Welcome to a generous selection of articles from DAWN's Weekly Sci-Tech World.
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Nature’s clocks
 IN 1729, a French astronomer by the name of Jean Jacques de Marion was intrigued by a plant in his garden, which opened its leaves in the morning and closed them in the evening....
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Ethanol is all the rage
 THE countries of Latin America are turning more and more to plans for the use and development of ethanol, or alcohol made from sugarcane, as they are feeling an ever-pressing need...
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Not all see enough uranium
UNCERTAINTY hovers over the extent of uranium reserves, and over the health and environmental impact of nuclear power plants....
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Theory of boundary layer
 ON the one side there was the science of theoretical hydrodynamics which was evolved from Euler’s equations of motion for a frictionless, non-viscous fluid and which achieved a high degree of completeness....
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Social networking revolution
 IN the last few days a long-haired Englishman with a wife and two children received a number of unsolicited and erratically spelt love letters on his internet homepage....
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Return of The Godfather
 THE Godfather is not just a movie but a legend in its own right. It is a story of family values, money, power and corruption. The movie is based on the novel by Mario Puzo and thus needs no introduction....
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Webwatch
 To sum up...http://www.opentopia.com/calculators.html Whether you are struggling with a mathematics problem online, or trying to do one offline, this website is a must-bookmark.....
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Tweaking a bit more
THERE are many features in WindowsXP that one would like to control, but Control Panel or system settings do not normally allow detailed tweaking....
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Of remote viewing
 SCIENTIFIC research and discoveries are shaping our world in different ways and the various modes of communication are rapidly turning it into a small global village....
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New horizons beckon
 PAKISTAN is paradoxically dependent on oil imports. The total annual oil import bill for the year 2004-05 was $4,604 million. Power, gas, petroleum and coal are the main components of the...
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It’s time to smile again
 THE tiny sequences of type characters referred to as smileys or emotions are universal among those who live an active virtual life. Sometimes amusing and at times meaningful, smileys are used in electronic communication to enrich the meaning of text-based messages....
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GLOBAL UPDATE: Hands-free car phones are dangerous
USING a hands-free kit while at the wheel is as dangerous as drink driving, according to a study of volunteers in a driving simulator. The researchers conclude that all mobile phone use while driving should be banned....
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NATIONAL SCENE: Scientists migrating due to poor pay
MORE than 50 PhD scientists working for the Pakistan Agricultural Research Council (PARC) have left it because of their payscales and migrated to Canada to take up blue-collar jobs....
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Byteback
 Windows Media PlayerQUESTION: Whenever I try to install Windows Media Player 11, it gives me an error called “genuine advantage”. What could be wrong? Atif Abbas
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Cool gadgets: Music to our ears
 THE SONY ERICSSON W8101 WALKMAN can hold 120 songs on the 512MB Memory Stick Duo. It comes with built-in FM radio with audio-tuning and a 2megapixel camera with autofocus....
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ITeaser
Think your IT knowledge is really good? Rack your brains with this ITeaser and find out for sure:...
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