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Tiny antennae that record how bees navigate may help perfect steering for driverless cars and drones

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They are not just cute and stripy, but devastatingly efficient when it comes to locating the best pollen-rich flowers. As a result, the humble bee is at the centre of a £4.8 million project to create drones and driverless cars. In a unusual experiment, scientists painstakingly stuck tiny radar transponders to hundreds of bumblebees and honey … Read more

Elusive tiny primate is captured on camera for the first time in nearly 20 years

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Adorable 3.5OUNCE African primate the Taita mountain dwarf galago is caught on camera for the first time in nearly 20 years as the species faces extinction Taita mountain dwarf galagos live in forests in the Taita hills of southeast Kenya The little primate species was first noted in 2002, but had been elusive since Researchers … Read more

Britain’s buried treasures: Exquisite works of art are tucked away in tiny village churches

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BOOK OF THE WEEK THE MOTHER OF BEAUTY by Nigel Andrew (Thorntree Press £10, 244 pp) We English have a world-class literature, it is often said, with Dickens and Shakespeare, but we’re not so good on art and music. If it’s great symphonies you want, you have to turn to Germany and Austria; for painting and … Read more

Caroline Flack’s assault case based on tiny wound on boyfriend

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Caroline Flack was being prosecuted despite her boyfriend Lewis Burton suffering only a minor injury on his head, it has been claimed.   Former professional tennis player Mr Burton had told police and the Crown Prosecution Service not to go ahead with an assault charge against Flack, 40, who took her own life at her London … Read more

Scientists ‘cure cancer in mice’ by injecting lung and bowel tumours with tiny copper particles

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Scientists ‘cure cancer in mice’ by injecting lung and bowel tumours with tiny toxic copper particles and super-charging the animals’ immune systems Researchers used tiny amounts of a metal which is known to be toxic to cells They injected it into tumours and boosted the immune system for a double effect When tumour cells were … Read more

From giant cacti to tiny beauties, drought-loving succulents steal the show, says Monty Don

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As we come to the end of this decade the rain is beating on my window and the fields in the distance are puddled with water – as they have been for the past few months.  It is wet, wet, wet. However, I get great pleasure from one group of plants that have adapted to … Read more