Welcome to a generous selection of articles from DAWN's Weekly Sci-Tech World.
This page is updated every Sunday.
Sitting ducks
 IN 2004, Pakistan’s animal husbandry commissioner, ministry of food and agriculture, confirmed an outbreak of avian influenza in southern Sindh, including Karachi. He acknowledged that between four and six million chickens...
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Byteback
 Your system is infected with viruses. I would suggest you format your system completely and after that, install McAfee 8.0 and ZoneAlarm 5.0. You can download both from ....
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Hope for the visually handicapped
 FOR A visually impaired person, the computer is an invaluable tool. Imagine higher studies without books: that was life for visually handicapped people before computers, particularly when Braille books were scarce....
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Twenty years after
 TODAY we are at a very exciting and interesting juncture in time. It is one hundred years since Albert Einstein published his theory of special relativity and introduced the four-dimensional spacetime....
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Beyond the last frontier
SOMETHING startling has happened at the world’s most prestigious engineering school. A vote among staff just under a month ago ushered in a brand new undergraduate course....
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Googlism explained
 Google, one of the most powerful search engines on the planet, has turned into a household name. Founded in September 1998 by Larry Page and Sergey Brin, this site covers eight...
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Getting organized
OUTLOOK has been the de facto email client for those who POP their emails, both at home and in corporate environments. Outlook is integrated with other Microsoft products and consists of...
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More about cloning
 CLONING is the scientific process of creating organisms with the usual set of genes through asexual means. This technique has been used since long for producing plants and their newer varieties....
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Here comes the take-off
THE presence in the global aircraft market of only two companies — Boeing and Airbus — has allowed them to enjoy a monopoly. It is estimated that between them the two...
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Expecting the unexpected
BIOCHEMICAL engineering is an interdisciplinary field, which has, as its primary focus, the fundamental issues that emphasize the translation of biological discoveries into practical outcomes. The profession concerns the engineering and...
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Low-cost care could save millions of babies
AROUND 10,000 babies under a month old die every day — some 4 million a year — and most could be saved with relatively simple, low-cost treatment, according to medical researchers...
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Locally-developed satellite soon, says official
PAKISTAN is in the process of developing a completely indigenous satellite — the Paksat-IR —which would replace the country’s existing satellite in the next couple of years....
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Like a diamond in the sky
 THEY are the most precious and romantic gift. A promise of undying and eternal love. Brilliant, sparkling and expensive, a diamond is a coveted possession. They are bought and sold as...
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ITeaser
Think your IT knowledge is really good? Rack your brain with this I-Teaser and find out for sure:...
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WEBWATCH
 Founded by Nasa, the Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe (WMAP) has been set up to explore the cosmos by determining the exact temperature of radiation....
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COOL GADGETS
 IRIVER’s PMP-120 is a portable media player with 20GB space. Resembling a little game console, this device uses a Linux-based operating system...
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