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Daylight saving time could be bad for our health – should we get rid of it?

Daylight saving time could be bad for our health – should we get rid of it?

FromScience Weekly


Daylight saving time could be bad for our health – should we get rid of it?

FromScience Weekly

ratings:
Length:
13 minutes
Released:
Oct 28, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

The clocks go back in the UK this Sunday and many will welcome the extra hour in bed. But research suggests that changing the time like this could be bad for the body. Anand Jagatia speaks to the Guardian’s science correspondent Linda Geddes and chronobiologist Prof Till Roenneberg about how daylight saving time affects our biology – and whether we should get rid of it permanently. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/sciencepod
Released:
Oct 28, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode

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Due to the coronavirus pandemic, the Science Weekly podcast will now explore some of the crucial scientific questions about Covid-19. Led by its usual hosts  Ian Sample,  Hannah Devlin and  Nicola Davis, as well as the Guardian's health editor Sarah Boseley, we’ll be taking questions – some sent by you – to experts on the frontline of the global outbreak. Send us your questions here:  theguardian.com/covid19questions