SCIENCE

The family was reportedly involved in helping flood victims before the tragedy took place.

The death toll reached 273 as the search for missing people continues.

Beads and a pendant were made from the bones of the bear cuscus and teeth of the pig-deer.

Species is believed to have emerged in the last 20,000 years, showing fast rate of evolution in underground habitats.

Scientists say pairs of entangled photons do not actually need to originate from the same point in a crystal.

Filtration system separates salt from seawater, raising hope for millions of people who lack clean water.

Gamma ray burst detected from 12 billion light years away - but no one knows what caused it.

To solve the problem, authorities have vowed to submit proposals to Ministry of Environmental Protection in 20 days.

Parents search the ruins of their homes after a torrent of mud swept through Mocoa in southern Colombia – killing at least 254 people, many of them children.

Commercial whaling in Norway continues as it does not recognise the International Whaling Commission's ban.

Rees says extraterrestrial life would either be far less advanced - or they will have developed full electronic intelligence.

This is the second vessel belonging to the Pharaoh discovered at the site.

Twenty paintings acquired by the Nazis during the war were identified in Klessheim Palace.

A small reactor has been designed to sit on board ships and turn ocean plastic into fuel.

The new vault in Norway will use analogue archives to protect data submitted by nations from cyberattacks.

The government first said 207 died in the tragedy but later matched it with 254 deaths reported by the army.

At least 17 people were wounded and were getting treatment at a local community health centre.

Lakes and forests will also be protected by the ruling, as well as two of India's rivers.

Five trillion pieces of discarded plastic damage the marine environment and can enter the food chain.

A Japanese fleet returned after an 83-day hunt in the Antarctic with 333 minke whales.

We aren't the only ones playing tricks.

It's the first time a badger is seen burying such a large animal.

The coastal edges of Greenland's ice caps won't be restored for decades.

The methane could come from rotting inside the trunk or be sucked up from soil microbes near the roots.

Ligers are the offspring of female tigers and male lions.

The Russian leader recommended learning to adapt to issues, rather than stop them.

The exoplanet Kepler-150 f orbits a star about 3,000 light years away from Earth.

'The new images look like Van Gogh paintings,' said Juno's principal investigator Scott Bolton.

CEO Elon Musk described the accomplishment as a "milestone in the history of space".