http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-23405941 Full Moon 'disturbs a good night's sleep' http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/southern_counties/6723911.stm Crackdown on lunar-fuelled crime
I'd love to see something proven about influence of the moon on human brains. I've always thought there was a kernel of truth to some tales, after all nature gives us so many wonderful examples of synchronisation of animal behaviour with the full moon. (I bet though that the first werewolf tale was actually based on a woman )
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Thought this thread might coincide with a Full Moon but I see from the Moon Phase feature on the Portal it's only 69%.
I'm sure I read somewhere that psychiatric admissions go up during a full moon. I've wondered about the moons influence on our bodies, given the amount of water we carry in our bodies. Moons affect tides, so why not humans?
Took this through my spotting scope. (edited typo) Not a brilliant photo , it looks better with human eye .
Well, thanks Owen. I just popped outside to have a look and got hit on the head with a rather large pine cone. Is that a good or bad omen? Also too cloudy here to get a clear view.
Look out for the SuperMoon. With luck, it will crash into planet earth and wipe out a few species. It's a depressing world these days! Supermoon science: November 2016 moon biggest and brightest in 60 years
Amberdog mentioned psychiatric problems at full moon. Once my work involved a psychiatric hospîtal in Malaya, and when the full moon was due the patients were locked up. Normally they had a lot of freedom, but at this time they could evidently flip and go on the rampage. Something to do with the extra light interfering with part of the brain that would normally induce sleep. As a coincidence, I was just listening to Richter playing that lovely theme from Rachmaninov's piano concerto No. 2 - "Full Moon, and empty arms."
BBC rolling out that same Swiss study again but with a few bits added ... Can a full Moon really affect your sleep?
