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Wakey Wakey! Digging Into the Science of ‘Spring Forward’

Q'ed Up

English - March 10, 2019 10:00 - 4 minutes - 7.74 MB - ★★★★★ - 62 ratings
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Switching to daylight saving time doesn't just cost us an hour of sleep. It has real physiological consequences, according to researchers.

You can read more of Danielle Venton’s reporting on the science, history and politics of daylight saving time here and here.


Q’ed Up is hosted and produced by Ryan Levi. This episode was edited by Queena Kim.


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