Here鈥檚 some CU news you can use: Watch your driving after the switch to daylight saving time;听cloud seeding a snowstorm;听and the state of music from the Beatles to Gen Z in this week鈥檚 research roundup.
Fatal car accidents increase 6% in the week following the switch to daylight saving time, according to new CU Boulder research.
What we learned:
- Fatal accidents increase 6% in the workweek following the spring switch to daylight saving time.
- For people living in the western edge of their time zone, the increased risk is higher.
- This amounts to about 28 additional deaths per year, or 627 over the two decades studied.
How many of the Beatles can you name? On this episode of the Brainwaves podcast, learn听about Beatlemania, the听Beatles鈥櫶齣nfamous breakup听and how technology is changing the face of music today.
For the first time, researchers have used radar and other tools to accurately measure the volume of snow produced through cloud seeding.
What we learned:
- Researchers have听used radar and other tools to measure the volume of snow produced through cloud seeding.听
- They analyzed three different cloud seeding events in western Idaho, finding they produced a total of about 282 Olympic-sized swimming pools worth of water.
- The results could help states like Colorado and Idaho decide whether cloud seeding might听be an effective tool for addressing water shortages.