Scientists have long listened to the ocean, but new technology is helping to piece together a far more complex picture of life beneath the waves. Here, BBC Future lets you listen in. Beneath the surface, a ruckus fills the ocean. Clicks, grunts and barks of countless species make up the marine soundscape – a chorus…

By Gem O’Reilly BBC News In her university room in Bangladesh, Nina, 19, holds her boxing gloves up to her face, staring into the mirror. She is learning to protect herself. She says there is no other way. Nina is one of hundreds of Afghan women who have taken up the offer of an education…

AFP By Robert Plummer BBC News Argentina’s peso could soon be a thing of the past. If Javier Milei, the front-runner in the campaign for the presidency, wins the election scheduled for later this year, the country’s own currency could be abolished and replaced with the US dollar. In some ways, it’s surprising no-one has…

Getty Images By Sam Cabral BBC News, Washington A long-running investigation into the US President Joe Biden’s son, Hunter, may be heading for a jury trial. The five-year probe appeared near its end last month, with Mr Biden, 53, agreeing to resolve tax and gun offences and avoid prison time. But the case has since…

Getty Images At a glance The Bank of Ireland and Irish police issue warnings after a glitch led to reports customers could withdraw more money than what’s held in their accounts Queues have reportedly formed outside cash machines in the Republic of Ireland The bank says it is are working to resolve technical issues as…

From Scandinavia to the US, people are finding community and freedom living on water. Dominic Lutyens looks at eight examples of remarkable houseboats across the globe. There is something rebellious and individualistic about swapping a life lived within bricks and mortar for a simpler, less conventional existence on a houseboat. Boat-dwellers feel a sense of…

Some of the most famous space missions, including the two Voyager probes, have been exploring our Solar System for decades. The technology helping to keep them aloft, however, is not what you’d expect. 4 June 1996, European space port, French Guiana… It took more than 10 years to design and build Europe’s four identical Cluster…

Getty Images By Steve Swann BBC News The leaders of a global wildlife trafficking gang have been convicted after a four-year investigation and a trial in Nigeria. They pleaded guilty last month to smuggling the scales of endangered African pangolins. These “top-of-the-pyramid” traffickers were responsible for half the illegal trade in pangolin scales. This is…

North Korea has said US soldier Travis King crossed into its territory last month because of “inhuman maltreatment and racial discrimination” in the army. The 23-year-old private dashed across the border from South Korea on 18 July while on a guided tour. Private 2nd Class (PV2) King “expressed his willingness to seek refuge” in the…

He was once known as “America’s mayor” for his leading role helping New York City in the aftermath of the 9/11 terror attacks. Now Rudy Giuliani has been indicted alongside Donald Trump for his alleged role interfering in the 2020 presidential election. The BBC’s Anthony Zurcher explains what the charges are, and how the former…