The role is a crucial one, because in order to synchronize and spawn on the same night, the creatures need to be able to stay in step with the patterns of the Moon on its roughly 29.5-day cycle ...

Such clocks could be behind women’s monthly menstrual cycles; recent studies have also shown that sodium levels have a monthly rhythm and that people’s sleeping habits may follow lunar cycles ...

Even one and the same woman can have cycles of different lengths. If they really were connected to the lunar cycle, ... This conjunction may have enhanced the moon's strength as a clock generator.

Think of the phases labeled "new moon," "first quarter," "full moon," and "third quarter" as the numbers 12, 9, 6, and 3 on a clock, respectively. (For those of us in the Northern Hemisphere, the ...

Circalunar clocks: Using the right light A light-sensitive molecule helps marine animals synchronize their reproductive cycle Date: September 9, 2022 ...

Sleep is governed by the circadian rhythm, which is typically entrained to the 24-hour solar day. As the sun rises and sets the human body's metabolism responds accordingly. But in this case study, ...

Scientists say they've found evidence that human sleep patterns are timed to the phases of the moon, and that people sleep 20 minutes less on average during a full moon. "The lunar cycle seems to ...

For centuries, the menstrual cycle has been associated with the lunar calendar in many cultures and spiritual practices. Though often dismissed as a notion unsupported by science, a study published in ...

Researchers studying the lunar clocks of marine bristle worms rear the worms in the laboratory inside plastic containers filled with seawater.