Lunar meteorites represent a more random sampling of lunar material than the Apollo or Luna collections and, as such, lunar meteorite impact melt ages are the most important data in nearly 30 years with which to reexamine the lunar cataclysm hypothesis. Within the lunar meteorite breccias MAC 88105, QUE 93069, DaG 262, and DaG 400, seven to nine different impact events are represented with 40Ar...

The first meteorite from the Moon was not recognized until 1982, nine years after the last Apollo lunar mission. Since then, a remarkable 66 more have been found and recognized (Fig. 1). Initially, lunar meteorites were found exclusively in Antarctica by organized expeditions sponsored by the Japanese and U.S. governments. Although the rate of discovery in Antarctica has remained relatively con...

the purpose of the present study is to investigate the effects of moon phases on suicides, car accidents, and psychic crises. the data were obtained from archives of imam khomeini hospital, traffic office, and razi psychiatric hospital in tabriz. the sample consisted of 808 suicide cases and 6301 cases of city car accidents in 1989, and 3632 cases admitted to psychiatric hospital during the yea...

This December marks 40 years since Gene Cernan and Harrison “Jack” Schmitt of Apollo 17 left the lunar surface and returned safely to Earth. This anniversary has been given additional poignancy by the death earlier this year of Neil Armstrong, the first man to set foot on the Moon with Apollo 11 in July 1969. The history of the Apollo project, and its geopolitical motivation within the context ...

Background: Fasting during the holy month of Ramadan (fasting) for Muslims is a religious duty. The impact of fasting on some diseases has been reported in medical literature. This study evaluated the effects of fasting on appendicitis. In this population-based descriptive study, we investigated whether the incidence of acute appendicitis differs during fasting compared to other non fasting lun...

For the past 40 years, the Moon has been described as nearly devoid of indigenous water; however, evidence for water both on the lunar surface and within the lunar interior have recently emerged, calling into question this long-standing lunar dogma. In the present study, hydroxyl (as well as fluoride and chloride) was analyzed by secondary ion mass spectrometry in apatite [Ca(5)(PO(4))(3)(F,Cl,...