Welcome to a generous selection of articles from DAWN's Weekly Sci-Tech World.
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Our coasts vulnerable to tsunamis
 Of late a controversy has surfaced over whether or not Karachi lies in an earthquake-prone area. Some scientists, academics and journalists have also been speculating if Karachi’s....
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Byteback
 QUESTION: My system has two LANs and a CAT5 crossover cable for my two PCs. Despite that, they are not working...
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Discovery: Extending the range of vision
 Philosophers have long wondered if it is possible to conceive of any object (in the physical sense) beyond our perception? This is a debatable question, but it is correct to say...
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Research ethics: War between academic, MNC
 At the heart of this story is the practice of ‘ghost writing’ — pharmaceutical companies hiring writers to produce reports which....
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Technology: The building blocks
 All sciences have building blocks that help define them. For instance, biology, the study of life, has cells as building blocks. Cells are the....
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Geekworld: Time to worry about another bug
 Remember the Y2k bug and the hype surrounding it? It seems the hype is back. Only this time, it is not about Y2k but about Y2038, the latest....
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Webwatch
 This website — basically a blog — is a good platform to gain information on IT. The posts cover diverse issues relating to...
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Tips and tricks: Managing finances
One of the most difficult tasks is to manage one’s finances. Keeping track of where all the money disappeared to is even more difficult. This is where the Ace Money Lite...
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Nitty-gritty: Science of the mind
 M an has been searching for peace and satisfaction since always. In his quest, he devised various methods and rituals, meditation being....
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Management: Use net to organize yourself
 It is the same every year. As soon as the Christmas festivities are over, millions of us stare blankly at a list of traditional new year’s resolutions....
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Wave of destruction
Tsunamis are silent, stalking horrors that often appear without warning and with no apparent cause to devastate a coastline thousands of kilometres from their source....
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Global update: Asia’s biggest technology festival
How is it that in a region that has such an abundance of scientific talent as the subcontinent, there so few patents generated per year? Well, it’s said that the best...
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National scene: PTCL slashes ‘V’ rates
The Pakistan Telecommunication Corporation Limited (PTCL) recently announced drastic changes in the tariff rates for its ‘V’ Wireless services....
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In the end...: Generation ‘Y’ copycats
My second semester at the university was ending and there was a mad rush to submit reports, projects, portfolios and what not. Several sleepless nights later, I managed to turn in...
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Cool gadgets
 The ricoh aficio g700 printer is a new variation on ink jets with the speed, quality and price more in line with...
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ITeaser
Think your IT knowledge is really good? Rack your brain with this ITeaser and find out for sure:...
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