Your body has an internal clock that dictates when you eat, sleep and might have a heart attack – all based on time of day

Your body follows a circadian rhythm that influences everything from how well your medications work to the best time for exercise.

Shogo Sato, Assistant Professor of Biology, Texas A&M University • conversation
July 1, 2022 • ~8 min

Describing Things That Happen Very Fast
VOA Learning English • voa
June 4, 2022 • ~5 min

How Technology Is Changing Investigative Reporting
VOA Learning English • voa
May 11, 2022 • ~6 min

A boom in fitness trackers isn't leading to a boom in physical activity – men, women, kids and adults in developed countries are all moving less

Research is revealing that fitness trackers alone can be helpful facilitators toward changing a sedentary lifestyle but don’t motivate people to increase their physical activity.

Lindsay Toth, Assistant Professor of Kinesiology, University of North Florida • conversation
May 4, 2022 • ~8 min

5 ways Americans' lives will change if Congress makes daylight saving time permanent

Research suggests that permanent daylight saving time would save lives as well as energy and prevent crime.

Steve Calandrillo, Professor of Law, University of Washington • conversation
April 5, 2022 • ~10 min

Siren call of daylight saving must be resisted, scientists say

Research, experience point to cancer link and other risks, suggesting standard time would be better year-round choice.

Alvin Powell • harvard
April 5, 2022 • ~7 min

Daylight savings: how an hour of extra sunlight can benefit your mental health

From boosted mood, to improved sleep, to more impetus to be outdoors and socialise, longer daylight can have a variety of direct and indirect benefits on our wellbeing.

Shaun Hough, Senior Lecturer, Mental Health, University of South Wales • conversation
March 28, 2022 • ~5 min

11 things you can do to adjust to losing that hour of sleep when daylight saving time starts

Two sleep doctors offer some survival tips to help you adjust to losing that hour of sleep as clocks spring forward into daylight saving time.

Hiren Muzumdar, Director of the Pediatric Sleep Evaluation Center, UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh, University of Pittsburgh Health Sciences • conversation
March 11, 2022 • ~7 min

Why daylight saving time is unhealthy – a neurologist explains

By altering the body’s internal clock, ‘springing forward’ may contribute to an increase in heart attacks and strokes.

Beth Ann Malow, Professor of Neurology and Pediatrics, Vanderbilt University • conversation
March 10, 2022 • ~9 min

Infants need lots of active movement and play – and there are simple ways to help them get it

Even babies who are not yet standing or walking get lots of benefits from active movement – but most infants aren’t getting enough physical activity.

Danae Dinkel, Associate Professor, Department of Health and Kinesiology, University of Nebraska Omaha • conversation
March 3, 2022 • ~9 min

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