Welcome to a generous selection of articles from DAWN's Weekly Sci-Tech World.
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Birth and growth of biotechnology
 Biotechnology in Pakistan stands at a crossroads, as we boast huge natural resources but equally huge political, social and economic problems. Pakistan is among...
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Byteback
 QUESTION: Please suggest a good software, which is not a shareware or a trial software, to copy a badly damaged disk. Muneeb Sheikh editor’s reply: You will have...
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Herbal treatment for urolithiasis
 Formation of stones in the urinary tract is known as “urolithiasis”. It is one of the oldest diseases known to man. Urinary stones were discovered in several ancient mummies....
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Formula for World Cup success
 It may look complicated, but this is the mathematical formula that promises to take the frustration, misjudgment and wasted bets out of predicting football results...
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The virtual tournament
With the passion for football sweeping the world, a number of websites have come up which are providing all kinds of information to enthusiasts about the ongoing World Cup....
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When disaster strikes
 Information technology people are quite afraid of disasters. Earthquakes, floods and power failures are some of the catastrophes they dread....
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Creating relationships
 MySQL is a partly free, open-source SQL Relational Database Management System (RDBMS). It supports technologies such as PHP, Java, Perl, Python and C++ and is used....
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Webwatch
 Thanks to Dan Brown’s Angels and Demons, we all know about anti-matter. But have you ever heard of anti-gravity? Here is a group of researchers focusing...
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Templates made easy
Professionals working in the fields of accounting, budgeting, statistics and business analysis often use Excel for preparing their reports that are generally formula-intensive...
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How the barometer works
 Barometer is an instrument that is used for measuring atmospheric pressure, particularly in weather forecasting. Most people don’t fully comprehend the importance....
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Robots to the rescue
 From the famous Metropolis of 1927 to the 1987 release Robocop to I, robot (2004), robots have generated a lot of interest among human beings. These machines have come....
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New species found in cave
Scientists say they have discovered eight previously unknown species of crustaceans and scorpion-like invertebrates living in an underground cave that has been....
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Environment degradation costs $2.2b
Environmental degradation in Pakistan is costing the economy about $2.2 billion annually. And the remedial measures would require an investment of over $1.76 billion....
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Cool gadgets
 THE GERMIN STREEPILOT 2730 integrates three XM satellite services — radio, traffic and weather. It comes with text-to-speech conversion, easy-to-use menu system...
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Unleashing creativity
 Those who say that creativity is exclusive to a few are wrong. The reality is that each of us can be creative, if given an opportunity....
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ITeaser
Think your IT knowledge is really good? Rack your brains with this ITeaser and find out for sure: 1. Which generation is called the Artificial Intelligent generation?...
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