Why early risers could be banned from travelling to Mars

Early risers could be banned from travelling to Mars after scientists found they have the wrong internal clock for life on the Red Planet.

New research has shown that circadian body clock which matches planet speed is essential for a healthy life and reproduction.

A team of scientists from Holland, Germany and the UK’s University of Manchester studied animals in which variation in a single gene speeded up the natural circadian cycle from 24 to 20 hours .... http://www.telegraph.co.uk