Welcome to a generous selection of articles from DAWN's Weekly Sci-Tech World.
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Eating my way to health
 THEY say one shouldn’t dig one’s grave with one’s knife and fork but given the way most people eat these days, this actually rings true. Most people believe that they...
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Byteback
 AMD has always claimed that Sempron is faster than the Celeron D. However, they have done it on the basis of the two benchmarks they used (Winstone and SYSmark)...
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A shield from cancer
 IT has recently been proposed that a single nucleotide changes in selenoprotein genes together with a low selenium intake and can lead to reducing level of protective selenoproteins....
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The best science show on television?
 “THIS is where we blow stuff up.” Jamie Hyneman — who, to be honest, did not actually use the word “stuff” — stood in front of a two-story, blast-resistant ruin of a building at the back...
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The Zeppelin
THE German company Luftschiffbau Zeppelin, owned by count Ferdinand Graf von Zeppelin, was the world''s most successful builder of rigid airships. Zeppelin flew the world''s first...
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New kid on the block
 BULLY is another masterpiece from the guys who brought us the Grand Theft Auto (GTA) series, that is, Rockstar. This time, however, Rockstar has brought out a game....
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Webwatch
 Artificial intelligence is one branch of information technology that can never fail to fascinate. A detailed paper featured on this website is also based on the same theme, with its emphasis...
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Sharing with XP
A few weeks ago (November 25, 2006), details on home networking were featured in these pages. Now that you know what home networking is, let’s set up the system so that...
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Treating with simulations
 A majority of the medical procedures today are based on compute technology. Yet another addition in the miracles of bio-technology is of the use of computerised robotic simulations....
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A burger today, a bypass tomorrow
 IT’s amazing how pervasive yet insidious food has become. These days, every second commercial on TV is of some food product. In the cities, one can’t go 10 feet without seeing...
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‘The real time machine’
AS lumps of rock go it looks much like any other, unexceptional despite the deep red of its cool, smooth surface. The pieces range in size from pea-sized lumps to larger fist-sized chunks....
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Sites for 480MW plants selected
Official sources told Dawn on Monday that it was becoming increasingly difficult for the government to adhere to the National Energy Security Action Plan aimed at tackling the increasing electricity....
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Cool gadgets
 TOSHIBA’S PORTÉGÉ M400 packs powerhouse performance into a supremely portable package with, Executive Disable Bit protection, Spill-resistant Keyboard, Data Backup Utility...
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Latest on the block
 MOST people who use the internet frequently are also heavy users of Instant Messaging (IM) services – this isn’t a fact, just an opinion. And even though the past couple of years...
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