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Apple introduced the AirPods 5 with a wireless charging case at its recent event, pricing them roughly $30 below the ANC-equipped AirPods 4. Hands-on impressions suggest the newer earbuds outperform their predecessor across the board despite the lower cost.
A NASA-developed image-processing method called decorrelation stretch, originally created to pull extra detail from satellite and Mars rover photos, has been repurposed to reveal ancient artwork invisible to the naked eye. Using this technique, a Singaporean archaeologist uncovered roughly 200 faded paintings at Angkor Wat between 2010 and 2012, including scenes of horseback riders and musicians. The method reached archaeology through Jon Harman, a medical imaging professional and rock-art hobbyist who adapted NASA's published algorithm into the widely used Dstretch software.
Amazon has cut $40 off the Samsung Galaxy Buds 3 FE, bringing the noise-canceling earbuds down to $109.99. The retailer says it's the lowest price on these buds since Prime Day.
Apple has released a new generation of AirPods that improves active noise cancellation but leaves out the camera-equipped design that had been rumored ahead of launch. The earbuds focus on incremental audio and performance upgrades rather than new hardware features like built-in cameras.
Researchers uncovered bones and stone tools inside a cave in China that belonged to Denisovans, an extinct human relative, spanning a period of roughly 120,000 years. The finds offer new physical evidence about the group's biology, diet, and daily life over an extended timeframe.
Researchers studying the remains of an ancient city in Asia have found evidence of sophisticated engineering and social organization, according to a report highlighted by Nature. The findings point to coordinated planning and construction techniques that allowed the settlement to function as a complex urban center.
Researchers analyzed proteins from two fossilized teeth—a fourth premolar and a second molar—recovered from Bianfu Cave in southwestern China's Yunnan Province, dated to roughly 140,000 years ago. The proteomic evidence confirms these remains belong to Denisovans, adding to the small but growing collection of physical evidence for this elusive archaic human population. The cave, one of the oldest Palaeolithic sites in western Yunnan, also yielded thousands of stone tools and animal fossils alongside four hominin teeth.
Researchers used ancient protein analysis to identify additional Denisovan skeletal remains from a site in Southwest China, expanding the known geographic and fossil record of this archaic human population. The study, published in Nature, builds on prior genetic and proteomic work that has traced Denisovans from Siberia's Denisova Cave to the Tibetan Plateau, Laos, Taiwan, and now southwestern China.
Researchers analyzed genome-wide data from over 140,000 participants in the Mexico City Prospective Study, combining it with reference panels from the 1000 Genomes Project and Human Genome Diversity Project to estimate individual ancestry proportions across Indigenous American, European, African and East Asian populations. Using an ADMIXTURE model with four ancestral groups, they examined how differences in ancestry proportions among siblings within the same family relate to complex traits, isolating genetic ancestry effects from shared environmental and socioeconomic factors.
Woot is selling the Razer BlackShark V3 Pro headset for $164.99, nearly $100 off its usual price. The Xbox-branded version is highlighted as the best pick since it also works with PlayStation, PC, Switch and mobile devices. A 2XKO special edition model is also available for $149.99, though the deal only carries a 90-day Woot warranty instead of Razer's standard coverage.
Archaeologists studying a 3,200-year-old inscription believe it may reveal clues to the whereabouts of Mesen, an ancient Egyptian settlement that has not been definitively located. Researchers say the site once held strategic importance for Egypt's military operations during that era.
A personal essay recounts a university mishap where a professor accused a student of being carried by a group partner on an Ancient History project, despite the student having written the bulk of the work himself. The writer uses this anecdote to introduce a broader lesson on non-fiction writing: establish the central idea, or 'trunk,' before adding supporting details, or 'branches.'