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10/09/2015 GMT

Queuing Backwards

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Britons love to queue but have we been getting it wrong?

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.

BBC Trending hears from Maryam Malak, considered one of Egypt’s 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’s 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’s human right clashes with that of another?

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

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