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From a small island in the Venetian lagoon, a 15th-Century monk somehow designed an astonishingly accurate planisphere of the world.

Elected officials have been victims of dangerous pranks which saw heavily armed police sent to their homes.

The vote - passed with overwhelming support - comes ahead of his final appeal against US extradition.

A team in South Korea say they have cracked how to grow beef muscle and fat cells inside grains of rice.

Two years into Russia's full-scale invasion, Ukrainians carry deep wounds from the fight.

The Beatle said he was "incredibly grateful" to be reunited with his bass guitar stolen in 1972.

Rio de Janeiro was once the world's largest slave city – and a walking tour through "Little Africa" is the best way to explore the history that shaped Brazil's national identity.

As a major retrospective of the conceptual artist's work opens, her son Sean Ono Lennon talks about her art – and her collaborations with his father, John Lennon.

Scientists finally understand why insects gather around light.

The BBC’s Leire Ventas is granted rare access to Cecot, a secretive maximum security prison.

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Humans tend to hunker down in our own minds and trust what we already believe to be true. This emotion-based way of thought isn't often the best way to think...

Christian Brückner faces five charges including rape attacks between 2000 and 2017 in Portugal.

Extremely potent greenhouse gas leaked from a Kazakh well for over six months.

Five decades on from the last of the Apollo missions, the Moon is once again a target for space exploration. But Nasa no longer has lunar exploration to itself.

Many believe the opposition leader paid the ultimate price for opposing Putin - what do we know?

Jailed Russian politician Alexei Navalny has died in a penal colony, the country's prison service says.

Jameela, an endangered western lowland gorilla, was born prematurely with the help of medical specialists.

Some patients, especially newborns, need specially tested blood to ensure it does not cause harm.

Canada's wildfire season is not over, with dozens of winter fires still burning beneath the soil.

Marieme and Ndeye, seven, were not expected to survive for more than a few days after they were born.

Plants and animals use colours to communicate a message we humans cannot see.