HONG KONG: I awoke from my cryopod with the tingling elbows and knees that I’d been told to expect as a consequence of extended hypertravel. I eased my bare feet onto the floor and did a couple of quick jumping jacks to get my blood flowing. Then I peered through the venetian blinds at the place I had traveled so far to see: Washington 452b.
Ever since NASA announced the discovery of the exoplanet Kepler 452b, people have been eager to know what that mystery world was like. And here I was, borne 1,400 light years from Earth in a process too complicated for me to explain right now.
Pakistan to get $3b loan from Islamic Trade Financing Corporation
ISLAMABAD: Islamic Trade Financing Corporation (ITFC) to provide Pakistan with a $3 billion loan, according to an official statement released...
