In mid-February the Moon starts to return to the evening sky. This brings up an ancient puzzle: How does the Moon affect us?
(I’m referring to the Moon’s physical effect on our bodies, not whether the Moon drives you crazy.)
The issue always confuses people. They think, “If I’m made mostly of water, and the Moon pulls untold tons of seawater as it controls the tides, why shouldn’t the Moon tug at my bodily fluids?’
Yet the Moon cannot budge even a gram of your bodily fluids. That’s for two ... more
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