The remote village where names are songs

There is a village in north-east India where everyone is known by their own unique song, created for them at birth by their mothers.

BBC Indian Languages reporter Neha Sharma went to find out more.

26 July 2019

Why Ann Patchett doesn’t think kind people are boring

The author talks with Katty Kay about life, loss, and her new book Whistler.

Katty Kay

The race to decode animal language with AI

Can humans talk to animals? New AI tools are bringing that possibility closer than ever.

Tech Now

Muted open on Wall Street amid inflation fears

Noah Hamman of AdvisorShares says it's likely that the Fed Chair is facing pressure from the administration.

Opening Bell

Photographing rare and elusive birds in Brazil's rainforests

Discover how 27-year-old wildlife photographer Nicole Carneiro brings her images of Brazil's rainforests to life.

Earth

Inside one of Europe's oldest hunting megastructures

Archaeologists in Slovenia have uncovered huge stone structures that were once vast prehistoric traps.

Discover the World

US markets down amid bond sell-off

JoAnne Feeney of Advisors Capital Management says the bond sell-off follows recent hostility in the Iran war.

Opening Bell

The lethal plants Agatha Christie used in her novels

The lethal plants behind Agatha Christie's famous murders

Lucy Worsley tours a garden of inconspicuous, yet deadly plants used as poisons in Agatha Christie's novels.

BBC Select

The giant beasts returning to Britain after 6,000 years

The Travel Show joins a historic mission to return European bison to the British countryside after millennia.

The Travel Show

Why more US planes are getting stuck on the tarmac

A look at why three-hour airline delays are skyrocketing in the US and what this means for people's travel plans.

Katty Kay

How cutting-edge 3D imaging is transforming heart surgery

New 3D imaging helps surgeons carry out complex heart procedures with greater precision and clarity.

Tech Now

Wall Street opens higher boosted by Nvidia results

Debbie Hippensteel at River Wealth Advisors says chip giant Nvidia is 'firing on all cylinders'.

Opening Bell

David Attenborough's favourite butterfly

Sir David Attenborough details the unique qualities that make Priam's Birdwing Butterflies so delightful.

BBC Select

Social media settlement 'huge relief for Meta', expert says

Meta has reached a settlement with US states to pay up to $16.68bn in its child safety court case.

Opening Bell

The vineyard flourishing beside Europe's most active volcano

Dara Ó Briain meets winemakers in Sicily who explain how Mount Etna makes their grapes one of a kind.

BBC Select

Inside San Francisco's iconic fortune cookie factory

The Travel Show visits North America's oldest Chinatown where 8,000 fortune cookies are made every day.

The Travel Show

Wall Street muted as borrowing costs rise

Markets shrug off treasury bond buyback scheme

Edward Yardeni of Yardeni Research says the US government is taxing too little and spending too much.

Opening Bell

Why have North American overdose deaths dropped so sharply?

A new paper tries to explain why fentanyl overdoses began plummeting in the US and Canada in the middle of 2023.

Katty Kay

The race to build a hydrogen-powered future

Tech Now goes to Texas to find out how researchers are developing hydrogen-powered cars.

Tech Now

Expert warns of 'bear market for debt'

As US debt passes $40tn, George Schultze of Schultze Asset Management says the numbers are concerning.

Opening Bell

In search of the rare fish owl in Turkey's mountains

Once feared as a symbol of bad luck by locals, the elusive brown fish owl is one of Turkey's rarest birds.

Travel