<prompt> Fingqa isihloko: Igama elithi lunatic ngokwalo lisuselwa egameni lesiLatini elisho inyanga luna, njengoba abaningi babeqiniseka ukuthi umzimba wasezulwini wawungabangela izifo nokuziphatha okungajwayelekile. Futhi kuyinkolelo esekhona nanamuhla, njengoba abantu abaningi bekholelwa ukuthi inyanga egcwele cishe iqondana nezikhathi eziphithizelayo ezibhedlela noma emagumbini okubelethelwa. Kodwa uDkt. Jean-Luc Margot, uprofesa wesayensi yezinkanyezi namaplanethi eNyuvesi yaseCalifornia, uye wenza ucwaningo oluqinisekisa ukuthi le nkolelo ayinangqondo. Umcwaningi waseNyuvesi yaseCalifornia uthi ukusho ukuthi inyanga ibangela izifo kuyize. UDkt. Margot wathi lapho ukuphila kumatasa ngosuku lwenyanga egcwele, abantu abaningi bayakhumbula lokhu kuhlobana ngoba kuqinisekisa inkolelo yabo - kodwa abakukhumbuli lapho kungenzeki lutho oluthile ngosuku olunjalo. Ucwaningo lwakhe lwalwenzelwe ukubonisa indlela abantu abahlakaniphile nabanengqondo abahlakulela ngayo izinkolelo eziqinile ezingahambisani neqiniso. UDkt. Margot uyabhala: Ukungabi bikho kwethonya lenyanga ezindabeni zabantu kuye kwaboniswa ezindabeni zezingozi zezimoto, ukungena esibhedlela, imiphumela yokuhlinzwa, izinga lokusinda kumdlavuza, ukuya esikhathini, ukubeletha, izinkinga zokubeletha, ukucindezeleka, ukuziphatha ngobudlova, ngisho nezenzo zobugebengu. Nakuba ucwaningo lweminyaka engu-40 olwenziwa e-UCLA lwabonisa ukuthi isikhathi sokuzalwa asihlobene nakancane nomjikelezo wenyanga, inkolelo yokuthi inyanga inethonya iye yaqhubeka ikhona. Inyanga egcwele yilapho isohlangothini oluphambene loMhlaba nolwelanga. Lokhu kusho ukuthi lonke ubuso balo bukhanyiswa yilanga, okwenza kukhanye ngokukhethekile. Inyanga entsha iba khona lapho isohlangothini olufanayo nolwelanga, ngakhouhlangothi lwayo olukude lukhanyisiwe, futhi ayibonakali kangako esibhakabhakeni somhlaba. Ngokwesilinganiso, inyanga iqhele emhlabeni ngamakhilomitha angu-384 000 futhi ithatha izinsuku ezingu-27, amahora ayisikhombisa, imizuzu engu-43 namasekhondi angu-11,6 ukuzungeza umhlaba. Ngokwesibonelo, ucwaningo lwango-2004 olwanyatheliswa ephephabhukwini labahlengikazi, lwasikisela ukuthi inyanga egcwele yayithonya inani labantu abangeniswa esibhedlela emnyangweni wezokwelapha eBarcelona, eSpain. Kodwa uDkt. Margot wakhomba...  <response>: Usosayensi waseNyuvesi yaseCalifornia wafunda izinganekwane zenyanga. Wathola ukuthi izinyanga ezigcwele azihlobene nezifo noma nezikhathizokuxakeka. Abantu babecabanga ukuthi babekhumbula ngoba babezikhumbula lezo zinsuku. UDkt. uJean-Luc Margot wathi: Inyanga ayinacala. 