The Best of BBC Breaking News
20+ most popular BBC Breaking News articles, as voted by our community.
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Mobile phone inventor made first call 50 years ago
Marty Cooper, who made the first mobile phone call in 1973, says modern devices are "suboptimal".
AI 'godfather' Geoffrey Hinton warns of dangers as he quits Google
Artificial intelligence pioneer Geoffrey Hinton quits Google, saying he now regrets his work.
Elon Musk BBC interview: Twitter boss on layoffs, misinfo and sleeping in the office
The Twitter boss defends his running of the firm in a hastily-arranged BBC interview.
BBC Breaking News on Biology
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 Breaking News on Climate Crisis
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.
Climate change: Wasted methane gas 'a scandal'
Green Alliance says the high price of gas means fossil fuel companies should be capturing more of their methane emissions
BBC Breaking News 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 Breaking News 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 Breaking News on Parkinsons
Parkinson's smell test explained by science
A woman who can smell Parkinson's disease helps scientists discover what causes the musky odour.
BBC Breaking News on Solarpunk
What is solarpunk and can it help save the planet?
Solarpunk is art movement that imagines a world where technology is used for the good of the planet.
BBC Breaking News on Space
James Webb telescope: Amazing images show the Universe as never before
It's a year since the James Webb telescope launched, and we've marvelled at its pictures ever since.
Artemis: How we get humans back to the Moon
Nasa's Artemis missions will send astronauts to the Moon in the new Orion spacecraft and a new rocket will carry it into space.
BBC Breaking News 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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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.
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.
"Art is dead Dude" - the rise of the AI artists stirs debate
A number of new artificial intelligence systems turn simple text prompts into striking images.
The myth of the eight-hour sleep
Sleeping in one eight-hour chunk is a very recent phenomenon, and lying awake at night could be good for you, according to scientists and historians.
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