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Births and Full Moon: Science Debunks a Persistent Old Superstition

A rigorous analysis of birth data contradicts the ancient belief that full moons increase births.

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Contemporary studies observe no statistically significant correlation between lunar phases and human births.

This scientific conclusion persists despite the permanence of this superstition in public and medical discourse.

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