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The famous tree dates back to 17th Century Ghana and was reportedly planted by a renowned priest.

US consumers are buying electric vehicles – just not at the pace some analysts predicted. A few core reasons keep the average consumer from moving past petrol.

This bitter, caffeinated tea is increasing in popularity beyond South America – and footballers like Lionel Messi have been helping to spread it around the world.

Australian Laura Enever achieved her feat by paddling into the huge Hawaiian wave unassisted.

Mining the lithium and other minerals we need for batteries is taking an increasing toll on the environment. There are alternative materials all around us though.

The robotic arm reportedly failed to distinguish between the man and the boxes it was handling.

Colin Deveraux has spent a month in an Australian hospital and admits he is lucky to be alive.

To celebrate the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare's First Folio, BBC Future investigates a mysterious vanishing – a play that has been missing for centuries.

An extraordinary warning call to a Palestinian dentist starts the panicked evacuation of a Gazan neighbourhood.

Indecent artificial intelligence-generated pictures are believed to have swept across the globe.

Gayle Redman's stoma supplies vest is banned from the New York Marathon, but allowed in Chicago.

The UK AI Safety Summit, combined with a G7 declaration and US executive order, shows action is happening on AI. Chris Stokel-Walker looks what happens next.

Creators are touting passive income schemes that promise big returns for little effort. Can it work?

Europe's Euclid telescope begins its quest to map the cosmos and reveal its missing components.

Consumer bodies say firms make misleading claims about plastic water bottles being "100% recycled".

The academic who discovered the letters said reading them was "very emotional".

When the copyright for George Orwell's work expired, two writers reimagined his towering masterpieces, 1984 and Animal Farm. Dorian Lynskey finds out why.

Spotify has added audiobooks to its subscription model. Reaching millions of people, it may revolutionise the already booming audiobooks business.

A top curator is accused of breaking a controversial law that restricts materials for under-18s.

The backlash against single-use plastics has seen a growing market for paper, metal, glass and plant-based straws. But is the choice between them really a simple one?

Upheavals in West Africa mean France can no longer take its "backyard" for granted.

The checked fabric Madras was adopted by the affluent elite of 1950s America. But the fabric's origins go back to a South Indian fishing village, writes Kalpana Sunder.

America is using its own money to send weapons to a place it officially doesn't recognise.

The AI tool, designed to have a cheeky tone to its writing, is not yet widely available.

From an ancient underground temple at London Mithraeum to the poignant Crossbones Graveyard, these eight offbeat sites will take you to parts of London you likely never knew existed.