‘stars’ are helping the French keep the night sky dark

Enlarge (credit: Pete Starman / Getty Images ) There’s been a steady stream of worries that artificial lights are steadily eroding our ability to see the stars. And a recent essay published in Science describes how artificial light affects the timing of events such as greening associated with plants in spring and autumn leaf-coloring. This […]

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Dark Sky’s API, iOS app, and web app will all stop working next year

An example of Dark Sky’s maps from the desktop Web version. [credit: Dark Sky ] A new blog post from the developers of Apple-owned, hyperlocal weather app Dark Sky has announced that the iOS and web versions of the app, as well as the Dark Sky API, will sunset at the end of 2022. Here’s […]