Is IT the Panacea?

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

Remembering Abdus Salam

...Pakistani children should grow up reading story books about a hero named Abdus Salam...

Life on Earth: Chance or Deliberate. A Reply

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

India Through Pakistani Eyes

Is India now set to become a science juggernaut, a leader of the coming 'Asian Century'? A nascent superpower of the East?

Hypnotherapy: Mind-Body Interactions

Imagine thinking yourself to better health. Dating back from 2600 BC this concept of inducing oneself to an alternative state of mind, has evolved through

The Brain Food

Eat your carrots; you’ll see better in the dark. Don’t go swimming until an hour after you eat. It turns out that some of these

Paleoanthropology and Evolution of Humankind

The idea of descent from a common ancestor was given by Charles Darwin in 1850s. This idea was so revolutionary that almost all the scientists

Needed: A National Dialogue on Science, Technology, Research and Higher/Basic Education

Ultimate Fate of the Universe

Observations of the supernova carried out by two groups in 1999, showed clearly that the universe was not only expanding but undergoing in a wild

How Not to Reform Universities

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

Cracking the Code of Life

Having knowledge of our biological essence has its dark side

The Science Performer

Hooking people, especially children, on to science, is Arvind Gupta’s game. And he has mastered it well. For 25+ years he has been practicing activity-based

The Call

Was I not in a position to pray? Would I be committing another big sin by responding to the call whilst being intoxicated? I didn’t

Promoting Research in Pakistan: A Few Ideas

This article was presented in National Policy Dialogue Series initiated by Virtual Think Tank Pakistan in collaboration with MoST.

Teaching and Popularizing Science

Striking demonstrations that destroy deeply entrenched ideas are essential -- it is through them that minds open and newer pathways of understanding develop.

Limitations of Science

Science does not have answers to all the questions ... Religion may not be true in every thing ... we need other things to have