Despite what frequent Venice visitor Galileo Galilei thought, tides are indeed related to the motion of the moon (and to a lesser extent, the sun).* Two oceanic bulges—one on the side of the ...

Ever since the Titanic sank in the early morning of April 15, 1912, killing 1,517 people, researchers have puzzled over ... by the moon in January 1912 may have produced such high tides that ...