Helle Nächte in der Stadt

In Deutschland kennt ihn fast jeder: Bayerns König Ludwig II. Als Monarch kümmerte er sich weniger um Regierungsgeschäfte als um Kunst und Kultur. Den Beinamen „Märchenkönig“ erhielt er wegen seiner Schlossbauten. 

Ob Powidl, Maroni, Strudel oder Melanzani – in Österreich klingen viele Bezeichnungen für Lebensmittel nach deren Geschmack. Ein Blick in österreichische Kochtöpfe offenbart allerlei kulinarische Traditionen. 

My guest today is Paul Bogard, author of "The End of Night: Searching for Natural Darkness in an Age of Artificial Light."
Today on the show, Paul and I discuss what true darkness actually looks like and the type of un-dark night most modern folks experience. He then shares ...

Around the world, the night sky is getting lighter. Luke Haley and Liz Waid look at the problem of light pollution. 

Lucy Cooke meets some of the animal kingdom’s nocturnal inhabitants to understand why it pays to stir once the sun goes down.She examines some of the extraordinary nocturnal adaptations from the largest group of mammals, the bats, to the mysterious long fingered lemur, the Aye Ay ...  Show more

Most people in North America can't see the Milky Way. The reason? We're ensconced in a luminous fog of artificial lighting 24/7. The evolution of lighting technology over the last century has made it possible to live, work, and play at any hour - day or night. But light pollut ...