SCIENCE

Dramatic video footage shows families rescued by helicopter as floods hit eastern Japan.

'Overall, Homo naledi looks like one of the most primitive members of our genus'

National Geographic bought by 21st Century Fox for $725m

The Kinugawa River burst its banks after Tropical Storm Etau brought two months of rain in just 48 hours.

University of Rochester researchers say levitated nanodiamonds could create new breed of microscopic sensors

Amateur footage shows cars submerged after torrential rains hit town of Taormina.

National Geographic film puts a camera in the carcass of a wildebeest.

Radio telescope on far side will help fill void in what we know about universe.

Study finds those with psychoticism and insecure attachments are more likely to be homophobic.

Scientists excavating survivor camp where crew managed to survive freezing winter for a month before rescue.

Plectorhinchus caeruleonothus was only previously known through seafarers tales.

Research from the University of Huddersfield will help cadaver dogs do their job more efficiently.

Analysis of cod provisions on board Mary Rose wreck came from North Sea, Iceland and Newfoundland.

It will be the first time in over 30 years which the phenomenon has occurred

Researchers from the University of British Columbia analysed tests from the 50s and 60s.

Sperm whales found to learn different local dialects in similar process to human cultures.

Amateur footage shows vehicles tumbling down street in Adra, Almeria after torrential rains.

The unseasonal clouds of dust killed two people in Lebanon and injured hundreds more.

'It's the first time that we've actually got quite well-preserved material to actually work with.'

Cats are more independent than dogs because they do not rely on owners for reassurance.

Marine archaeologists are using a technique called photogrammetry to create the images of the lake.

The monument is just under two miles from Stonehenge in Wiltshire and could be a Neolithic ritual site.

The remains of turtles were also discovered at the construction site.

The baby animals were part of an event to raise awareness about endangered species.

Scottish distiller has released results of its zero-gravity whisky test.

Footage shows a meteor-like object streaking the sky, before glowing brightly and disappearing on the horizon.

Huge sinkhole near Russian city of Solikamsk has tripled in width to 120m in last 10 months.

New NASA project aims to create a Star Trek tractor beam to move objects in space.

New laboratory at the Mammoth Museum of the Institute of Applied Ecology announced.