Oberhausen / AP Artist and professor Guenter Fruhtrunk later apologized to his students for designing the logo for Aldi, the discount German supermarket chain that now has 7,000 stores on three continents. Back then, as it is now, it was regarded as unseemly for artists to be serving the interests of capitalism or to make art into bulk commodities ...

  Paris / DPA The plans that Airbus has for a factory in Florida are nothing short of revolutionary for the European aviation giant‘s satellite business. “In a good year up till now we haven’t built more than 10 satellites,” says Nicolas Chamussy, who was appointed as Airbus’ space chief last year. “We’re going to produce two satellites a day ...

  In 2013, a college student assigned to research a deadly substance sought help via Twitter: “I can’t find the chemical and physical properties of sarin gas someone please help me.” An expert at a security consulting firm tried to be helpful, telling her that sarin is not gas. She replied, “yes the [expletive] it is a gas you ignorant ...