A special issue on light pollution, and first aid for mental well-being
First up this week, cleaning up the night skies. As part of a special issue on light pollution, host Sarah Crespi talks with Stefan Wallner, a researcher at the Slovak Academy of Sciences, about why light pollution is so difficult to measure and how coordination efforts between disciplines will help us darken the nights.
Also on this week’s show, a mental health first aid course for scientists. Azmi Ahmad, a postdoctoral fellow at Yale School of Medicine, joins Sarah to discuss steps for supporting mental health day to day and during a crisis.
This week’s episode was produced with help from Podigy.
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Authors: Sarah Crespi
Episode page: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adj2212
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Folge vom 15.06.2023Why it’s tough to measure light pollution, and a mental health first aid course
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