Exhibition Review: Inventing the 21st Century @ British Library

The latest exhibition in the BL's tiny Folio Society Gallery is, like all the best innovations, really simple. Fifteen recent British inventions are arranged around the gallery with short information panels. And that's it. Inventing the 21st Century will take you 10 minutes at most, even if you read every word. It is a novel distraction rather than an exhibition. That said, there are a few nifty ...

F. Kaid Benfield: Village Green: Striking Images Reclaim the Urban Memory

Every now and then we are privileged to come across strikingly evocative art that is powerful enough to change our perspective on the world around us, at least...

The Trillion Dollar IQ Business

In a global economy that a) increasingly favors the Scary Smart, and b) ruthlessly culls winners and

Billings inventor shows off his electric scooter

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Menu: Peanut butter and jelly -- from simple to complicated

Smooth or crunchy. Grape or strawberry. Crusts first or no crusts. Want to start a food fight? Ask two people how to make the perfect peanut butter sandwich, and they'll almost certainly disagree. Our PB&J opinions seem to be set in early childhood and resist all modification.

Mechanic conjures a wheeled wonder

Jerry Bertrand is a technician and salesman for Stuart’s Houseof Vacuums. He is also a small-engine mechanic who has riddenscooters, Harley-Davidsons and foreign-made motorcycles.