Welcome to a generous selection of articles from DAWN's Weekly Sci-Tech World.
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The fundamental units of life
 Robert Hooke (1635-1703), an English physicist, first noticed “cells” when he was examining a thin slice of cork under the lens of his home-made magnifier. He described them as: “Little boxes or cells distinct from one another.”...
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Controversy: Was Einstein a plagiarist?
THE HISTORY of science is dotted with priority disputes. One of the most well documented and intensely contested, not by the principals but by their supporters...
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Personalities: Faces of science
 Mariana Cook, the photographer, works in black and white. She has never taken a picture in colour...
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Cosmology: New kid on the block?
The newly discovered 2003 UB313 is being heralded by many as the tenth planet of our solar system. But will it actually get that status? Only time will tell....
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Geekworld: Windows to new vistas
 The long-awaited operating system from Microsoft corporation, formerly code named ‘longhorn’, has finally been placed on the launching pad...
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Webwatch
 If alchemy fascinates you, then this is just the website for you. With information organized neatly in specific categories...
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Tips and tricks: Over to voice
IT MIGHT come as a surprise to you that the first paragraph of this article was written using a highly respected speech recognition program. Today almost any Windows PC can be...
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Nitty-gritty: How fabrication labs will work
 Fab labs are expected to astound us like no other technology has. The labs consist of expensive equipment and supplies...
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Conflicts and creativity — II
 Scientists cannot verify string theories directly. They can study only their low energy consequences, which are not unique...
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Global update: New Mars orbiter on ambitious mission
A school-bus sized spacecraft carrying the largest telescope ever installed in a planetary probe blasted off last week from the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, beginning a seven-month journey to the Red Planet....
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National scene: Remote sensing satellite system in the offing
 Islamabad will soon launch a remote sensing satellite system (RSSS). The project will cost Rs19.3 billion and will ensure an unrestricted supply of satellite remote sensing data for any part of the globe....
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In the end...: Make common sense common
 AS ANYONE remotely interested in science knows, 100 years ago Einstein wrote six papers that laid the groundwork for quantum mechanics and relativity, arguably the two most successful theories in history....
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Byteback
 QUESTION: I HAVE an Intel Pentium 4 processor (200GHz), having 256MB of RAM and 40GB of hard disk. When I play games or do some other work...
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Apocalypse now?
AS THE discovery of another possible planet in our solar system raises pulses in the cosmological community, for a few anxious skywatchers the news may herald our own planet’s impending annihilation....
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What makes a planet a planet
THERE ARE no hard and fast rules. But the 3,000km-wide object spotted by American astronomers, officially called 2003 UB313 but nicknamed Xena by its discoverers, is a candidate for planet status....
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What’s in a name?
Way BACK in 1982, when Bill Gates first saw a demo on VisiOn from VisiCorp, he feared that the integrated software, which featured a primitive graphical user interface, displayed application in...
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First brain stem cells created
Scientists have made the world’s first pure batch of brain stem cells from human stem cells. The breakthrough is important in the fight against neuro-degenerative diseases such as Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s...
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Cool gadgets
 THIS USB Liquid Mouse comes with your choice of floating fish, duck or Santa Claus built right into the mouse....
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