News NASA reports a "potentially hazardous" asteroid will come close to Earth on February 15, 2020 Mark Frauenfelder

cars Incredible: Watch a woman nonchalantly step aside as out-of-control car barrels toward her David Pescovitz

Oakland Unreal footage of a guy falling on subway tracks and getting saved in the nick of time Rusty Blazenhoff

vehicles Watch a delivery person barely (BARELY!) avoid getting run down by a huge truck David Pescovitz

close calls Bored kid walks away from fence seconds before a car smashes through it Mark Frauenfelder

near misses Man in Saudi Arabia came within inches of being sliced in two by a falling pane of glass Mark Frauenfelder

near misses Experience: "I got stuck hanging naked from a tree" Mark Frauenfelder

trains Oncoming locomotive encourages slow-moving gentleman to pick up the pace Mark Frauenfelder

law With state secrets privilege, U.S. ends challenge by journalist over drone ‘kill list’ Xeni Jardin

tabloids Celebrity grave-digging, flesh-eating bacteria and alien abductions in this week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

law The Antitrust Case Against Facebook: a turning point in the debate over Big Tech and monopoly Cory Doctorow

Business EBGAP: Error Between Google and Privacy Sean O'Brien

happy mutants The first cyberattack took place nearly 200 years ago in France Cory Doctorow

addiction Public ignorance about “drunk/drugged up losers” is expensive and deadly Maureen Herman

accidents Motorcyclist lucky Rob Beschizza

happy mutants Syndicated strip or graphic novel? Lynn Johnston on doing For Better or For Worse in the internet age Lynn Johnston

video Watch an impressive series of crashes avoided by autonomous vehicles Andrea James

cars Car launches into the air and embeds itself into building's second floor, everyone ok! David Pescovitz

Science "It’s Never Aliens—until It Is" David Pescovitz

security New Consumers Union report catalogs the potential collateral damage from the crypto wars Cory Doctorow