Daylight saving
Five things you should do before daylight saving ends this week
With the clocks turning back an hour from Sunday, it’s the last chance this side of the winter solstice to go outside to enjoy an extra hour or two of evening light.
- Hannah Hammoud
Latest
- Perspective
- Perspective
Queensland doesn’t need daylight saving – and neither do the southern states
As southerners wind back their clocks on Sunday to again align with Queensland, it’s time they did so permanently.
- Felicity Caldwell
Health problems in the US, and the repercussions
Jacqueline Maley’s excellent analysis covers parts of the utterly broken system in the US that Luigi Mangione experienced in a failed healthcare system,
Trump calls for end to daylight saving. Some health professionals agree
Elon Musk, whom Trump tapped to lead a commission on eliminating government waste, recently mused about ending Americans’ clock changes too.
- Dan Diamond
- Explainer
- Biology
Is it better to be a night owl or an early bird?
Some of us are early birds, others are night owls. But is that down to your genes or modern life?
- Angus Holland and Gemma Grant
Does daylight saving mess with our sleep? It’s complicated
A new comprehensive analysis from Flinders University suggests daylight saving has less of an impact on sleep than previously thought.
- Lauren Ironmonger
Beach beckons for long weekend, but what’s the outlook for the next few months?
The long weekend will bring beach weather and the start of daylight saving, but the outlook for the rest of the year is wetter than usual.
- Caitlin Fitzsimmons
- Explainer
- Regional Australia
It’s nearly time to put clocks forward an hour. Where did daylight saving come from?
An insect expert first suggested daylight saving in 1895. Since then, it has caught on across the world. What effect does it have on us?
- Rachael Houlihan and Anthony Segaert
- Perspective
- City life
Brisbane was crowned the world’s earliest rising city. Does the title stick?
When most cities are still sleeping, Brisbanites are already up and at ’em.
- Courtney Kruk
Original URL: https://www.smh.com.au/topic/daylight-saving-1n89