Welcome to a generous selection of articles from DAWN's Weekly Sci-Tech World.
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Time travel: is it really possible?
 Time travel had always been a staple of science fiction but with the advent of general relativity it has been contemplated by some serious physicists. According to Einstein, one can travel...
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BYTEBACK
 I hope the reader of the Dawn ScienceDotcom, who wrote me on Bt Cotton, would be satisfied with my answers because of the misunderstanding caused by comments...
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Getting the most out of your MS Outlook XP
 Microsoft Outlook XP for many computer users is just another email client program for checking and sending emails, but only a few know about the unlimited hidden features the program has...
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WEBWATCH
 This site provides an interactive look at using reproductive technology to make clones of extinct animals....
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Science or sorcery?
 Science has caught up to magic. Anything a sorcerer can do, a scientist can, or at least will be able to in the future. Stuff of science-fiction movies may about to...
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Too busy being online
 There must be an equilibrium point where virtual world ends and the real world starts. In this digital age, it is getting increasingly difficult to tell where that point is. The...
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An insight into e-signatures
 “Signature” denotes “a mark or symbol adopted or executed by a person with the intention to authenticate a writing.” The emphasis is on the “intention to authenticate,” which distinguishes a...
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A new way of governing in the Digital Age
The internet delivery of government informationand services, e-government, has been a fact ofonline life since 1996. In the fast-moving pace of digital technology, several evolutionary cycles in e-governmenthave developed in that...
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TECH UPDATE
IBM Corp has built a supercomputer the size of a television based on microchip technology to be used in gaming consoles due out next year....
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SCIENCE UPDATE
US researchers said they have created an artificial bacteria-eating virus — in just 14 days and from synthetic genes...
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NEWSBITS
Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates on Sunday unveiled a new feature expected to be built into the next major release of the software maker’s Windows operating system, a search tool that aims to make it easier to find information stored on personal computers....
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NATIONAL SCI-TECH SCENE
The Aga Khan University’s genetic researchers claim to have traced a gene involved in the modulation of high blood pressure....
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Scientific explanations of life after death experiences
A lot of people narrate strange experiences which may not be explained on the basis of the known and recognized principles of science. I had a young patient once who...
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COOL GADGETS
 Unveiled: A prototype model of the world’s smallest and lightest PDA, measuring 90x60x9.3mm and weighing 70g...
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