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Can the moon influence human health? Surprising new research suggests it might. - National Geographic (No paywall)

Yet researchers have long dismissed such claims in humans, with many studies reporting conflicting results. And several large studies have found no uptick in homicides or admissions to trauma centers or mental health unit admissions around the full moon, one of eight parts of a 29.5-day cycle during which the moon revolves around Earth. (Read more about the phases of the moon.)

The results are enough to cast doubt on the long-standing consensus that the moon has no influence on us, as well to investigate how lunar cycles could affect human biology, says Kristin Tessmar-Raible, a chronobiologist at the University of Vienna in Austria, who wasn’t involved in the recent studies.

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