Can't Sleep? Blame The Moon

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The moon could be to blame for a bad night's sleep, researchers now say. These findings are the first reliable evidence that lunar rhythms can influence sleep in humans. The moon often gets blamed for madness on Earth. In fact, the Latin name for the moon, Luna, is the root of the word 'lunatic.'

Scientists Christian Cajochen from the Psychiatric Hospital of the University of Basel in Switzerland found the lunar cycle seems to influence human sleep, even when one does not see the moon and is not aware of the actual moon phase.