On Nights Before a Full Moon, People Go to Bed Later and Sleep Less, Study Shows
On Nights Before a Full Moon, People Go to Bed... On Nights Before a Full Moon, People Go to Bed Later and Sleep Less, Study Shows For centuries, humans have blamed the moon for our moods, accidents and even natural disasters. But new research indicates that our planet’s celestial companion impacts something else entirely — our sleep. In a paper published Jan. 27 in Science Advances, scientists at the University of Washington, the National University of Quilmes in Argentina and Yale University report that sleep cycles in people oscillate during the 29.5-day lunar cycle: In the days le...