Welcome to a generous selection of articles from DAWN's Weekly Sci-Tech World.
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State of science in Islamic world
SCIENTIFIC and technological research and innovation are not among the qualities that one may attribute to countries in the Muslim world. The 57 countries comprising the Organisation... 
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Byteback
 EDITOR’S REPLY: Under certain conditions, it is necessary to bypass the WebShield''s transparent proxy and set things up manually. This includes the following situations...
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Somewhere, a clock is ticking...
 “THERE was a young lady named Bright/ Whose speed was far faster than light/ She set out one day, in a relative way/ And returned on the previous night.”...
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Redesigning crops to harvest fuel
 MORE miles to the bushel. That is the new mission of crop scientists. In an era of $3-a-gallon gasoline and growing concern about global warming from fossil fuels, seed and biotechnology...
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Untold tales
 GRAND Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories is a prequel to Grand Theft Auto III. This title was originally released on PlayStation Portable (PSP). Soon enough, Rockstar announced....
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Moving towards digital firm
 THERE is a growing interdependence between business strategy, rules and procedures on one hand and information systems software, hardware, databases and telecommunications....
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Webwatch
 Yes, microbes do have a life. And you can find out all about them on this website. Featured here are many different types of microbes and their habitats, news and analysis and interesting...
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A really simple solution
KEEPING up-to-date with the information you want can be a drag. For instance, how do you keep up with the hundreds of sites that you visit each day, especially those...
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Is silicon-based life possible?
 The search for life outside our planet has been one of the most controversial issues in the world of science. Our minds have been busy in trying to explain the scientific paradigm....
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Pluto’s demise remains controversial
 ON a starry night in late February of 1930 a young student — Clyde Tombaugh, who was barely 24 years old at the time — was peering down a telescope...
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Large dams blamed for floods
WHILE floods are a perennial feature of the subcontinent, this year’s inundations have left leading environmental activists pointing fingers at the many large dams built precisely....
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Pakistan lags behind in clinical research
Experts at a two-day workshop on biostatistics and good clinical practices, held last week, urged clinical researchers in Pakistan to gain knowledge of the concepts involved...
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Cool gadgets
 LOGITECH’S WIRELESS DJ MUSIC SYSTEM is compatible with all PC audio formats and aggregates audio files, playlists, and internet radio stations from iTunes...
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When toddlers turn on the TV and actually learn
 Sit down with a 3-year-old to watch Blue’s Clues or Dora the Explorer, and see the shouting erupt. Whenever a character faces the camera and asks a question....
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