Apple launches its first smartwatch today - but anyone turning up to buy one in the high street will be disappointed. For although the Apple Watch (pictured) is officially going on sale, none of its stores will have them in stock. Instead, consumers willing to shell out between £299 to £9,500 - for the gold edition - have to pre-order the watches online and wait for their arrival until June.
The image shows a distant giant cluster of 3,000 stars called Westerlund 2. Massive stars are seen feeding regions of dust and gas in the image.
The image shows a distant giant cluster of 3,000 stars called Westerlund 2. Massive stars are seen feeding regions of dust and gas in the image.
Where your computer goes to die: Shocking pictures of the toxic 'electronic graveyards' in Africa where the West dumps its old PCs, laptops, microwaves, fridges and phones
A new report revealed 41 million tonnes of e-waste was discarded globally in 2014 and Africa has become the dumping ground for it. The Agbogbloshie landfill in Ghana (pictured) is just one where mountains of broken television sets, microwaves, computers and refrigerators from countries all over the world are dumped. Transporting broken appliances known as e-waste is illegal but brokers fraudulently label the products as reusable so they can be shipped, campaigners have said. Young men at the site brave toxic fumes - and the poisonous elements that leak from some appliances - to sift through the waste in the hopes of finding something worth selling (bottom right). Others burn components (inset) to recover scrap metal which can be sold at market.
Did a METEOR change the course of Christianity? Chelyabinsk-like fireball may have made Paul the Apostle convert
An astronomer at the Planetary Science Institute in Tucson, Arizona, claims that Paul the Apostle may have experienced a vision on the road to Damascus in 30AD (illustrated in the painting by Michelangelo on the left) that was caused by a meteor similar to the one over Chelyabinsk in Russia (top right). He argues that the sound of the explosion could have been interpreted as a divine voice and the UV radiation from the blast (bottom right) could have caused temporary blindness called photokeratitis. Many argue that without Paul's influence, Christianity would be a very different religion.
How it feels to be INVISIBLE: Virtual reality experiment tricks people into thinking their body has disappeared
Neuroscientists from Sweden's Karolinska Institutet asked participants to wear a virtual reality headset looking down towards their body. Instead of seeing their body, they were shown either the body of a mannequin or an empty space where their body should have been (illustrated). A researcher then stroked the participant's body with a large paintbrush while simultaneously moving another paintbrush in the corresponding location in the empty space below the cameras, as if he were touching an 'invisible body'.
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- Our climate models are WRONG: Global warming has slowed - and recent changes are down to ‘natural variability’, says study
- Did a METEOR change the course of Christianity? Chelyabinsk-like fireball may have made Paul the Apostle convert
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- Scientists genetically modify human embryos for the first time: Controversial technique could lead to designer babies
- How Inuit women were wearing fur THONGS 130 years ago! Sexy seal underwear was donned when guests visited
- Now THAT'S a spin cycle! Exercise bike washes your dirty laundry as you pedal
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Did YOU spot the Lyrids last night? Spectacular images reveal meteors streaking across the night sky during annual shower
Photographers in the UK captured the Lyrid meteor shower in the sky last night. It occurs every year around 16 to 25 April, so you can still catch some meteors tonight and tomorrow. The strength of the showers vary from year to year and most years there are no more than 20 meteors an hour. But in 1982 Americans counted nearly 100 an hour and in 1803 it was as high as 700 an hour. Top right and left are meteors above Porthcurno beach in Cornwall, while bottom right is the view at the Forest of Bowland in Lancashire, in the early hours of this morning.
The scanner that can scour an entire PLANE: Mobile device can find weapons and drugs hidden onboard
Romanian company MB Telecom has revealed the Roboscan 2M Aeria. It uses a cone of radiation to sweep across planes (shown left) and look inside to find contraband like weapons (top right). The device is accurate enough to find a filament in a light bulb. But the radiation it emits is not safe for passengers yet. The company notes that, while passengers and their luggage are thoroughly inspected at airports (bottom right), there is no such inspection process for jets arriving at small private airports with low security - but this device fills that 'gap'.
Now THAT'S a spin cycle! Exercise bike washes your dirty laundry as you pedal
The Bike Washing Machine (main picture) is being developed by designers at the Dalian Nationalities University in China. The front wheel has been replaced with a drum where clothes can be placed with water and detergent. When the user pedals, it drives the drum (shown in the inset) but also produce electricity that can be stored for later use.
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When supermassive black holes COLLIDE: Best-ever 3D simulation reveals how space-time warps during the cataclysmic event
University of Illinois scientists have created the first 3D simulation of merging black holes (shown). It shows what happens when two supermassive black holes collide. Material swirls around the objects in a quasar and jets fire out from the poles. It comes after two black holes were found to be seven years from merging.
World's most powerful telescope to launch in 2018: 'Time machine' will peer back over 13.5 billion years to see first stars forming
Nasa describes the telescope as a 'powerful time machine with infrared vision that will peer back over 13.5 billion years to see the first stars and galaxies forming out of the darkness of the early universe.' The James Webb telescope (inset) should further the search for alien life by opening a new window on planets outside the solar system that might have water, says the Houston-based agency. JWST's main mirror will be 21ft (6.5 metres) in diameter, three times as large as Hubble's.
How Inuit women were wearing fur THONGS 130 years ago! Sexy seal underwear was donned when guests visited
The garment (pictured) is part of an animal-skin display at National Museum of Denmark. Known as a 'naatsit', it was worn during the 19th century in Greenland and other arctic regions. It is decorated using glass beads and different coloured strips of fur. Depending on the weather, the naatsit was often the only garment worn. Other items include a diaper made from reindeer skin and fur and a pair of pantyhose are also on display.
