On April 8, the skies will darken as North America witnesses a total solar eclipse. While such celestial events often captivate millions, scientists are sounding the alarm on an unexpected danger: a potential increase in fatal car crashes. This warning comes in the wake of new research that links the last eclipse that occurred in 2017 with a notable rise in traffic fatalities. During the previous eclipse, there was about one extra person involved in a vehicle crash every 25 minutes, and one extra crash fatality every 95 minutes. There’s no good reason to believe we won’t see a similar uptick t…
