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Minnesota Now with Nina Moini
Cathy Wurzer

What to know about daylight savings time and the science of sleep

Adjusting the hands on a clock
Dan LaMoore adjusts the hands on a Seth Thomas Post Clock at Electric Time Company in October 2020, in Medfield, Mass.
Elise Amendola | AP 2020

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Here’s your twice-yearly reminder to mess with your clocks this weekend: Turn them an hour because daylight savings time is ending.

The shift takes a physical, mental and even financial toll. That’s why there’s a growing movement to “lock the clock” — to stop the twice yearly move forward and back and just stick with one time system. 

But which time do we choose? 

In Minnesota, the House and Senate approved legislation to make daylight saving time permanent — that’s the time we are on right now. That’s a rare show of bipartisan support.

Dr. Kannan Ramar, a sleep medicine physician at the Mayo Clinic's Center for Sleep Medicine and the president of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine, joined host Cathy Wurzer to tell us more about the science of sleep.

Use the audio player above to listen to the full conversation.

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