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COSMIC FIREWORKS

When is the next meteor shower? Here's your 2018 celestial calendar

THE next meteor display is made from falling debris from the comet Thatcher. This is when it is taking place and what showers are expected this year.

SHOOTING STARS

Here's when and where to watch the Lyrid meteor shower in the UK

FLYING LAUNCH PAD

World's biggest plane with span bigger than football pitch set for skies

Today's Tech Videos

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What else is out there?

SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches from Florida carrying NASA planet-hunting telescope
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DIY Droid

This genius robot can build Ikea furniture – so you don’t have to
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Vr-oom Vr-oom 

Virtual reality sex world lets users romp with 3D porn stars
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​Stand and deliver

UPRIZE’s world first self-erecting bionic dildo goes on sale in the UK for £129.99
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The cremation replacement?

How promession works – watch the burial process that turns frozen humans into powder
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Cold as Ice

Freeze-dried death that turns your body into powder will replace cremation, claims its creator
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RATED 18

Controversial Agony video game has optional mode to unlock violence, torture and nudity
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NATURAL GASES

Bristol Energy company turns human POO into electricity
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SNOG A SNOB

Dating app Toffee launches exclusively for people who went to private school
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WHAT WOULD HAPPEN?

Terrifying effect of a nuclear bomb being dropped on major city revealed in haunting new simulation
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The King of Kong

Preview video for The King of Kong – the hilarious arcade showdown between Steve Wiebe and…
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Better than Spotify?

New Apple Music service launched with major marketing campaign starring James Corden

DIY DROID

This genius robot can assemble an IKEA chair in less than 10 minutes

OUTTA SPACE

Nasa launches a satellite to hunt for Earth-sized planets TODAY – watch here

ORE-INSPIRING

Discovery of £360bn rare metal on tiny Pacific island could change the world

THE END IS NIGH

When is the end of the world? Planet X and other theories explained

SPACE SHOCK

Scientists reveal what happens to your muscles on Mars – and it's not good

THE ATMOSPHERE on Mars poses a significant risk to the human body, claims a new study that simulated the Red Planet's environment. Add to that the long period of inactivity on the journey there (which could last up to a year), and the consequences look dire for our organs, bones and respiratory and nervous systems, according to the boffs.

THE END IS NOW?

Is the world going to end on April 23 and what is David Meade's new theory?

MAKING WAVES

What is a new moon, and when is the next one? Here's your 2018 lunar calendar

THE FLUKE PLANET

Football-pitch sized asteroid spotted on SATURDAY just misses earth

EVIL TECH

Male sex robots that rape women could land their creators in jail, warns expert

cold as ice

Freeze-dried death that turns corpses into powder could replace cremation

GMO GO FOR MAN

Genetically modified HUMANS to be a first in the West — after China tests

Latest in Tech

PAY TO PLAY

How to get the cheapest copy of God of War online before Friday's launch

BEATING ADVERSITY

Chinese man with no arms or legs able to play video games with chopsticks

MOISTY GAMING

All the Fortnite weekly challenges revealed – an easy way to get bonus XP

COSMIC FIREWORKS

When is the next meteor shower? Here's your 2018 celestial calendar

SHOOTING STARS

Here's when and where to watch the Lyrid meteor shower in the UK

XUR YOU HAVE IT

Where can you find Destiny 2's exotic merchant Xur and what's he selling?

SWORD PLAY

God of War 2018 is HERE – here's what to expect from the huge new game

FLYING LAUNCH PAD

World's biggest plane with span bigger than football pitch set for skies

TACO'BOUT FORTNITE

An easy guide to finding all of all of the Taco Shops in Fortnite

SIM SMUT

Pornhub full of 'deepfakes' sex tapes of Emma Watson and Katy Perry despite 'ban'

DAVID AND GOOGLIATH

Tech firm takes on Google in UK court for 'abuse of dominant position'

catch the sun

7 summer apps you need to make the most of the warm weather
Revealed

WATCH THIS SPACE

NASA spacecraft to blast off TONIGHT in search for alien life forms

THE TESS will search 200,000 of the closest, brightest stars for undiscovered planets. Scientists expect to find thousands, including hundreds of rocky worlds similar in size to our own, within a range of 300 light-years. The robotic spacecraft will rocket into space shortly before midnight UK time.

LIES OF THE MACHINE

Boffins urged to stop lying robots from staging Terminator-style attack

X FACTOR

Is Planet X real, what does Nibiru mean and what are the theories about it?

cryptic crater

Massive Mars crater spotted but scientists can't explain how it got there

A HUGE crater has been spotted on Mars and scientists are struggling to explain how it got there. They've narrowed it down to an asteroid impact or supervolcano.

IS IT BOT IN HERE?

Japanese man builds giant Gundam robot suit that shoots huge toy gun

Moon Shine

Prepare for drunk astronauts as world's first SPACE BEER gets ready for launch

BOTTOMS UP

You're drinking Guinness wrong – scientist explains why you need THIS glass

CLIMATE CALAMITY

World faces climate CHAOS as Atlantic Ocean risks slowing to a halt

THE END IS NIGH!

Armageddon 'due April 23 when death planet Nibiru appears in the sky'

SOUND THE ALARM

Boffs invent fire-detecting WALLPAPER that could replace smoke detectors

HIDDEN WEB

What is the dark web? From drugs and guns to contract killers and kidnappings

SPACE WALK

Watch Nasa's incredible 4K virtual moon tour to see Earth's neighbour up close

WHAT A WHOPPER

Boffins find 250m-yr-old jaw of beast that's bigger than a blue whale in UK

DON'T BLINK

Ancient humans used their EYEBROWS to speak before they had real languages