Hi, I'm Michelle Dang, filling in for Wendy Zuckerman this week, and you are listening to Science Verses.

Today, we're pinning facts against falling back and springing forward.

Pretty soon, a lot of us will be changing our clocks by an hour.

And with this biannual ritual comes a chorus of haters.

Daylight savings time needs to die.

Twice a year, I have to mess with my life and move the clock by one hour because of daylight saving time.

I hate daylight savings.

I just would like to have a moment of silence for how much daylight savings fucks up your day.

A lot of people think it's time to say goodbye to these shifts. In fact, a handful of countries have already abolished the switches.

And while in the U.S., hundreds of bills have been proposed to do the same.

There's a new push in Congress to lock the clocks and stop our spring and fall tradition altogether.

Senate unanimously approving a proposal to make daylight saving time permanent.

So a lot of people want to quit changing the clocks,

but there's a lot of debate.

Like, yeah, having that sunlight in the

evening after work is really nice, but people are saying it's bad for health, even dangerous.

That daylight saving time could even kill you. Did you know the number of heart attacks

increased right after daylight saving changes? Having to wake up in the dark is not only uncomfortable, it's actually really bad for your health

long term.

So today, we're looking at the science of spring forward and following back and asking, should

we get rid of these clock changes once and for all?

And if so, what's better for us?

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