Should We Make Daylight Saving Time Permanent? Let's Sleep on It

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March 17, 2022

Sleep Should We Make Daylight Saving Time Permanent? Let's Sleep on It Scientists are less enthusiastic than the U.S. Senate about DST year-round By Randyn Charles Bartholomew

Planetary Science China's First Moon Rocks Ignite Research Bonanza Samples collected by Chang'e-5 are revealing exciting insights into the Moon's evolution By Smriti Mallapaty,Nature magazine

Public Health What Humanity Should Eat to Stay Healthy and Save the Planet What we eat needs to be nutritious and sustainable. Researchers are trying to figure out what that looks like around the world By Gayathri Vaidyanathan,Nature magazine

Anatomy Where Are Genitals Represented in the Brain? The homunculus of textbook fame still does not take into account the relevant locations in the cerebral cortex that process touch for the sex organs By Dana G. Smith

Politics A Small Cut in World Military Spending Could Help Fund Climate, Health and Poverty Solutions International cooperation could stem and redirect some of the $2 trillion the world wastes each year in the global arms race By Carlo Rovelli,Matteo Smerlak

Astrophysics Eugene Parker, Namesake of NASA's Sun-Touching Spacecraft, Dies at Age 94 The eminent astrophysicist changed the way we view our home star By Elizabeth Howell,SPACE.com

Climate Change Where Rising Seas Threaten Drinking Water, Scientists Look for Affordable Solutions Researchers are looking to identify areas facing saltwater intrusion on the Atlantic and Gulf coasts By Daniel Cusick,E&E News

Health Care Gun Violence Is an Epidemic; Health Systems Must Step Up There are tools that hospitals can use to reduce the number of firearm injuries that come through the doors. We are piloting one such project By Michael Dowling,Chethan Sathya

Climate Change War in Ukraine and Climate Change Could Combine to Create a Food Crisis Russia's invasion is halting the delivery of wheat to areas suffering from drought and other climate impacts By Sara Schonhardt,Benjamin Storrow,E&E News

Epidemiology Even Mild COVID Can Increase the Risk of Heart Problems Scientists are just starting to unravel the disease's long-term cardiac effects By Mariana Lenharo

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FROM THE ARCHIVE Is Daylight Saving Time Good or Bad for You? Research shows that the benefits may outweigh the drawbacks By Katie Peek | March 2018

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