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Queuing Backwards

Britons love to queue but have we been getting it wrong? Also, Egypt's star pupil who scored zero in her exams and the evolving issue of human rights.

Britons love to queue, but have we been getting it wrong? Lars Peter Osterdal from the University of Southern Denmark tells More Or Less about his theory of how to make queuing more efficient. And engineer Guru Madhavan tells the story of the barcode and argues that those making policy should ask engineers as well as economists to help solve problems.

大象传媒 Trending hears from Maryam Malak, considered one of Egypt鈥檚 top performing students before she scored zero in all seven of her exams. The incident caused outcry in the country, and many believe corrupt officials are to blame. We also hear about the social media battle being launched by some of the drivers of London鈥檚 traditional black cabs against taxi-app firm Uber.

And in the Why Factor, Mike Williams looks at the subject of human rights - what are they, how are they evolving, and what if one person鈥檚 human right clashes with that of another?

(Photo: Commuters queue for buses Credit: AFP Wires)

50 minutes

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Fri 11 Sep 2015 01:06GMT

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  • Thu 10 Sep 2015 08:06GMT
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