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China successfully launched a Pakistani remote sensing satellite into orbit on Sunday, accompanied by two of its own satellites, underscoring the deepening space collaboration between the two long-time allies.A Lijian-1 Y8 carrier rocket carrying three satellites—the Pakistan Remote Sensing Satellite (PRSS-2) and China’s AIRSAT 03 and 04—was launched from a commercial aerospace innovation pilot zone…

Nurse Rod Salaysay works with all kinds of instruments in the hospital: a thermometer, a stethoscope and sometimes his guitar and ukulele.In the recovery unit of UC San Diego Health, Salaysay helps patients manage pain after surgery. Along with medications, he offers tunes on request and sometimes sings. His repertoire ranges from folk songs in…

Source: Tropical Natural Survey Scientists exploring northern Thailand’s hidden caves have made an extraordinary discovery: a new millipede species that resembles a tiny dragon. Found in the Pha Daeng Cave of Mae Hong Son Province near the Myanmar border, this unusual creature has attracted global scientific attention for its unique appearance and behaviour. Named Desmoxytes…

If life ever existed on Mars, traces of it could still be preserved beneath the planet’s icy surface. Recent experiments conducted by NASA and Penn State University suggest that fragments of biomolecules from ancient microbes may survive in Martian ice for tens of millions of years. Laboratory simulations exposed frozen samples of E. coli to…

Mumbai: Sensex rallied to a 52-week high on Friday at above the 84,100-point mark in early trades but end-of-the-session profit taking pulled the index down a bit and it closed 485 points up at just below the 84k mark. Since Tuesday, the sensex has risen nearly 2,000 points or 2.3%.On NSE, Nifty gained 178 points…