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Why daylight saving time may be bad for your brain and health

Turning the clocks back an hour each fall can feel like a gift: an extra hour of sleep. But the trade-off is less daylight in the evening, and the annual switch continues to earn mixed reviews.

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Turning the clocks back an hour each fall can feel like a gift: an extra hour of sleep. But the trade-off is less daylight in the evening, and the annual switch continues to earn mixed reviews. The same is true in spring, when we lose an hour as daylight saving time begins. But this twice-a-year reset isn't so easy for our internal clocks—also known as our circadian rhythms.

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