Welcome to a generous selection of articles from DAWN's Weekly Sci-Tech World.
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Ecological impact of the Tasman Spirit oil spill
 Tasman Spirit, a 24-year-old single-hull, oil-tanker, owned by Polembros Company of Greece, flying a Maltese flag, was under charter of Pakistan National Shipping Corportion to carry 67,535 tons of Iranian light...
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BYTEBACK
 Fatal exception errorsMy Win98 gives a fatal exception OE error and forces any running programs to terminate, causing my system to freeze....
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Trainz: the railroad experience of your life
 It’s no surprise, the choo-choo-train toys have always been on a kid’s wish list. As fascinating as they were, these mini-toys provided an easy and imaginative source of entertainment to kids...
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WEBWATCH
 Andrew McGann’s this website is designed for children interested in learning a lot about human body. It provides explanations and diagrams on each of the seven physiological systems (skeletal, muscular, circulatory, immune, nervous, digestive, and respiratory)....
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What chemical engineering has in store for you
With a wide range of training, analytical skills, and focus on understanding processes, chemical engineers can work successfully in areas ranging from financial analysis to environmental science to process engineering....
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SMS: the walking, talking and watching communication
 In the world where technological advancements seem to be taking new shape every day, the decade-old phenomenon of text messaging through mobile phones has become another mass medium of communication. It...
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Rhetoric and reality of information technology
 Two news items published in Dawn (Jan 14) intrigued its readers abroad. The first was about the federal information ministry’s resolve to set up 1,100 state-of-the-art computer labs, at the cost...
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Transfer your files in a jiffy
 The “buzz idea” of Peer-to-Peer (P2P) file sharing, when Napster was released in 2000, suddenly took the public limelight and it was the hottest subject around. Swapping MP3 files over the...
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TECH UPDATE
A new variant of the Mydoom computer virus, which has been clogging up the internet for days, was poised to overtake its predecessor to become the most widely spread computer bug ever, virus experts said....
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SCIENCE UPDATE
Scientists have created a new form of matter and predicted it could help lead to the next generation of superconductors for use in electricity generation, more efficient trains and countless other applications....
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NEWS BITS
Scientists believe they have figured out the baffling decline of vultures in Pakistan and India, declaring that the phenomenon is due to toxic residues from a veterinary drug....
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NATIONAL SCI-TECH SCENE
Pakistan and South Korea have agreed to enhance bilateral cooperation for forging joint partnerships in the fields of information technology and telecommunication....
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Water for nature: the perennial challenge
As the world continues to urbanize at fast rates, the demand for potable water for municipal use is expected to soar, out pacing the capacity of most cities to provide it....
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COOL GADGETS
 Sony’s new digital video camcorder “Handycam DCR-HC40,” is equipped with a 1.07 mega pixel CCD on its image sensor and 3.2 - 32mm/F1.8 - 2.3 Carl Zeiss vario tessar zoom lens on its 400g body....
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