Light pollution

For most of human history, night was a period of natural darkness. The sun sank below the horizon, the stars emerged in a velvet sky, and the body followed an ancient script that had been written into our biology over millions of years. Today, however, very few of us ever experience a truly dark night. …

Something quiet is spreading across Europe, and it demands almost nothing of you. No equipment, no subscription, no fitness level required. Just a chair, a willingness to sit still, and a view of the sky as it shifts from grey to dark. It has a name that sounds almost quaint: dusking. And if the idea …