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Of sloppy policies and apathy
WHEN IT comes to matters of scientific research and technological development,
policy makers in Pakistan...
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Byteback
 Spamware: QUESTION, I get the following message on my computer: “RUNDLL Error loading..
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Black holes are hardly sinister
 MUCH HAS been written about black holes and most writers make them look like sinister objects waiting...
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A victory against GM crops
 INDIAN farmers have won a battle against GM crops by establishing simply that they can be less....
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What all the fuss is about
GROUPS supporting GM crops claim that the crops can give us healthier food, produced in a more efficient and environmentally-friendly...
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Keep hands off the net
 THE INTERNET seemed to come out of nowhere. Governments didn’t plan it, international institutions didn’t even discuss...
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GEEKWORLD: Grid computing
 AS THE data to be analysed increase exponentially, the analytical power required to process applications ...
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Webwatch
 Scientific journey: All of you aspiring scientists out there can cruise through an exciting scientific journey...
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TIPS AND TRICKS: Create online forms
IN TODAY’S fast paced world, there’s no better way than to have electronically fillable forms. However, one needs to know a programming language to design online forms....
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NITTY-GRITTY: Learn about teleportation
MOST OF you may have seen the baffling visuals in Star Trek or Terminator. These astounding computer graphics, animations and spacecraft are kind of hard to forget...
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Fourth rock from the sun
 As THE cosmos intrigues us with its countless mysteries, space has turned into the most sought...
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Policy matters: another view
aIt is all very well for us to say that the Pakistani government has no clue what to do when it comes to devising policies on research and development. But how...
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SCIENCE UPDATE: India, Israel set up joint R&D fund
NEW DELHI and Tel Aviv have inked an accord to set up an industrial research and development fund aimed at boosting joint ventures....
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NATIONAL SCENE: S&T to be integrated in uplift plans: minister
THE FEDERAL Minister for Science and Technology, Chaudhry Nouraiz Shakoor, says Pakistan’s top leaders are committed towards integrating science and technology....
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IN THE END...: In a perfect world...
 Science fiction conjures up images of a world that is perhaps unimaginable today. Yet, these images inspire visions of the future...
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Cool gadgets
 Car navigation system: Matsushita Electric Industrial’s HDD car navigation system (L)...
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