Is this the apocalypse, ask locals: Hundreds evacuated as Chilean volcano erupts for first time in 40 years and sends huge plume of ash into the sky
Volcano Calbuco, in southern Chile, erupted at around 6pm local time, as 1,500 residents from the town of Ensenada were forced to flee their homes while a 12 mile exclusion zone was established. The eruption forced a cloud of ash and dust into the atmosphere which was visible from up to 100 miles away in neighbouring Argentina. Residents from near the volcano described people crying in the streets in the aftermath of the explosion, which is the first there since 1972
Does YOUR state believe in global warming? Interactive map reveals spread of opinion on climate change across the US
The map, created by Yale University, reveals public opinion in all 50 states, 435 districts and 3,000 counties. Overall, just over 60 per cent of Americans believe global warming is taking place and nearly half blame humans for the change. But within the US, opinions on global warming vary wildly. People in California, for instance, are far more worried about the warming planet than those in parts of the central US. Pictured are the percentages of people who are worried about climate change, divided by different counties. The warmer colours represent a higher percentage of people concerned with the impact of warming.
Google NESSIE view: Tech giant lets you explore Loch Ness through the eyes of its mythical monster
Google partnered with Catlin Seaview Survey and Adrian Shine from the Loch Ness and Morar Project to capture the Street View images. The site has launched to mark the 81st anniversary of the 'Surgeon's Photograph' (pictured left) - an image of the mythical monster - and it lets people virtually explore above (pictured top right) and beneath the water (pictured bottom right) of the waterway to the southwest of Inverness.
Watch Rosetta's comet 'BURP': Geyser is seen suddenly erupting from the surface in an amazing 'chance discovery'
German scientists using Esa's Rosetta spacecraft (illustrated top right) captured stunning images of a dust jet erupting from comet 67P Churyumov-Gerasimenko (right). The jet may have been caused by a wave of heat reaching ice trapped under the surface, causing an explosion of material. But it is unusual, because so far such activity has only been spotted on the day-side of the comet (bottom left) - not the night, like this.
Mystery of the universe's giant Cold Spot solved: 'Supervoid' 1.8 billion light-years wide could be the biggest object ever found
Hawaii scientists say a supervoid may account for a cosmic anomaly. A supervoid is not empty, but rather a region of space that has less matter than other parts of the universe. The object is thought to be causing a 'less-dense' region of the universe known as the Cold Spot (shown bottom right). At 1.8 billion light-years across it would be the biggest object ever found. But some 'exotic physics' is also needed to explain what's happening.
What unusual phrases does YOUR region use? Interactive grammar map reveals bizarre language differences across the US
From 'here's you a piece of pizza' to 'this glass needs washed', every state has its own particular phrase that strikes the rest of the English-speaking world as bizarre. In New York for instance, there's a tendency to use the word 'so' for drama, such as 'I'm so totally over this.' Meanwhile, some people in San Jose will think nothing of saying 'didn't nobody help him' while Florida residents can be heard using grammar such as, 'I ain't never had no trouble with none of 'em.'
How Saturn is devouring its moon: Stunning images reveal Enceladus' ghostly tendrils being sucked in by the gas giant's rings
The 310 mile (500km) wide moon, which astronomers say may harbour alien life, has geysers pumping out tendrils of ice-water at 800mph (1287km/h). These geysers won't be there forever as images show how long, sinuous, tendril-like structures (top right) near Enceladus (bottom right) are transferring material from the moon into Saturn's rings. These ghostly tendrils have long been known to follow Enceladus in its orbit around the gas giant - but this is the first time scientists have been able to track its source. The left image shows small water ice particles flying from fissures in the south polar region of Saturn's moon.
'UFO' spotted in 55-year-old space photo: Conspiracy theorist says image proves aliens have been watching Nasa's progress
Taiwan-based UFO researcher Scott Waring, claims he spotted the UFO in an image taken by unmanned space probe Mercury-Redstone 1A on December 19, 1960. The image was part of Project Mercury, which was the US' first mission to put humans in space. 'Why wouldn't aliens be interested in watching a historical moment in human history?,' asked Waring in his blog. Scientists say radical claims such as this are a simple case of pareidolia, which is the psychological response to significant items in random stimuli. A zoomed in version is inset.
Now THAT'S a caveman! Neanderthal who fell down sinkhole 150,000 years ago starved to death and FUSED with its walls
Italian researchers have used DNA analysis to confirm that a mysterious skeleton (above) found embedded into the stalactites of a cave in Lamalunga, near Altamura, southern Italy (shown in the inset map), belonged to a Neanderthal who became trapped there. The DNA is the oldest to have ever been extracted from a Neanderthal and could provide new insights into how the species evolved, their relationship with modern humans and reveal new details about the unfortunate 'Altamura Man' himself.
'Longitude' clock stuns experts by keeping accurate to a second for 100 days - 300 years after it was designed
The modern-day Martin Burgess Clock B (left) is based on John Harrison's (right) 18th century clock. It has been kept at the Royal Observatory, in Greenwich, to see if the claim - that the clock would neither lose nor gain more than a second in 100 days - was true. The time was measured using a radio-controlled clock, which received the national time signal, and the BT speaking clock. It has since been certified by the Guinness World Records as the 'most accurate mechanical clock with a pendulum swinging in free air' (inset).
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