quiet passengers Gentleman ticketed for driving in carpool lane with plastic skeleton in passenger seat Mark Frauenfelder

air travel Passengers lock screaming toddler in airplane toilet to "educate" her Mark Frauenfelder

airplane Supersonic jet takes off not with a bang but a whimper Gail Sherman

music Grammy-nominated Gospel singer nearly kicked off plane for singing as God requested (video) David Pescovitz

airplanes Airline introduces adults-only zone on international flights David Pescovitz

surprise surprise When Ford can make whole cars again, they may feature in-car advertising Jason Weisberger

procedural generation The quiet horror of procedural generation Mark Frauenfelder

travel San Francisco International Airport to dramatically cut the constant and mostly unnecessary loudspeaker announcements David Pescovitz

History What the London Underground used to be like Rob Beschizza

jackassery Why Japanese are angry over French sports-ball fans who behaved like idiots on a train Mark Frauenfelder

surveillance TSA "Quiet Skies" surveillance program targets innocent U.S. citizens Séamus Bellamy

aviation Quiet Skies: Air Marshals are following thousands of random Americans through airports and on planes, for no articulatable purpose Cory Doctorow

medicine Legendary Russian guitarist dies from flesh eating infection Séamus Bellamy

News Uber and Lyft agree to stop forcing driver sexual assault victims into arbitration, confidentiality agreements Xeni Jardin

NASA NASA's new jet will fly faster than the speed of sound without the supersonic boom Carla Sinclair

Good times Jonathan Coulton's JoCo Cruise was mind-blowingly great Mark Frauenfelder

art German artists stage a quirky performance for passing trains Rusty Blazenhoff

theater Sweet 16 on the Subway Richard Kaufman

life hacks How the "kindly brontosaurus pose" can get you anything you want Mark Frauenfelder

restaurants The "Pan Am Experience:" luxury dinner, circa 1970, served in a recreated 747 Mark Frauenfelder