Welcome to a generous selection of articles from DAWN's Weekly Sci-Tech World.
This page is updated every Saturday.
Living with the enemy
 The ongoing deforestation intensified by the industrial run off and vehicle emissions have polluted our air, water and soil so much that Pakistan has...
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Byteback
 Editor’s reply: You can download software that cache files on your hard disk. However, there is no possible way to breakout of the limits assigned to you by the server...
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Seeking remedies from the earth
 In the context of environment, human beings today face two fundamental problems: first is how to dispose off the large quantities of wastes....
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Picture the scene
 When the BBC sent a blind TV director out on a shoot, it was hailed as a piece of political correctness gone mad. How could blind people make TV programmes....
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Missing link?
Scientists have made one of the most important fossil finds in history: a missing link between fish and land animals, showing how creatures first walked out....
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Far from the horizon?
 Pakistan’s performance in the IT industry has disappointed its most optimistic supporters and cast serious doubts on its ability...
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Speeding all the way
 Electronic Arts (EA) has been in the game development business for quite a long time now, but the most successful series from EA has no doubt....
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Webwatch
 Are you a high school students confused about which career you want to pursue? How about exploring your prospects in the field of science? You can check...
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Scripting made easy
There is no default way in Windows to automate common operations. And so, there are several third-party macro-generating utilities available which....
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Towards a creative mind
 Memory refers to a series of our past experiences whose recollection serves as a springboard for creativity and innovation. Therefore....
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Tapping our prime resources
 Coal is one of the major sources of energy that is contributing to world’s energy systems. Its share comes up to around 23.80 per cent and 23.75...
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Guard against cervical cancer
The cervical cancer vaccine could be even more effective than previously thought, giving protection against the sexually transmitted infections that cause 80....
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Laboratory’s faulty system exposed
At least 40 samples of medicines declared substandard by the Central Drug Testing Laboratory (CDL), Karachi, have been cleared by the appellate...
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Cool gadgets
 The Dell Inspiron 6000 laptop comes with Microsoft''s Media Centre Edition 2005 OS (MCE), a set of DVD player controls...
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Blogging business
Astrong online presence is important for businesses in today''s high-speed and highly competitive world. Blogs have already become the new buzzword...
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ITeaser
Think your IT knowledge is really good? Rack your brain with this ITeaser and find out for sure: 1. Data is represented on a computer by a two-state on/off...
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