Phil Karpowicz

Your DNA has a schedule. Daylight Saving Time doesn't care.

Woman sleeping on text booksOur body’s natural clock — the circadian rhythm — gets disrupted when Daylight Saving Time hits. (Photo by Adobe Stock/University of Windsor)

By Sara Elliott

Nearly half your genome operates on a clock. Daylight Saving Time throws it off.

When the clocks move forward an hour for Daylight Saving Time on March 8, our body’s natural clock — the circadian rhythm — gets disrupted.