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Politicians in the United Kingdom and United States have launched efforts to extend daylight-saving measures — hoping to save lives, cut power use and combat carbon emissions. But energy experts say that it's not that easy. Michael Hopkin reports.

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Hopkin, M. Saving time. Nature 445, 344–345 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1038/445344a

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