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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2009
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NEWS ABOUT: nocturnal darkness

nocturnal darkness stories: 2 news summaries

 It's Lights Out for Earth Hour 


Mar 28, 09 10:44 AM CDT
(Newser) - Earth Hour is under way. The annual event in which cities around the world dim their lights for an hour at 8:30pm local time kicked off in Sydney, Australia, the Age reports. China's Bird's Nest stadium, London's Big Ben, the Eiffel Tower, the Vatican, and the Empire State Building... More »

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environment • Australia • Melbourne • Sydney • Earth Hour • nocturnal darkness

City Lights Linked
to Breast Cancer

Scientists believe lights suppress tumor-fighting hormone

Feb 20, 08 4:45 AM CST
(Newser) - Women who live in areas with a large about of night-time light face an increased risk of breast cancer, and scientists believe it may be because the light interferes with a tumor- fighting hormone, reports the Washington Post. Researchers compared satellite images at night with cancer registries and found breast... More »

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Israel • NASA • breast cancer • lung cancer • light • World Health Organization • satellite images • fluorescent light • melatonin • nocturnal darkness • trichloroethylene • vinyl chloride • polychlorinated biphenyls • University of Haifa • Itai Kloog • Abraham Haim

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