https://www.scmp.com/rss/80/feed en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com 1 What is the study of insects called? 2 Which type of insect has more species than any other creature on Earth? 3 In the town of Pacific Grove, California, it is a misdemeanour to kill or threaten which type of insect? 4 By what name are insects of the order dermaptera better known? 5 Which band released the albums Sunshine Hit Me (2002) and Octopus (2007)? 6 The rhinoceros beetle (right) is, proportionally, the strongest creature on the planet. How many times its own body weight can it lift:... https://www.scmp.com/article/589070/insects?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/article/589070/insects?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 14 Apr 2007 16:00:00 +0000 IN his interview for the documentary series Thatcher - The Downing Street Years, Governor Chris Patten asserts that Margaret Thatcher - near the collapse of her Prime Ministership - was ''beginning to show signs of metal fatigue''. Perhaps he meant ''mettle fatigue''. For an ''iron lady'', of course, either could be quite disastrous and indeed proved to be so. DEREK HALL Tin Hau https://www.scmp.com/magazines/archive/article/52160/disastrous?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/archive/article/52160/disastrous?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 17 Nov 1993 16:00:00 +0000