The restaurant's Francophile ambitions exceed its execution, though the staff is sweet and the starlit ambience sublime.

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Scientists at the University of Lund, Sweden, "found that dung beetles can transport their dung balls along straight paths under a starlit sky, but lose the ability under overcast conditions".

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By using intelligent lighting systems that are energy efficient and minimize light pollution, the biosphere reserve was able to bring down its energy needs with the added bonus of clear, starlit skies.

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