April 21 - 28 is International Dark Sky Week, a global celebration of the night sky during which like-minded organizations and people take action to raise awareness of an inevitable aspect of ...

But the loss of dark skies is felt far beyond its harmful effects on astronomy. "From the darkness needed for a restful night's sleep to the activities we enjoy beneath the stars, the night plays ...

The second installment of the Pulitzer Prize winner’s trilogy about the war animates an entire world — from battlefields and ...

Stephen Hummel, the Dark Skies Initiative coordinator for the McDonald Observatory in Fort Davis, talked about the threat in a recent interview with the Texas Standard. Despite the light ...

The Dark Skies event aims to make more stars visible to the naked eye by reducing the amount of light emitted in an area. The event is being led by the Friends of the Lake District which urged ...

It does not necessarily reflect the view of The Herald. Cumberland Council is backing a Big Switch Off dark skies event by turning off around 70 street lights in Keswick on Monday. The event ...

Katie Mitchell’s photo book “Prose to the People” visits stores around the United States, from the 19th century to today.

Nonfiction works like Halberstam's "The Best and the Brightest" and Terry's "Bloods" exposed governmental miscalculations and highlighted the experiences of Black veterans, solidifying the war's ...

Your book isn’t autobiographical but did you spend ... They don’t make for easy relationships. I like to mine the dark side of humour, the human capacity for cruelty, and to excavate where ...

It can be difficult to work out which books count as climate fiction. Emily H. Wilson reads the shortlist for the Climate ...