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Aircraft engineer, Bastian Schaefer and a team of designers at Airbus have been imagining the high-concept future of the jet airlplane — in a future with less fuel and more passengers. In this brilliant TED talk, he shows off a speculative design for the future of jet planes, with a skeleton inspired by strong, flexible, natural forms….
IS the American Dream alive or dead? More importantly, could America survive the end of the American Dream if it were to be the case? The idea is unthinkable, say political leaders of right and left. The Economist examines the true meaning of the American Dream, and it’s likelihood to survive in a country where some…
There are obvious reasons for watching the TV series “Breaking Bad”. At last, the Hollywood hype surrounding the television series is justified, and no one dares to argue that. But there is also a less obvious and more important reason for our purposes. The Economist means that is one of the best studies available of…
According to the Economist, the year 2009 turned out to be a low point for the American firm, but its resurgence has been remarkable. Currently, nine out of the ten most valuable companies are American, which puts America right back on top of business on a global scale. With its economy energised, not least by cheap shale gas,…
Back in 2006 when doctors started testing a melanoma treatment on chemotherapy patients with the hopes of shrinking tumors – they were used to facing slim odds. But now, a new drug called Zelboraf that targets specific mutations in cancer cells, is helping them beat those odds by showing signs of significant tumor shrinkage. These Zelboraf research tests,…
Sony is pushing out engineers like some kind of bargain sale – engineers behind hit products who’ve left due to a decade of cost cuts that soured a once-celebrated culture of risk-taking. The “brain drain”, as it’s called, threatens the mission to resuscitate the iconic brand that once gave us compact discs, Trinitron color TVs and the Walkman….
