Welcome to a generous selection of articles from DAWN's Weekly Sci-Tech World.
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On the brink?
 Not so long ago, the telecom industry appeared to be all-powerful. Each country had a dominant, state-run telecom company, which decided what new services would be available to the consumer....
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BYTEBACK
 Software for Maths
QUESTION: Which software can I use to solve problems of integration and differentiation?...
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Dealing with infinity
 IN MATHEMATICS a statement is always right or wrong. Right? Wrong? Well, the answer is not a clear-cut one because numbers are free creations of the human mind....
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What is a paradox?
ONE OFTEN comes across statements about something being “paradoxical.” What, exactly, is a paradox?...
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Once upon a molecule...
 SEVERAL thousand years ago when diseases started bothering man, he consciously or unconsciously started treating them even though he was light years from any kind of civilization. In those primitive days,...
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Mapping the human mind
 PICTURES of products danced in his head. There was an Apple iPod, then a black Aeron chair. A coffeepot by Capresso and a washing machine by Dyson. Christian Dior followed by...
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Into the nether world
 When Eidos announced the release date of Legacy Of Kain: Defiance (LOKD), I was really excited and couldn’t wait to play it. I have always been a great fan of this...
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WEBWATCH
 Annenberg's Teachers' Lab provides teachers and educators with a deeper understanding of commonly taught mathematics and science concepts. The Annenberg Foundation aims...
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Optimizing Windows
Windows XP is one of the most widely used operating systems, but it is important to know how to optimize its performance....
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How sleep works
REPTILES, birds and mammals all sleep. That is, they become unconscious to their surroundings for periods of time. Some fish and amphibians reduce their awareness but do not ever become unconscious...
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Progress despite opposition
 DESPITE the George W. Bush administration’s continued opposition to the Kyoto Protocol and other schemes for mandatory cuts on emissions of greenhouse gases, climate activists who deal with several major US...
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Canada, automakers reach accord
AUTOMAKERS and the Canadian government have reached an agreement requiring reduced greenhouse gas emissions from all cars sold in the country in an effort to combat global warming....
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Scientists pressured to tailor results
MORE THAN than one in 10 scientists claim to have been pressurized by a commercial financial backer to “tailor” their research conclusions, according to a new British survey. It paints a...
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Agreement for desalination plants signed
A PRELIMINARY agreement for the installation of two seawater desalination plants of 25Mgd each — one at Korangi and the other at Bin Qasim — was signed in Karachi recently....
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