People Hate Daylight Saving. Science Tells Us Why.

Top: On March 9, 2017 — a few days before Daylight Saving Time began that year — the sun is low in the sky just after 5 pm in Mount Penn, Pennsylvania. Visual: Jeremy Drey/MediaNews Group/Reading Eagle via Getty Images Something is awry about the way we mark time. Can research and policy changes help us reset the clocks? BY TERESA CARR IN THE SUMMER of 2017, when communication professor Jeffery Gentry moved from Oklahoma to accept a position at Eastern New Mexico University, he was pleasantly surprised to find it easier to get up in the morning. The difference, he realized, … Continue reading People Hate Daylight Saving. Science Tells Us Why.