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Noise Air Buds Pro 6 have been introduced in India. The TWS earphones are equipped with 12.4mm drivers and support dual device connectivity. They are claimed to offer up to 49dB hybrid active noise cancellation (ANC) and up to seven hours of playback time on a single charge. The Air Buds Pro 6 support spatial audio, Google Fast Pair, in-ear detection, and low latency of up to 50ms. They join the Noise Air Buds 6, which were unveiled in the country in January. Noise Air Buds Pro 6 Price in India, AvailabilityNoise Air Buds Pro 6 price in India is set at Rs.…

Culture is what we learn from others and pass on to successive generations by practising it over and over. Scientists have found cultural traditions among humans as well as animals, the latter in the way they forage, socialise, use tools, care for themselves, and mate.Among these traditions, the characteristic patterns of behaviour that involve communication are called dialects.In new research published in the journal Cell, scientists with the Taï Chimpanzee Project in West Africa reported four dialects that male wild chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes verus) use in the Taï National Park to find mates to copulate with.Unfortunately, after documenting the chimpanzees’…

A representative illustration of the earth’s Hadean protocrust as it took shape. | Photo Credit: Image created with ChatGPT The Hadean protocrust is the name for the earth’s crust — its outermost layer — when it first formed. The ‘Hadean’ prefix refers to the planet’s first geologic aeon. At this time, within 200 million years of its genesis, the earth’s surface was partially molten and almost constantly bombarded by rocks from space. As many volcanoes also raged, the surface was very hot and hellish.As parts of the magma ocean cooled, the first pieces of the crust began to take shape.…

The late 1970s provided a rare alignment of Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune that scientists wanted to use to their advantage. Gravity assists, also known as slingshots or planetary swingby, are spaceflight manoeuvres that utilise the gravitational pull of a planet to change the spacecraft’s trajectory and velocity, thereby travelling farther and faster, while using up lesser fuel. During this particular alignment, which happens once in about 175 years, NASA planned to send a pair of Voyager spacecraft to study Jupiter and Saturn, and explore Uranus and Neptune too if that was possible. Before that, they had to make sure…

The shingles vaccine reduced the probability of new dementia diagnoses by around one-fifth over seven years, according to a large-scale study of a population in Wales, UK. The results were published in Nature. This finding suggests that the vaccine could be a cost-effective strategy for preventing or delaying dementia. However, further research is needed to determine whether the observed effects are truly causal and to understand how protection is conferred.Recent studies have found associations between herpes virus infections and an increased risk of developing dementia, including Alzheimer’s disease, raising the question of whether vaccination might have a protective effect. However, testing this…

Bats do not fatally crash into each other every night, even in colonies of hundreds of thousands of them, squeezing out of caves to forage. Bats perceive their world mostly through echolocation. Many bats echolocate at once when a whole colony emerges from a cave. As a result, the calls of others are drowned out. Scientists call this loss of acoustic information “jamming”. When exiting the cave, bats experience a cacophony of calls, with 94% of echolocation being jammed. Yet, aerial accidents outside caves are so rare. Within five seconds of leaving the cave, bats significantly reduced the echolocation jamming.…

Acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL) is a rare and aggressive form of leukemia, a cancer that affects blood cells. It is caused by a genetic mutation where two genes, PML and RARA, mistakenly fuse together. The fusion of the two genes leads to the production of fewer white blood cells and platelets, which reduce the body’s ability to fight infections and control bleeding.What sets this cancer apart from other types of cancer is that it can cause severe internal bleeding in organs such as lungs and brain, which can result in death within a few days if not treated immediately. But…

India has made impressive gains in adapting aquaculture for the nutritional demands of its population. It is the third largest producer overall, ranking second in the production of prawns. Andhra Pradesh is by far the largest producer, with other West Bengal, Tamil Nadu and Odisha making sizeable contributions along with Gujarat.Dietary preferences too have changed — prawns, with their high protein and low fat content, are increasingly in demand both domestically and in the export market. Our aquaculture farms are supported by a network of industries that meet their many requirements, from aquafeed to measures for infection control. Farmers and local entrepreneurs…

ChatGPT Plus will be free to access for select users over the next few weeks, OpenAI announced on Friday. The AI firm’s ChatGPT Plus subscription tier typically costs $20 (roughly Rs. 1,700) per month, but eligible users won’t have to pay for access to OpenAI’s deep research and multiple reasoning models and limited access to Sora video generation. The lowest paid subscription plan lifts limits on messaging or file uploads, and image generation, while also offering limited access to Sora video generation.ChatGPT Plus Free Access for Students to Remain Available Through MayIn a post on X (formerly Twitter), CEO Sam…

CMF Phone 2 — the anticipated successor to last year’s novel CMF Phone 1 handset — could be launched soon with some design changes. The Nothing subsidiary recently began teasing the arrival of its second generation handset, and it has now revealed what appears to be the rear panel of the CMF Phone 2. The handset could arrive with a new matte finish, according to the latest teaser. Previous reports suggest that the CMF Phone 2 will be equipped with a triple rear camera setup.CMF Phone 2 Design (Expected)In a post on X (formerly Twitter) on Saturday, the smartphone brand…