The inspiration for Post-it notes came to creator Arthur Fry during a sermon at a church service he was attending... while he was daydreaming. But then, while listening to the Sunday sermon, Fry started to daydream. Instead of focusing on the pastor's words, he began to mull over his bookmark problem. "It was during the sermon," Fry remembers, "that I first thought, 'What I really need is a little ... Read full entry

Religion a figment of human imagination So says London School of Economics anthropologist Maurice Bloch. Humans alone practice religion because they're the only creatures to have evolved imagination. Maybe the Pope could therefore consider canceling his upcoming Sydney visit, and the millions of dollars spent laying it on could instead be diverted to the state's hospitals and schools that are falling apart.