The BBC: Do We Really Need The Moon:

You won’t find very many of those who both carry the mind-virus, and who also understand the importance that the moon played in shaping our climate, and in the evolution of all life here on earth – and despite this fact, there are few today in the scientific community, who disagree with the fact that all life here on earth, would be totally different today without the moon, or if life would even exist at all today, if not for the moon.  And even fewer in the scientific community, who would disagree today with the fact that all life here on earth, began as a sort of soup in the Ocean, and with the moon playing the role of a chief stirring the pot.  I really liked this program, in part because I can relate to the scientist, who like me has dyslexia and struggled in school, and then found her niche within science and then excelled!