Notes & TheoriesDinosaursI'm tired of seeing naked dinosaursIt's about time books, documentaries and movies caught up with the latest fossil discoveries and depicted more feathered, bristly dinosaurs, says Brian SwitekWhile walking through a natural history museum gift shop a few years back, I spotted a plush Velociraptor among the piles of dinosauriana. Frankly, it looked pretty stupid. Covered in a soft, fuzzy coat of faux-feathers, it lacked the reptilian menace of the predatory dinosaurs I remembered from my youth.

PlantwatchPlantsWith blooms less than 1cm across, orchids growing in cloud forests are as delicate as they are minuscule The smallest orchid flower in the world is a hotly contested title. In the cool cloudy rainforests on mountain peaks in Guatemala, the orchid flowers of Lepanthes oscarrodrigoi are just 0.5mm across. The plant grows on the twigs of bushes and is so minute it is extremely difficult to see, even when it’s flowering.

UK newsTeenagers who killed friend with scythes get lifeThree teenagers were jailed for life yesterday for butchering a friend with two large farming scythes after a quarrel on a summer camping trip. The trio, including a girl aged 15 at the time, stole the murder weapons from a country churchyard and left one embedded in the 17-year-old boy's neck. Their victim, Terry Lee Hurst, who had learning difficulties, suffered more than 80 wounds in the frenzied attack at an isolated campsite by Broomhead reservoir, on the edge of the moors north of Sheffield last July.

The 10 best contemporary still lifes Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share via Email Art historian Michael Petry chooses works from Marc Quinn and Sharon Core among his favourite contemporary still lifesNature Morte: Contemporary Artists Reinvigorate the Still-Life Tradition by Michael Petry is published by Thames & Hudson (£35) Michael Petry Sat 19 Oct 2013 17.30 BST First published on Sat 19 Oct 2013 17.

US policing This article is more than 1 month oldUS family of 11-year-old shot by police vows to seek justice after officer gets no chargesThis article is more than 1 month oldAderrien Murry, who is Black, was wounded by police after calling 911, and authorities declined to charge the officer involved The family of an 11-year-old boy who was shot by police after he called 911 and asked for their help have vowed to continue to fight for justice after authorities declined to charge the officer involved.