54 h. ago Man 'refuses to change clock for daylight savings' – and he's not the only one

A woman has been left reeling after discovering her boyfriend has a strange habit when it comes to daylight savings - and she's not sure whether she's right to be concerned

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56 h. ago ‘The physics community has never split like this’: row erupts over plans for new Large Hadron Collider

Ambitious project could soak up funding for subatomic physics for decades, say opponentsScientists are refining plans to build the world’s biggest machine at a site beneath the Swiss-French border. More than $30bn (£23bn) would be spent drilling a 91km circular tunnel in which subatomic particles would be accelerated to near light speeds and smashed into each other. From the resulting nuclear debris, scientists hope they will then find clues that would help them understand the detailed makeup of the universe.It is an extraordinarily ambitious project. However, it is also a controversial one – for many scientists fear the machine, the Future Circular Collider (FCC), could soak up funding for subatomic physics for decades and leave promising new research avenues starved of resources. Continue reading...

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56 h. ago What Michael Schumacher's inner circle know about F1 legend's health after 'sad' update

The German has been receiving round-the-clock care since his life-changing skiing accident in 2013

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60 h. ago Clock change, sleep disruptions and our health – tips to minimise the impact

The clocks changing could have a surprising effect on our body

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61 h. ago Changing your clock? Scientists are only just beginning to understand what this does to us | Ruth Ogden

Our research in October showed that ‘falling back’ had a negative impact on women, especially mothers. Do we need to shift the way we think about time?Twice a year we change the clocks. For many it is not clear why and how this change affects us. So last October, with the help of the Guardian, a group of scientists at Liverpool John Moores University and the University of Oxford conducted a nationwide survey to understand the impact on people’s daily lives.More than 12,000 people answered questions about their wellbeing, satisfaction with life and stress levels, completing the survey in the week before the clocks went back and again in the days immediately after. When we compared the responses, we found that women’s mental health and wellbeing suffered in the immediate aftermath of the clocks going back, while men experienced greater wellbeing and greater satisfaction with life. So what does this tell us about the way we experience time?Ruth Ogden is professor of the psychology of t...

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4 d. ago Michael Schumacher's wife 'doesn't talk about the accident' for heartbreaking reason

Michael Schumacher has spent more than a decade requiring round-the-clock medical care since the life-changing injuries he suffered in a skiing accident in the French Alps

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5 d. ago Top scientists call for an end to daylight saving time: Experts warn clock change fuels a rise in cancer, traffic accidents, and suicide

As the clocks are set to go forwards this Sunday, many of us will be dreading losing an hour in bed. Now, top scientists have called for an end to Daylight Saving Time.

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6 d. ago What date do the clocks go forward: how can British Summer Time affect your finances

As the days get longer, it's easy to forget how the clock change can impact your wallet 💸

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1 week ago 'Game changer' Lumie Clock leaving users 'refreshed and energized' gets 22% Amazon discount

"This wake-up light alarm clock has truly transformed my mornings and enhanced my overall well-being."

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1 week ago Scientists make 'astonishing' discovery in distant galaxy 3.4 billion light years from Earth

The 'record-breaking' discovery could help scientists understand how our Universe developed

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1 week ago Clock change UK: When do the clocks go forward in March 2025, and how does it affect our listening habits?

Research suggests that a change to our circadian rhythms explains why we like more upbeat songs

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2 w. ago Huge EU country loved by Brits will stop changing clocks in 2026

Starting in 2026, the Canary Islands, along with the rest of Spain, will no longer participate in the biannual clock changes in hopes to increase productivity and well-being

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3 w. ago Alive by Gabriel Weston review – a revelatory study of the body

A doctor draws on science, history, art and her own experiences to help us see human anatomy anewUntil the early 17th century, scientists believed that the heart operated a bit like a lamp, warming blood that had been produced by the liver. In 1616, when the English physician William Harvey corrected this misconception and explained how the heart works, the audience at the Royal College of Physicians booed him. Why did it take so long for scientists to understand the heart’s real function? One possibility is that until the invention of mechanical pumps in the late 16th century, doctors lacked the metaphorical language to describe what the heart does.“The truth of the body is as much about storytelling as it is about anatomy,” the writer and surgeon Gabriel Weston argues in Alive, an unusual and gripping book that she describes as an “ecumenical exploration” of her subject. An English graduate, in her early 20s Weston enrolled in a pioneering medical degree programme designed to enco...

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