Nov 13th, 2025 - It's quick and easy to access Live Science Plus, simply enter your email below. We'll send you a confirmation and sign you up for our daily newsletter, keeping you up to date with the latest science news. Millions of mysterious black streaks littered across the surface of Mars have puzzled scientists for decades, but now researchers may finally have a proper explanation. The new theory also explains why it has taken so long to solve this particular problem. Martian "slope streaks" are dark albedo features that cover the slopes of topographical features across the Red Planet. They were ... [Read More]

Nov 12th, 2025 - Follow Earth on Google Deep underground on the Albania-Greece border, scientists have discovered something astonishing – a single, sprawling spider metropolis woven across a cave wall. Covering roughly 1,140 square feet, the web shelters an estimated 111,000 spiders from two typically solitary species, all thriving together in total darkness beside a sulfur-rich stream. This massive, cooperative structure – unlike anything seen before in either species – suggests that under the right conditions, even solitary spiders can become social builders. Solitary spiders turn social ... [Read More]

Nov 12th, 2025 - A recent die-off in Florida puts the spotlight on corals' survival strategies. Scientists have found that the 2023 marine heat wave caused "functional extinction" of two Acropora reef-building coral species living in the Florida Reef, which stretches from the Dry Tortugas National Park to Miami. "At this point, we do not think there's much of a chance for natural recovery—their numbers are so low that successful reproduction is incredibly unlikely," said Ross Cunning, a coral biologist at the John G. Shedd Aquarium. This isn't the first time corals have faced the borderline of ... [Read More]

Nov 12th, 2025 - It's quick and easy to access Live Science Plus, simply enter your email below. We'll send you a confirmation and sign you up for our daily newsletter, keeping you up to date with the latest science news. While people around the world are getting auroral treats from an active sun , the recent solar activity has caused disappointment for Mars-mission fans. Due to the adverse space weather, they will now have to wait to see two Red Planet-bound spacecraft launch aboard a Blue Origin rocket. NASA 's twin ESCAPADE spacecraft were supposed to fly to Mars as soon as this afternoon (Nov. 12), but ... [Read More]

Nov 12th, 2025 - IBM Corp. today announced two new quantum processors at its annual Quantum Developer Conference  that are aimed at delivering scalable quantum computation capabilities next year and fault-tolerant quantum computing by 2029. The company unveiled Quantum Nighthawk, a 120-qubit processor designed with 218 next-generation tunable couplers that expands on the previous generation Heron processor's capabilities with 20% more couplers. According to the company, the increased connectivity between qubits allows users to execute circuits with 30% more complexity, while maintaining low error rates. ... [Read More]

Nov 12th, 2025 - Could life have once existed underground and will it do so again? Don't count the search for life on Mars out just yet. A recent study in The Astrophysical Journal Letters reports eight dark openings in a region called Hebrus Valles that look like cave entrances, etched not by lava but by ancient flowing water. If confirmed, these would be the first known " karstic " caves on Mars — the same geological family as Mammoth Cave in Kentucky or the limestone caverns scattered across Earth. For astrobiologists, that combination is electric: Water plus shelter. Mars today is brutal at the ... [Read More]

Nov 12th, 2025 - Help Net Security newsletters : Daily and weekly news, cybersecurity jobs, open source projects, breaking news – subscribe here! IBM is taking another major step toward its goal of achieving quantum advantage by 2026 and fault-tolerant by 2029, unveiling its most advanced quantum processor yet, IBM Quantum Nighthawk. IBM Quantum Nighthawk processor The new processor, revealed today, is built on a redesigned architecture meant to pair with high-performance quantum software. IBM says this combination could enable Nighthawk to deliver quantum advantage as soon as next year, the point when ... [Read More]

Nov 12th, 2025 - Conventional wearable ultrasound sensors have been limited by low power output and poor structural stability, making them unsuitable for high-resolution imaging or therapeutic applications. A KAIST research team has now overcome these challenges by developing a flexible ultrasound sensor with statically adjustable curvature. This breakthrough opens new possibilities for wearable medical devices that can capture precise, body-conforming images and perform noninvasive treatments using ultrasound energy. KAIST (President Kwang Hyung Lee) announced on November 12 that a research team led by ... [Read More]