Tag: woo science

Skeptical Woocoverists, rejoice! The mainstream research is starting to reflect the evidence we've gathered in our own lives. https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/moon-bodies-health-sleep-menstruation Ever have trouble sleeping on a full moon? Or noticed that your mental/physical cycles follow a ~30 day pattern? Or gotten super astro-nerdy, and noticed that your emotions follow the transit of the moon through the signs? Hey... there might finally be science to reflect those experiences, thanks to improvements in experimental design. More proof that "science" isn't infallible; it's an approach to reason, and results depend on the elegance of the experimental design. According to this article, prior research was limited by taking snapshot reports of human experiences at random times throughout the moon cycle, which did not reveal any significant patterns. Instead, in this report, researchers tracked individuals throughout the entire moon cycle. This approach revealed significant changes connecting to the phases of the moon, including notable changes to sleep patterns on full and new moons. The scientists behind the research concur: human bodies may...