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Scientists discover new continent named 'Zealandia'
The 'continent' had been hidden and virtually invisible to the human eye for a millenia, until now.
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The Salam Award for Imaginative Fiction
The Salam Award for Imaginative Fiction is named after Pakistan's only Nobel Prize winner in science
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Vitamin D can protect against colds, flu: study claims
Vitamin D is thought to protect against respiratory infections, including bronchitis and pneumonia
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ADHD a 'brain disorder', not just bad behaviour: study
The findings suggest that delays in the development of several brain regions were characteristic of ADHD
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French pedestrians see green light, even when it's red: study
According to the World Health Organisation, nearly 300,000 pedestrians lose their lives on the road every year
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Scientists discover new planets, including 'super Earth' that could support life
The two teams discovered up to 114 new planets
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One word that kills your credibility instantly
Find out here
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US scientists create metallic hydrogen for first time
The newly discovered material might be used as a highly efficient electricity conductor at room temperatures
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Fatty food can reduce sensitivity to insulin, says study
German Diabetes Centre conducts study on 14 healthy men aged between 20 and 40
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Extracurricular fun: Fairies, animals and flowers make an appearance at science fair
Jinnah Foundation students present innovative science projects
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New study confirms humans are made up of cosmic dust
Humans and their galaxy have about 97 per cent of the same kind of atoms
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This is what the Earth will look like in 250 million years
New supercontinent will form on our present-day Earth’s Pacific Ring of Fire
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Scientists closer to solving mystery of Earth's core
Consensus has long been that the centre of the planet is composed of about 85 percent iron and 10 percent nickel
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New personality model highlights differences on how we see ourselves and how others see us
Trait-Reputation-Identity (TRI), can help organisations improve their recruitment process and save money
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Academic predicts society will collapse in 2020s
Turchin added that his theory was not a prophecy and is not inevitable
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Human brain's face recognition develops into adulthood
Researchers examined the brains of children and adults using a new type of imaging technique
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Scientists discover new organ in human body
New found organ will not change the way our body operates but it opens up an entirely new field of medical science
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Sex exists to avoid disease, study shows
The findings were published in the British journal Proceedings of the Royal Society B
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Reprogramming cells can 'reverse' ageing, scientists say
Prematurely aged mice lived 30 per cent longer after scientists genetically reprogrammed their cells
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Here's the answer to a question we never ask
Here's the scientific explanation!
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UK experts give green light to 'three-parent babies'
An independent panel of experts said the practice should be "cautiously adopted"
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Women with big bums are healthier, science says
No need to stress about reducing your bum's size now
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DNA-editing breakthrough could delay ageing and cure incurable diseases
Technique could lead to new treatments for a range of diseases associated with the ageing process
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The tales of politics and science
Accountability is a talk of the town in Pakistan, shouldn’t we also pose fresh questions to the Prime Minister?
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Scientists fear the worst under a Trump presidency
In October, nearly 400 scientists wrote an open letter, criticising Trump's plans to abandon global climate deals
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K-P schools short of science laboratories
Majority of the schools do not have laboratories and science teachers
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Strange messages coming from the stars are ‘probably’ from aliens: scientists
A group of scientists looking for aliens say that the signals are encouraging
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Stephen Hawking opens British artificial intelligence hub
Hawking warned technological developments also posed a risk to our civilisation
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New Milky Way map to help explain how galaxies form
The SKA project will be used to explore exploding stars, black holes, dark energy and traces of the universe's origins
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Communication barrier: Media relegates science to low priority status, say speakers
Seminar highlights lack of communication between journalists and scientists
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Dead end: Have we hit the limit of the human lifespan?
Study says it is unlikely anyone will live for over 125 years from now on.
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The elitism of science policy
I am not arguing here against higher education or scientific research or the pillars of the scientific method
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Scientists reveal most accurate depiction of a dinosaur ever created
Reconstruction is based on studies of a spectacular fossil from China, preserved with skin and pigments intact
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Belgium gets world's biggest pickled brain collection
The brains could help uncover new discoveries in biological psychiatry science
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There are four species of giraffe, not one: scientists
There are fewer than 8,700 reticulated giraffes, making each species among the most endangered large mammals
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Life-altering science moves fast, sparking debate
Gene-drive technology can eliminate the need for pesticides, and could offer a remedy against invasive species
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Science, soaps and safety
Regulation of products is ultimately driven by both scientific analysis and concerns for public safety and well-being
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Curious radio signal stirs talk of extraterrestrials
The radio signal was detected in the general location of a star system 94 light-years from Earth
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Mars isolation experiment ends after a year
The team was based on a barren, northern slope of Mauna Loa, living inside a dome that is 36 feet
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Neglect of science
Many of the pending projects have been hung up for almost a decade
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Not another 50 years
No similar meeting of leading national minds in science, has ever occurred
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US may fund research to create mixed human-animal embryos
The prospect of altering an animal's brain to make it more human alarms some experts
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Scientists find cancer in million-year-old fossil
Until this discovery, the oldest known tumor in a human body was only 120,000 years old
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What Pakistan can learn from China’s science-driven expansion
For optimising CPEC returns, Pakistan should develop a skill base grounded in science, technology
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Confusing Greek methodology
What makes science interesting & exciting is that reasoning about the invisible reality is always fraught with danger
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You shouldn't work more than these number of hours each week
Working for long hours not only has a negative impact on employee health, but also on productivity
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The emergence of science
Logic reveals grand universal truths, while observations can only reveal lowly ‘contingent truths’
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Dead could be brought 'back to life' in groundbreaking project
The first trial of its kind will begin at Anupam Hospital in Rudrapur, India
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Looking through the veil of money
Many leading economists have come to agree that modern economic theory represents triumph of ideology over science
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A vegetarian world would be healthier, cooler and richer: scientists
Dietary shifts could produce savings of $700 billion to $1,000 billion per year