Did a popular music album just drop? A hidden—and deadly—effect will follow

There’s more than one reason to stay home the next time Beyoncé drops an album. Yes, you’ll want to hole up and listen to Act III—but you’ll also want to avoid being on the road, where traffic fatalities spike when major albums release, according to a new study. Researchers at Harvard Medical School found a link between the biggest album release days on Spotify and increased fatalities on the road. Their study, published this week in JAMA Network Open, found that fatal crashes were 15% more…