Tag: Innovation
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‘A managerial Mephistopheles’: inside the mind of Jeff Bezos
The Amazon founder’s relentless quest for ‘customer ecstasy’ made him one of the world’s richest people – now he’s looking to the unlimited resources of space. Is he the genius our age of consumerism deserves?
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Rebuilding the Maze
After a crucial section of a California freeway collapsed, this formidable construction boss pulled off one of the fastest, riskiest, most high-stakes reconstructions in U.S. history.
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Why Is Airplane Wi-Fi Still So Bad?
The service has been stuck in a limbo of mediocrity for two decades.
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The Manmade Clouds That Could Help Save the Great Barrier Reef
Inside a bold — and controversial — effort to cool the water around this beloved ecosystem.
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The Sea Slug Defying Biological Orthodoxy
Symbiosis may be more important to evolution than scientists once thought.
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King of fruits
Ordinary yellow pineapples were once so precious they were rented for display at dinner parties, but centuries of innovation made them commonplace.
