Welcome to a generous selection of articles from DAWN's Weekly Sci-Tech World.
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The green revolution
 The phenomenon of globalisation is gaining momentum and biotechnology is one of its most significant effects. In fact, biotechnology has been identified as one of the key...
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Himalayan glacier depletion hitting the economy
 THE South Asian nation’s economies are heavily dependent on the onset and retreat of monsoons and water supplies from glaciers and snowmelt. However,...
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Byteback
 EDITOR’S REPLY: If by sharing, you mean that someone is accessing your files through a cable server, then you can setup a firewall on your system to get protection....
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Technical writing — a road worth taking
 Technical writing is a form of writing in which the writer has to focus on translating technical jargon into words that a common user can understand....
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Tracking the blog roll
 With blogs having gained so much popularity in cyberspace, it is quite possible for an average internet user to visit at least a couple of blogs daily. However,...
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Voyage of (re)discovery
 Spyro, the dragon, was a popular series on the PS1 with three fantastic and successful games that offered massive 3D worlds....
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Struggling for deliverance
 Gears of War has taken the gaming world by storm as it has set and redefined standards that future games will follow. It is available exclusively on the Xbox 360 and is a third-person action thriller...
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Of Digital clicks and bits — II
 The camera is set, you are poised and everything else seems ready. The breathing slows just a bit in anticipation, the trigger finger goes down and… click! This is followed by an “ouch”....
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Rise of a deadly TB reveals a global system in crisis
 The spread of a particularly virulent form of tuberculosis in South Africa illustrates a breakdown in the global programme that is supposed to keep the disease, one of the world’s deadliest, under control....
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Something’s in the air
 Many times we wake up with itchy eyes and a runny nose — coughing, sneezing and cursing — wondering what happened overnight....
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The ‘hot’ factor
 Research findings are ever-changing — there is not a single answer or conclusion to queries. Recently,....
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Rising sea level threat to islands
 Speakers at a meeting said that owing to global warming the sea level would rise during the next 100 years and pose threat to many small island states, in general, and low-lying coastal areas of the world, in particular....
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Brain injury said to affect moral choices
 Damage to an area of the brain behind the forehead, inches behind the eyes, transforms the way people make moral judgments in life-or-death situations, scientists reported lat week....
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Cool gadgets
 This IQ Test takes just 45 minutes to complete, comes with full instructions and an answer and score card. A score of 130+ will put you in the top two per cent of the country’s population. Price: £4.99....
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Current favourites
1. God of War II, platform type: PS2, creator: SCEA. 2. Resident Evil 4, PC, Ubisoft....
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