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In human beings, egg cells need to survive for about five decades, much longer than most other cell types - and they may achieve this unusually long lifespan by slowing down their natural cell processes ...

An expedition in the Red Sea found several brine pools that appear to be fed by underwater volcanoes, which may be home to microbes and animals with unique adaptations ...

The origins of plate tectonics on Earth are hotly debated, but evidence from Australia now shows that parts of the crust moved in relation to each other as early as 3.5 billion years ago ...

Researchers have found the first new type of magnet in nearly a century. Now, these strange "altermagnets" could help us build an entirely new type of computer ...

In children with anorexia nervosa or other restrictive eating disorders, changes in the brain's outer layer don't seem to be due to lack of nutrition alone - and some mirror those seen in other neurological conditions ...

Parents may discourage naps out of concern that their child won't then sleep at night, but research suggests that is not actually the case ...

Mathematicians have solved a decades-old problem in knot theory, discovering that linking two knots together can actually produce a knot that is easier to untie - the opposite of what was expected ...

Without enough liquid water on the surface, a planet's atmosphere can become choked with carbon dioxide, raising temperatures to a level beyond what is survivable for all known life ...

Proposed budget cuts in the US will lead to the loss of vital carbon dioxide measurements, but no other countries are preparing to step in so far, researchers warn ...

Adding fire-suppressing chemicals into batteries can prevent overheating, fires and explosions, cutting the risks for electric vehicles and portable electronics ...