The Clocks Are Turning Back Tonight — 3 Expert Ways to Stop It From Ruining Your Sleep

Virginia lawmakers unsuccessful with bills to end clock changes, but majority want it

RICHMOND — While most of the nation’s clocks fell back an hour on Sunday, a majority of Americans said they want to move forward and stop changing the clocks for good. The end of daylight saving time, or DST, falls on the Sunday after Halloween. In Virginia, this Sunday is also just two days before the statewide election, when voters will decide the state’s next governor, lieutenant governor, attorney general and who gains control of the House o…

What is daylight saving actually saving?

The clocks struck 1 a.m. twice on the Sunday morning of Halloween weekend. This was no accident. This was the end of daylight saving.  Daylight saving time began on March 9 and ended this Sunday, which means the clocks fell back and all were granted one additional hour of sleep.  “I was confused because I fell asleep in the Uber at 1:30 a.m. and I woke up at 1 a.m.,” Theo Kratter ’29 said. This is a practice that has been in effect since the lat…

It's 'Fall Back' Time. That's Not Great News for Your Body

Plan on a glorious extra hour of sleep as most of America "falls back" into standard time. But make sure to get outside for some morning sun, too—it'll help your body clock reset faster, the AP reports. Daylight saving time ends at 2am local time Sunday, which means you...

The Dark Side of Daylight Saving Time

It’s no secret that we live in a sleep-deprived society. More than a third of Americans don’t get enough shuteye, defined as a minimum of seven hours a night. It’s not just the U.S.: much of the developed world is in a similar situation. “Sleep deprivation abounds,” says Eva Winnebeck, a chronobiologist at the University of Surrey in the U.K. “People do struggle to get up. Alarm clock use is high, lack of sleep is high.” (A rule of thumb: If you…

The clocks are turning back tonight — 3 expert ways to stop it from ruining your sleep

From struggling to sleep to waking earlier, these are the ways your sleep may be impacted when the clocks go back and how to stop them

The startling impact Daylight Saving Time ending has on your body

A new study found that switching back-and-forth is the worst option for our health