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Laughter medicine: How stand-up can heal

In the UK, new schemes to support mental health are introducing to people an unexpected skill: stand-up comedy. Mohan Gupta had never dreamed of...

14.12.2025 20

Julia Hotz

Brazil's astonishing, lagoon-filled desert

Lençóis Maranhenses looks like a desert, but it's alive with shimmering pools, remote villages and ancient paths that only local guides know how to...

14.12.2025 10

Carla Vianna

Why are sperm donors having hundreds of children?

Some men are having vast numbers of children through sperm donation. This week the BBC reported on a man whose sperm contained a genetic mutation...

13.12.2025 100

James Gallagher

Where are all the Canadians going?

In recent years, one in four visitors to the US has been Canadian. But with so many boycotting US holidays, here's where they're heading instead....

13.12.2025 100

Lynn Brown

Taylor Swift shown breaking down in tears after she met Southport attack families

Taylor Swift broke down in tears after meeting survivors and families of the victims of the Southport stabbing attack, backstage footage from her...

13.12.2025 60

Christine Cardona Culture Reporter

How maths can improve your Christmas wrapping

Wrapping awkwardly shaped Christmas presents is always a headache, but here's the formula for perfect gift wrap. You've carefully chosen the...

13.12.2025 50

Sarah Griffiths

Psychedelics are revealing hidden sides to people's identity

There is growing evidence that mind-altering drugs can be used to help people explore aspects about themselves they may not have realised. Hunt...

12.12.2025 30

Rachel Nuwer

The 20 best places to travel in 2026

From a Polynesian island ringed by blue lagoons to the heart of Chile's wine country, these are BBC journalists' top destinations this year. We...

12.12.2025 100

Bbc Travel

The wonder material powering a medical 'revolution'

Lying on your back in a big hospital scanner, as still as you can, with your arms above your head – for 45 minutes. It doesn't sound much fun....

12.12.2025 40

Chris Baraniuk Technology Reporter

How Covid changed the sound of the ocean

During the lockdowns of 2020, global shipping was severely restricted and ocean noise pollution all but ceased. Instead the songs of fish filled...

11.12.2025 60

Frankie Adkins

The Swiss city that lets you pay for most things with bitcoin

In a McDonald's by a lake surrounded by mountains, in the centre of the Swiss city of Lugano, a customer orders coffee. "Can I pay with bitcoin?"...

11.12.2025 40

John Laurenson Business Reporter

10 of the greatest murder mysteries ever

As the new Knives Out film, Wake Up Dead Man, is released on streaming, here are more ingenious – and confounding – whodunnits to watch and read....

11.12.2025 60

Adam Scovell

Why sexism leaves 'scars' on the brain

Subtle sexism that pervades everyday life often gets shrugged off. But research shows it can still have lasting psychological effects – including "...

10.12.2025 100