The Best of BBC
20+ most popular BBC articles, as voted by our community.
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Meta: Can the firm's new headset stop virtual reality sickness?
Mark Zuckerberg claims VR motion sickness is getting better but will its new device stop the nausea?
BBC on Amazon
Amazon: How Bezos built his data machine
Leo Kelion investigates the rise of Amazon and its huge data-gathering operation
BBC on Climate Crisis
Flight turbulence increasing as planet heats up
Researchers found that severe turbulence had increased 55% between 1979 and 2020 on a typically busy North Atlantic route.
Air pollution: Uncovering the dirty secret behind BP’s bumper profits
How the BBC uncovered gas flaring in an Iraqi oil field, where locals are showing a high rate of cancer.
BBC on Drones
Amazon pledges parcels in an hour using drone deliveries
Deliveries will be in one area to begin with from late 2024 and only for items weighing up to 5lbs.
BBC on Environment
Biodiversity loss risks 'ecological meltdown'
The UK has an average of only 53% of its biodiversity left, well below the global average, study shows.
BBC on History
Amateur archaeologist helps crack Ice Age cave art code
A furniture maker hit upon the meaning of the markings and teamed up with academics to decipher them.
Is it goodbye - finally
Ofcom is consulting on changes to telecoms rules that could see fax machines become obsolete.
BBC on Mobility
The cargo hauling aircraft with no pilots on board
Rejecting deliveries to the doorstep, some drone makers are betting on bigger pilot-free aircraft.
Musk's Boring Company shows off Las Vegas tunnels
The BBC's James Clayton visited the tunnel network carrying passengers in Tesla cars.
BBC on Russia
BBC News - Ukrainecast, Who fired the missile into Poland?
Nato says it’s likely the missile that hit Poland was fired by Ukraine in defence. Show more After a fraught few hours, Nato said the missile that hit Poland - one of its members - was most likely…
BBC on Spirituality
Robotic Buddhist priest joins temple and other news
BBC Click’s LJ Rich looks at some of the week’s best technology stories.
BBC on Women
Seven female scientists you may not have heard of
The government is being told to act over a "lack of visible role models for girls" in science. Here's a whole array they could use.
BBC 100 Women 2022: Who is on the list this year?
This is the list of 100 women from BBC 100 Women for 2022
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Raducanu not being distracted by sponsors
Emma Raducanu's agent Max Eisenbud insists the US Open champion is not being distracted by commercial interests.
The book that sank on the Titanic and burned in the Blitz
A jewel-encrusted book sank on RMS Titanic on 15 April 1912 - but this was not the end of the story.
How the Tamara Ecclestone diamonds case was cracked
The celebrity burglaries that netted £26m - and how the police pieced then together.
In Our Time - Hegel's Philosophy of History
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Hegel's ideas on the consciousness of freedom.
The audacious PR plot that seeded doubt about climate change
Thirty years ago, a bold plan was hatched to persuade people that climate change was not a problem.
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BBC on Social Media
BBC Radio 4 - The New Gurus
From productivity hackers to dating coaches, from crypto bros to wellness influencers, when did the internet get taken over by gurus? Helen Lewis investigates. Show more Everywhere you look on the…
Could AI swamp social media with fake accounts?
Researchers warn that AI could flood social media with harmful and misleading content.