Reading archive 2023-01-06

Opinion: Optimizing DC’s LED streetlight plans for human and wildlife health and safety

Opinion: New DC streetlight tech can let neighborhoods dim the lights – for the health and safety of all - "In the midst of Houston’s LED streetlight conversion, Rice University researchers challenged 'the common perception that more streetlights lead to fewer crimes… [We find] a much muddier picture, suggest[ing] that crime is a reflection of other neighborhood contexts…. '[C]ities should be cautious in expecting direct reductions in crime with the introduction of more streetlights.'"

An airline said her luggage was in storage. Her AirTag said otherwise.

The turtle moms that ‘talk’ to their eggs before they hatch: Turtles aren’t known for their parental instincts, but the arrau is an exception. The discovery is spurring a race to save the chatty species.

Half of Earth’s glaciers could melt even if key warming goal is met, study says: New research suggests that even at 1.5 degrees Celsius of warming above preindustrial levels, the Earth will lose nearly half of its glaciers

Chesapeake Bay cleanup stalls as blue crabs drop and pollutants remain: Biennial “State of the Bay” report grades it at 32 out of 100, putting a key 2025 goal at risk

Ashli Babbitt’s mother arrested by police on Capitol riot anniversary

The happiest, least stressful, most meaningful jobs in America

The world’s torrid future is etched in the crippled kidneys of Nepali workers: One-third of transplant patients at a center near Kathmandu have been young men who worked abroad in extreme heat