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A central, ceiling light isn’t enough here — although you’ll need that for good, general overhead illumination. The key according to the professionals is a layered lighting scheme. That means a mix of ...

Fluorescence found to be extremely common among mammals, and may be the "default status" — but exactly why that is remains unclear, scientists say. When you purchase through links on our site, we may ...

Life, in its quietest moments, glows gently—so subtly that it’s invisible to your eyes but bright enough for science to detect. Recently, researchers from the University of Calgary and the National ...

NASA's newest spacecraft aimed at studying the sun have captured a colorful "rainbow" in the warm glow of zodiacal light observed above Earth. The PUNCH (Polarimeter to Unify the Corona and ...

Last year, the Shine Light Show brought its festive displays to Lawrenceville’s Coolray Field, delighting families from across the metro. The event returns this year, but with a new name. Now known as ...

Every living thing on Earth appears to carry a hidden shimmer, a vanishingly faint light that is woven into the chemistry of life itself. That glow is so weak that our eyes will never see it unaided, ...

Do rainbows exist on distant worlds? Many phenomena that happen on Earth—such as rain, hurricanes, and auroras—also occur on other planets in our Solar System if the conditions are right. Now we have ...

A central, ceiling light isn’t enough here — although you’ll need that for good, general overhead illumination. The key according to the professionals is a layered scheme to recreate the feeling of ...