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Samarkand was a major Silk Road trading hub for more than 2,500 years. Now, the Uzbek city has a major new tourism complex, which it hopes will reflect its former glories.

When picturing humanity's future, dark visions are everywhere - but are there alternatives? Historian Thomas Moynihan explores what we can learn from forecasters 100 years ago.

As the sun falls over a vast marshland, starlings undulate in mesmerising murmurations. But how, exactly, they do it remains mysterious.

Hovercraft were a quick way to zip across the world's waterways but were noisy and expensive to operate. Could they be about to enjoy a second wind?

As deep-sea miners seek international go-ahead, opponents say the environmental impact is too high.

It likely explains why the French have the reputation of being so demonstrative about love – because if you can't really say it, you have to show it.

BBC Tech Editor Zoe Kleinman tried to challenge the output of a chatbot - but all was not as it seemed.

Republicans allege James Comey's now-deleted "8647" Instagram message was a call to assassinate Donald Trump.

As we grow up, we are trained to think about things in a linear way. But it can leave us ill-equipped in our complex, fast moving world, harm our finances and even mislead AI.

Researchers in Japan and US have unlocked the 60-year mystery of what gives cats their orange colour.

Harvard Law School paid just $27 for the document, which UK academics now think is the real thing.

Find out how Eurovision gets one act off the stage and another one in place in under a minute.

Check out our shiny new story-based merch at https://dftba.com/minuteearthMost animals on earth are bioluminescent, but almost all of them live in the ocean ...

The US currently has no high-speed rail services, but two are under construction, and more planned.

A video shared on social media shows a man spray painting an original wall of the pre-Columbian site.

The research builds on the discovery that chimps seek out and eat certain plants to self-medicate.

Police say the mallard was likely a repeat offender and was caught in the same spot seven years ago.

"We are all in orbit around the center of the Milky Way galaxy. How big is this collection of stars? Somewhere between 200 and 400 billion suns in the Milky ...

Severe air pollution is obscuring visibility of the highest mountain peaks on Earth, hitting tourism hard.

Peter Sullivan is believed to have suffered the longest miscarriage of justice involving a living prisoner in British legal history

A husband said he wanted a chat, then confessed to his wife he had been spiking her drinks and raping her.

Trade wars and volatile markets have contributed to a gold rush, but investors shouldn't put all their eggs in this one basket, warn experts

Scientists test Mounjaro and Wegovy - the big beasts of weight loss medication - to see which is best.