The lunatic fringe: Is moonlight the miracle cure?


	The lunatic fringe: Is moonlight the miracle cure?

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6-28-2008 10:01 AM

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night beneath the moon.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-wellbeing/features/the-lunatic-fringe-is-moonlight-the-miracle-cure-854991.html">The Interstellar Light Collector – to give the contraption its full name – sat 
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since become a magnet for believers in alternative therapies, as well as those 
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