Talking trade
As the newly enlarged World Trade Organisation strives to break down barriers to globalisation, its head, Pascal Lamy, talks to us about the winners, the losers and the rising threat of protectionism in a stalling global economy
Reaching for the stars
You do not need to be a superhuman fighter pilot to become a NASA astronaut. The application process is straightforward, explains an astrophysicist with experience of the matter, though her chances of getting approval to ride into space are slim
Literary lists
Rankings of the world’s best books are biased and incomplete, yet still feature regularly in newspapers, magazines and literary websites. Such lists have abounded this summer. What do they tell us about the state of publishing—and the world?
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Business: Augmented advertising
Blippar is one of several start-ups hoping to reinvent advertising using augmented reality
Asia: Talkin’ ’bout a restoration
A Japanese institute endeavours to train a new crop of right-wing politicians capable of getting the country back on track
Travel: Ethiopian dares to Dream
Ethiopian Airlines’ recent introduction of the Boeing 787 Dreamliner to African skies could transform the nature of air travel across the continent—and even worldwide
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“I think it will be a long time before self-driving cars are able to avoid running over pedestrians, particularly children and people on bicycles. Whether they will be deployed before then is another question.”
— WT Economist on “Look, no hands”, from Technology Quarterly, September 1st
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