A new social media fad claims that babies born under a new Moon (the so called newmies) develop into students that do better in school than children that were born under different lunar phases. Describe how this idea does or does not align with each of the three hallmarks of science. Is the idea of academic superiority for newmies falsifiable? How could you test the newmie conjecture ?

A new social media fad claims that babies born under a new Moon (the so called newmies) develop into students that do better in school than children that were born under different lunar phases. Describe how this idea does or does not align with each of the three hallmarks of science. Is the idea of academic superiority for newmies falsifiable? How could you test the newmie conjecture ?

The Solar System

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Chapter16: Meteorites, Asteroids And Comets

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