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You pressed for food? It doesn’t get better than this. Or do we mean lazier? Developer Stavros Korokithakis has cobbled together a button he can press when wants food. When he pushes the internet-connected button, a takeaway delivery is requested from a website. He was inspired by Amazon Dash buttons, which let customers order more […]

To get an easy meal, gentoo penguins opt to steal each other's unwieldy prey – a behaviour revealed for the first time by cameras strapped to their backs

The first results since CERN's massive particle collider was switched back on are in – and a new particle may be on the horizon in 2016, if we're lucky

A controversial bone discovery suggests we lived alongside a primitive species of human – and may have cannibalised them

Fossil bacteria found in South Africa suggest that spaces covered by tidal sediments provided a sanctuary from heavy UV radiation on Mars-like early Earth

A seismic observatory in Iraq has detected vibrations from weapons and flying helicopters, so seismography could be used to gather military intelligence

They usually eat fish, but a group of dusky sharks have been seen ganging up on a baby humpback whale, suggesting attacks may be more common than we thought

Mice recovered faster after a stroke when given Ambien, the best-selling sleeping pill that has also been reported to rouse some minimally conscious people

Storm Frank is the latest freak weather event made possible by an unusual combination of factors that may persist for years to come