Science says winter. If you want to wake up earlier to compensate you can just do that.

People are afraid of the dark, and the more they chase it away the more afraid they become.

Light pollution is also a big contributor

LaTeX is your friend

The scientific method states quite clearly that you can never prove anything, only disprove. Failure to disprove warrants publication to try to get other people to disprove. But it’s still rarely properly applied, especially when you get further away from theoretical research.