Welcome to a generous selection of articles from DAWN's Weekly Sci-Tech World.
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The theory that divided scientists
 IF YOU cut the maps of various continents along the coastlines and juggle them around like pieces of a jigsaw puzzle, you can almost fit them into one....
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Byteback
 Editor’s reply: Your problem lies with Norton Antivirus. Outlook Express has problems with antivirus software when its “e-mail scanning”...
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Child prodigy shows the way
 Arifa Karim Randhawa has proved that although Pakistani students lack opportunities for acquiring good education, they have potential which is next...
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On fertility’s frontier
 The procedure is expensive and the pregnancy rate so far has been low. But if the success rate rises, more women would be willing to undergo the procedure...
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How whales became aquatic
 AMONG living marine mammals it is the whale that is fully aquatic. All other marine mammals return to land either to bask in the sun or to breed....
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Hope for new anti-cancer drugs
A FATTY acid found in oily fish could be combined with a commonly used anaesthetic to develop drugs to treat breast cancer, according to research published in the journal Breast Cancer....
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Why developers matter
 A developer is responsible for translating specifications into codes that can be executed on a computer system...
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Of certification packages
A DECADE or so ago, the words “information technology” and “IT” didn’t really exist. Back then, people worked on expensive IBM or IBM compatible machines....
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Creating help files
Professional AND amateur developers often don’t know how to properly document their projects, especially through user manuals, operations manuals and how-to guides. Creating lengthy MS Word files with embedded images is hardly appropriate....
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Learn about Voice to Skull
 Voice to Skull can be referred to as an electronic mind controlling mechanism. The highest pulse power required to make Voice to Skull possible is quite modest...
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No bags, thanks!
 Polyethylene was first synthesized by the German chemist Hans von Pechmann, who prepared it by accident in 1898 while heating diazomethane...
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New Delhi gets special treatment
THE US president, George Bush, has agreed to aid India’s civilian nuclear power programme, an unexpected decision that reverses three decades of American policies designed to....
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Pakistan biggest recipient of IAEA assistance
AMONG THE member states, Pakistan has become the highest recipient of the technical assistance provided by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), by virtue of its active participation in the agency’s technical cooperation and training programmes....
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Cool gadgets
 Maycom’s digital voice recorder sports expandable recording time and a power save function. It also has an optional voice activated recording mode. It automatically ...
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Webwatch
If you’re interested in physics, then this website will definitely help you gain a lot of useful information. The main features here ...
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The author’s ally
A DECADE ago, when the internet bandwagon started to roll, the sense of fear from inside the literary establishment was palpable. With each new technological....
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