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Of faith, Engineering and the Human Visual System

Irfan HAMID   Jan 9, 2004   interacts: 30

The creator of the human body must have had perfection in mind when he sat down on the drawing board.

Dark Mysteries of Our Mysterious Universe

Mohammad Gill   Dec 28, 2003   interacts: 51

The dark energy story began in 1998 when astronomers reported that the most distant galaxies seemed to be receding far faster than calculations predicted

India Ascendant: Gravity’s grasp versus poverty’s clasp

Santosh Miskin   Nov 17, 2003   interacts: 29

On August 15th 2003, Prime Minister Vajpayee announced - “Our country is now ready to fly high in the field of science. I am pleased

Free Thought is Key to Progress

Mohammad Gill   Sep 28, 2003   interacts: 65

Aazadi-e-afkar sey haiy unn ki tabahi, Rakhtay naheen jo fikr-o-tadabbar ka saleeq
(If a person is forbidden from indulging in free thought, how he

Whatever Happened to Eve?

Umer Murtaza   Feb 20, 2003   interacts: 15

The epic struggle between an angry Italian and a UFO cult to create the first human clone baby!

Uniting Muslims on Eid

Asif Naqshbandi   Dec 5, 2002   interacts: 73

Muslims are unable to get together even on the occasion of Eid

Problems with Universities in Pakistan

Muhammad Yousuf   Nov 20, 2002   interacts: 14

Who is the real culprit, the educated class or the mullah?

How Not to Reform Universities

Pervez Hoodbhoy   Jul 9, 2002   interacts: 196

By a stroke of some bureaucrat’s pen, the ’University of Malakand’ has now been deemed to exist

Is IT the Panacea?

Q Isa Daudpota   Mar 23, 2001   interacts: 129

most high-end technologists in areas such as computer science will leave for better opportunities in the West

Cracking the Code of Life

Asad Mian   Jul 28, 2000   interacts: 42

Having knowledge of our biological essence has its dark side

Should Pakistan start a Virtual University?

Q Isa Daudpota   Jul 26, 2000   interacts: 72

India, China and Malaysia have made considerable progress in providing university level course through the Net

Life on Earth: Chance or Deliberate. A Reply

Salman Hameed   May 20, 2000   interacts: 27

The fact that we have survived in our universe does not mean that we are the sole purpose of the universe.

Life on Earth: Chance or Deliberate

Omar Phoenix   Mar 20, 2000   interacts: 131

...atheist scientists who believed that everything in this universe was a mere coincidence

Dear Chowk Readers

Pervez Hoodbhoy   Oct 31, 1999   interacts: 37

A call for action from Pervez Hoodbhoy to the Chowk community for Science education in Pakistan

Obituary: Munir Ahmad Khan

Ehsan Masood   May 23, 1999   interacts: 4

Pakistan’s historians are unlikely to be kind to Munir Ahmad Khan, the former chairman of the Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission, who died in Vienna in

Bombs, Missiles and Pakistani Science

Pervez Hoodbhoy   May 4, 1999   interacts: 46

The Chaghi tests, and more recent Ghauri-II and Shaheen-I missile launches, have been deemed heroic symbols of high scientific achievement... Are they?

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