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Sir Paul McCartney's childhood home in Liverpool offers a rare glimpse into the early life of a global icon.

Billions of people rely on a cup of coffee to get them through the day. But what does it do to the human body?

Forget Berlin and Paris. This German city quietly champions free love in a way you wouldn't expect.

With its sharp claws, speed, and the ability to work in groups, the Utahraptor is a finely tuned killing machine.

Beneath the Yucatán Peninsula lies a sacred Mayan cave, once believed to be 'a gateway to the underworld'.

The Dutch are known for many things, including cheese, windmills and being the world's tallest people. But there's one thing they rarely do.

Tech Now gains special access to Gaudí's iconic La Sagrada Familia as it nears completion.

It's one of the most versatile words in the English language.

Forest bathing is a popular activity for the urbanised and stressed Japanese becoming cut off from nature.

In Papua, Indonesia, there is a mangrove forest that only women are allowed to enter.

The expansive park-like garden of Kenroku-en is Japan’s perfectly imperfect version of nature.

The Poison Garden at the Alnwick Garden has around 100 toxic, intoxicating, and narcotic plants.

Watch as weaverbirds build intricate nests along the Blue Nile to attract a mate.

In the Valdivian rainforest of Chile, an ancient tree carries answers to the future of climate.

The Frozen Zoo in San Diego aims to save endangered animals from extinction.

In this dark and dense forest of Nanacamilpa, a frantic dance of thousands of fireflies creates a dreamlike show.

Tech Now gets up close to black rhinos at a new conservation centre in the UK.

Princess Diana’s cousin shares unseen photos of their private childhood.

Explorer Lucy Shepherd uncovers a host of predators, including the deadly Bushmaster snake, in Guyana’s Amazon rainforest.

Sloth bears are the world's deadliest bear and for humans, outrunning them is usually not an option.

A new research paper predicts AI autonomy by 2027 could lead to human extinction within a decade.

Compared to their European counterparts, US train stations can often feel like dingy basements.

Amid fears about the use of AI in classrooms, American educator and founder of Khan Academy Sal Khan lays out an optimistic future.

Tech Now visits a UK startup aiming to build a pharma factory in space to revolutionise cancer treatment.

The Kanayama Megaliths in Japan were only discovered by accident

Every year, Colombia's Caño Cristales transforms into a rushing rainbow - in a natural display that happens nowhere else on Earth.

The ancient city of Butrint is the first site in Albania to be added to the Unesco World Heritage list.

Known as a broch, the exact purpose of these iconic Iron-Age ruins is still unknown.

How a monument to a late dictator has been repurposed and redesigned for a new generation.

BBC Click explores an Arctic vault that stores digital artefacts from across the globe.

In the south of Galway, the Burren National Park is home to magnificent endangered birds of prey.

In March 1999, Brian Jones and Bertrand Piccard made the first non-stop, round-the-world flight in a balloon.

In the 1950s, 58 jazz musicians, including many legends, assembled for a highly ambitious group photo.

For most of history, chickens were kept for eggs, not meat. That all changed 100 years ago after this one error.

A journey to the hidden church in Slovenia from WWI that transformed into a symbol of peace.

The forgotten tale of how a high-ranking British politician's son went to work for Adolf Hitler.

Researchers may have identified a new human species that lived around 300,000 years ago in Asia.

New research reveals the truth about a treasure-packed tomb outside Seville dating back to around 2,850 BC.

New research is revealing that Stonehenge may have been used for exclusive ceremonies.

The BBC's Melissa Hogenboom explores why women were so vulnerable to accusations of witchcraft.

There are no female players in the top 300 earners in esports, according to research shared with BBC News.

We explore where our musical creativity comes from, and what happens to our brains when we improvise.

US baker and chef Nancy Silverton explains the difference between British and American scones.

The way mothers are perceived and judged can have long-lasting consequences.

Bread is sacred in Uzbekistan. The BBC visits Samarkand to see how the fabled wheel-shaped bread loaves are made.

Art critic Alastair Sooke travels to Doha to learn about some of the treasures of the Museum of Islamic Art.

Meet the Swedish bodyworker tying people up – to help them out of their trauma.

One retired teacher is spreading the joy of books using his tiny mobile library.

A wondrous red river in southern Spain has become a laboratory for Nasa operations aimed at exploring Mars.

Home to majestic houseboats and floating gardens, this pristine beauty of Kashmir is on the verge of extinction.

Vietnamese-American journalist W Lee Adams visits Vietnam, home to some of the world's rarest plants and animals.

The Neelakurinji flower only blooms every 12 years.

Meet the Giant Pacific Octopus, perhaps the smartest of all invertebrates and the bane of many a crab fisherman.

Great Blasket Island is off the coast of County Kerry and is the most westerly point in Ireland.

In the driest desert on Earth, the ancient Chinchorro mummies keep many unveiled secrets.

Lord Howe Island: Saving an Australian paradise's 'cloud forest'