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The ancient Greek philosopher Plato's work Republic gave us the phrase Necessity is the Mother of Invention. Over the millennia that humans have walked the planet, we have been consistently inventing things with the goal of making life easier.

The ancient Greek philosopher Plato's work Republic gave us the phrase Necessity is the Mother of Invention. Over the millennia that humans have walked the planet, we have been consistently inventing things with the goal of making life easier.

The ancient Greek philosopher Plato's work Republic gave us the phrase Necessity is the Mother of Invention. Over the millennia that humans have walked the planet, we have been consistently inventing things with the goal of making life easier.

The first flight of Highland Airways took off from the Longman Airfield, Inverness on May 8, 1933 with Captain Ernest Edmund Fresson at the controls.

The first flight of Highland Airways took off from the Longman Airfield, Inverness on May 8, 1933 with Captain Ernest Edmund Fresson at the controls.

From the wheel to the birth control pill, these 20 inventions had huge ramifications.

The first flight of Highland Airways took off from the Longman Airfield, Inverness on May 8, 1933 with Captain Ernest Edmund Fresson at the controls.

Imagine you had a pet parrot. One day, you heard it say “kill all humans”. Obviously, it doesn’t actually want to kill all humans; it can’t even understand what the phrase means. It’s just regurgitating what has been heard from elsewhere, perhaps from a TV programme in the background.

From Dutch outpost to urban playground, Governors Island has had many lives. Now, it's pioneering a zero-waste concept that could show other cities how to develop more sustainably.

The history books may not put it this way, but it’s true nonetheless: Dayton was built on building things.