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Virtual reality lets you experience amazing things—from exploring new worlds, to painting with trails of stars, to defending your fleet to save the world. But, headsets can get in the way. If you're watching someone else use VR, it's hard to tell what's going on and what they’re seeing.

One day last week, I woke up in the morning and looked out the window to see the Sun was shining. My neighbourhood in the New York City area was calm and normal. "OK good," I said to myself, "we made it through the night without a nuclear war.

While the world gaped at the extraordinary preservation of Shackleton's Endurance ship, one group of people were agog at something else in the crystal clear underwater footage. These were polar biologists, and they were wrapped up in the different animals they could see.

Orlando Rufino stands in the bed of the river that he says has been "life-giving" for his people for hundreds of years. But instead of wading through water, his feet sink into dry sand. Wooden boats that normally travel along its steady current sit forgotten next to him.

Look up over the white sand beaches of Mauritius and you may see a gigantic sail. It's much like the kind used by paragliders or kite surfers but the size of a three-bedroom apartment, looping figures-of-eight overhead.

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“After working from home for over a year, I needed a change in atmosphere,” says Vedika Bhaia, a Kolkata-based marketing entrepreneur and content creator.

The US is moving to craft new rules to govern cryptocurrencies amid rising concerns that the fast-growing industry is a haven for criminals and poses risks to financial stability. The White House said its goal was to protect consumers, while maintaining America's technological leadership.

To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.By Jonathan AmosBBC Science Correspondent@BBCAmosScientists have found and filmed one of the greatest ever undiscovered shipwrecks 107 years after it sank.

The world, both physical and digital, finds itself in unprecedented times as the conflict in Ukraine rages.

Frozen star Idina Menzel has tweeted a message of support to a young girl who sang the film's anthem Let It Go while sheltering in a Ukraine basement. The video was first posted on Facebook by Ukrainian Marta Smekhova and has since gone viral around the world.

Nearly two weeks after Russia's invasion of Ukraine, the flow of false or misleading information about the war hasn't let up and now there are some outlandish theories being shared online.

From the outside, the museum on Palatine Hill looked like just another of Rome's elegant palazzi, its entrance graced with statues of Roman soldiers and decorative urns. Inside, however, it was clear that this wasn't your run-of-the-mill Roman mansion.

Catching Covid may cause changes to the brain, a study suggests. Scientists found significant differences in MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) scans before and after infection.

Back in 2007, Kerry Collinge, who works in marketing, found herself working on an unusual project featuring a drumming gorilla.

Adam Malick Sow had a headache. He was several hours into his trip from New York to Washington DC, and after his limousine crossed into the state of Maryland, he asked his driver to find a place to stop. The wife of the diner's owner refused to serve the diplomat because he was black.

My first visit to Pakistan dismantled any precious notions I had about my name’s uniqueness. While a rare curiosity in California, here, it seemed I met an Aysha, Ayesha or Aisha at every corner.  Baby naming is an emotionally charged process.

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Over the past couple of years, digital connection has mattered more than ever, writes the philosopher Rebecca Roache. So, how is the nature of friendship changing? During the Covid-19 lockdowns, I watched how my children responded to the fact that they couldn't see their friends in person.

A discarded part of a rocket is hours away from crashing into the Moon, say scientists who first predicted the collision in January. The three-tonne rocket part, which is hurtling through space at 5,800mph, is expected to hit at 12:25 on Friday.

The world is set to get a global treaty to tackle plastic pollution. Nearly 200 countries have agreed to start negotiations on an international agreement to take action on the "plastic crisis".

Never was there a better illustration of the alternative reality presented by Russian state media than at 17:00 GMT on Tuesday.

Russia has been accused of planning to use thermobaric weapons - also known as vacuum bombs - in its invasion of Ukraine. These are controversial because they are much more devastating than conventional explosives of similar size, and have a terrible impact on anyone caught in their blast radius.

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