Harvard team shrinks cockroach-inspired robot to the size of a PENNY making it one of the smallest and fastest micro bots ever made The bot is only 2.25 centimeters and can travel at 14 body lengths per second It is one of the smallest and fastest micro bots every made The bot was partly a test … Read more
Shoe-box flats the size of disabled parking bays have been green-lighted for construction, flying in the face of a fierce backlash. Developers have brushed off criticism over their 182-square foot apartments and insist the micro-homes are ‘a perfectly reasonable size’. A kitchen, bathroom and bedroom cram inside the proposed rooms, which will be fitted inside … Read more
Is this the world’s smallest prison? The tiny Channel Island jail that has just TWO CELLS (and a narrow corridor) The prison was built on the island of Sark in 1856 and houses offenders for a maximum of two days Sark is a tiny island measuring just 2.1 square miles, with a tiny population, just … Read more
Chancellor considering plans to offer 100% government guarantees on loans to up to 1m of UK’s smallest firms after pressure from Tory MPs and Bank By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:55 BST, 24 April 2020 | Updated: 21:55 BST, 24 April 2020 The Chancellor is considering plans to offer 100 per cent … Read more
Pictured: The clump of 33 trees in Alaska that forms ‘America’s smallest national forest’ The forest is located on Adak Island, part of the volcanic Aleutian archipelago The first trees on the spot were planted to cheer up Second World War troops Around 6,000 troops were stationed on the island to guard against the Japanese By … Read more
Italy today recorded its smallest increase in coronavirus infections for almost four weeks, with just 3,309 new cases, in the latest sign the lockdown has been a success. It amounts to a 2.3 percent rise in new cases, compared to a 2.8 percent rise on Monday, when 3,559 new cases were recorded. In addition, there … Read more
Spain recorded 637 new coronavirus deaths in the last 24 hours – the fourth straight day that number has fallen and the lowest daily total since March 24. The figure raises the total killed during the country’s crisis from 12,418 to 13,055. The number of new infections increased by 4,273 from 130,759 to 135,032. It … Read more
The skull of one of the world’s smallest dinosaurs that measured only two inches long has been found preserved in amber — revealing bulging eyes and 100 teeth. According to the researchers who identified it — who said that they were ‘blown away’ by the discovery — the winged, bird-like dinosaur ‘looks like it just died yesterday’. … Read more
Smaller killer whales are the best singers: Ross Sea orcas have 28 musical notes made of burst-pulse sounds and whistles which they use to communicate with each other Ross Sea orcas – also known as class C – are the smallest of the five killer whales They can grow up to 20feet long and have … Read more