SCIENCE

Olympian squash player Qainy Bonilla among those reported dead in Santa Catarina Pinula.

What can forensic science actually bring to old cold cases?

Scientists find evidence of ancient mega-tsunami that wiped out island of Santiago with 800ft wave.

Mircea the Elder's money was found in the medieval monastary of Kireka.

Multi-layer CAT scans show skeletons and teeth of those encased in ash 2,000 years ago.

Welsh singer turned campaigner under fire for saying climate change played a role in Syrian conflict.

The crane flies managed to survive an unusually mild winter in 2014.

The hi-res photos of Pluto's largest moon, Charon, were taken by the New Horizon spacecraft.

Space agencies preparing for the possibility of an asteroid being on a collision course with Earth.

Countries remain sceptical of the safety of genetically modified crop varieties.

The hurricane quickly grew to a category 4 and is expected to wreck havoc on the US East Coast.

Asteroid impact and volcanic activity at Cretaceous-Paleogene mass extinction was not 'unimaginable coincidence'.

A monogram of Hephaestion was discovered in the tomb

University of Copenhagen researchers are exploring the possibility of growing moss on the Red Planet.

Divers are still trying to retrieve vehicles and possessions from the sinkhole

Hawking has given his views on God, aliens and artificial intelligence.

It was previously thought that the dead weren't mummified in ancient Britain.

Tropical Storm Joaquin now classed as a hurricane but meteorologists differ on where it will strike.

A conical shelter made from ice has won the coveted $25,000 prize for Nasa's 3D-Printed Habitat Challenge.

Every year, more than one million wildebeest head 1,000 miles north.

Carney believes that there is "still time to act" but that "the window is finite and it's closing".

B612 Foundation was raising funds to build a spacecraft just for spotting asteroids.

The scientists say that soon the buyers will be able to customise fur colour.

Shark culls found to make climate change worse through release of blue carbon.

Nefertiti's burial place has become one of Ancient Egypt's greatest mysteries.

Archaeologists believe the tomb is hidden behind the tomb of Tutankhamun.

Smog-gushing forest fires intensified in Sumatra in the past three weeks, sending a cloud of smog across the region.

The force of the waves has caused flooding and landslides.

Remains of a throne, luxury ceramics and fine glassware discovered at ancient Greek shipwreck.