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SpaceX finally achieved orbital Starship flight, marking a milestone despite challenges, with 26 satellites deployed and plans for refuelling in orbit. ✍️ AFP
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India could become a global hub for affordable rare-disease drugs through streamlined regulation, incentives, and strategic manufacturing and partnerships. ✍️ Gayatri Saberwal , Rakesh Mishra & Alok Bhattacharya
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Pakistan and China advance space diplomacy as Pakistani pilots train in China for a potential first foreign astronaut mission to Tiangong. ✍️
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Three recent science breakthroughs: dam safety seismic risk, PFOS impairs antiviral defense, and a heat-loving amoeba breaking reproduction temperature. ✍️
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Private mission Link fails to rescue NASA’s Swift observatory and falls back to Earth, concluding a high-stakes, time-crunched salvage attempt. ✍️ AP
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Thirty five years ago, on September 26, 1991, four women and four men donned dark-blue spacesuits as they stepped into the unknown. They weren’t heading to space, no. Instead, they were about to cut themselves off from the rest... A.S.Ganesh
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New bat genome study traces origin to Europe 65 million years ago, reveals global spread, flight and echolocation evolution, and hints at human-health insights. ✍️
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Challenge yourself with our daily quiz on India's historic Mars Orbiter Mission and its groundbreaking achievements. ✍️ Prathmesh Kher
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Discover why certain songs evoke tears, exploring the brain's response to emotion, memory, and shared physiological cues. ✍️
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