Amy Held

Think peelable fruit sweets or textured nerds' gummy clusters.

Even as candy costs spike, Americans are still reaching for it.

The National Retail Federation projects record Halloween spending this year.

The most popular purchase remains candy.

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On Wall Street the Dow is up about 400 points.

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A dawn chorus of birdsong makes clear.

Birds respond to light.

Now scientists who used the total solar eclipse of April 2024 as a backdrop say light may be the most important cue for birds.

Observing them when it was lights out midday, some species seemed unaffected.

But study co-author Kimberly Rosevall at Indiana University told the science podcast Most Wild.

It sheds light on just how attuned birds are to even short changes in light, affecting migration, feeding and breeding as humans flood the night with light pollution.

Amy Held, NPR News.

A dawn chorus of birdsong makes clear.

Birds respond to light.

Now scientists who used the total solar eclipse of April 2024 as a backdrop say light may be the most important cue for birds.

Observing them when it was lights out midday, some species seemed unaffected.

But study co-author Kimberly Rosevall at Indiana University told the science podcast Most Wild.

were affected.