Flypast

Humanity is unlikely to go the way of the dinosaurs before it has a chance to cook itself to death. A large asteroid named Apophis, which makes occasional close approaches to the Earth, will not be colliding with the planet for at least another century, which leaves plenty of time for Homo sapiens ipsedixit to complete the Anthropogenic Extinction Event on its own. Staff and agencies at Associated Press and Britain's leading liberal newspaper have done their duty to the flag by working in a rather tenuous bit of rah-rah, comparing sneaky asteroids to "a second world war fighter ace" attacking out of the sun. As a matter of fact the tactic was invented by airmen during the First World War, though presumably with more contribution from Boelcke, Immelmann and the Red Baron than from Mr Churchill.