accidents
The Cause of the Deadly Tianjin Warehouse Explosion Remains Unclear
Details are still trickling out about the massive blast that killed at least 50 people and injured hundreds.
Driverless Cars Are Coming to Adelaide
Volvo will be the first company to test autonomous cars in the Southern Hemisphere. The SA Government just hopes it'll stimulate their ailing economy.
Terry Francona Peed on Himself While His Player Got Ejected
Terry Francona had a bit of an accident while his player was getting ejected and wound up peeing himself.
70 People Were Harmed in the Making of This Film
11 years and over 100 untamed animals later, ‘Roar’ remains one of cinema’s most anarchic cult classics.
How Curiosity, Luck, and the Flip of a Switch Saved the Moon Program
Lightning never strikes the same place twice, until it does, and you're in a rocket to the moon.
F1 Driver Jules Bianchi is in Critical Condition After a Crash. Should He Have Been Racing at All?
Will F1's worst crash in 20 years force it to review its safety measures?
How Challenger Exploded, and Other Mistakes Were Made
Torrents of big data can't stop mistakes—sometimes they make them more likely. The tragedy of Challenger, as with G.M. and others, was that some people had tried to stop it.
A Chemical Leak in Nova Scotia Has Sparked a First Nations Blockade
Tuesday morning, staff at Abercrombie Point pulp and paper mill in Pictou County, Nova Scotia, noticed that a pipe carrying raw effluent had sprung a leak and was spewing into the waters of Pictou Harbour. Now the First Nations community in Pictou is...
The Case Against Cars
Driving is dangerous, causes pollution, and turns people into assholes on wheels.
Hit Me Baby One More Time
Six years ago today, I was hit by a car while walking across the intersection of Sunset and Yorba in San Francisco. Since then, I’ve had six surgeries, one skin graft, a three-week hospital stay, four casts, approximately 6,000 painkillers, and a...
Accidents Happen When You're an Idiot
It's Friday night and time for a fight, if you're the kind of drunk idiot who finds joy in starting fights. If you're just a normal drunk idiot, then you'll probably end up hurting yourself in some way or another tonight anyway. Read these stories to...
Getting Crushed By A Cab Didn't Change A Thing For Johnathan Toubin
Johnathan Toubin is the New York soul DJ that made news last year when a taxi driver had a seizure and drove her ride into his first-floor hotel room and crushed him in his sleep.