Dirty socks could help fight malaria

 

Pakistani daily workers sleep under a mosquito net on a roadside on the outskirts of Islamabad.

MONTREAL: The odor of dirty socks can be used to lure mosquitoes into a deadly trap before they can spread malaria, a US and Canadian-funded researcher based in Africa said Wednesday.

Mumbai meri jaan

Nothing gets past Union Home Minister P Chidambaram. Immediately after the 13/7 blasts, he told the media that this was a “coordinated attack by terrorists.” He reached this monumental conclusion by inspecting the incidental fact that the blasts happened around the same time! Indians everywhere are feeling proud at having such incisive minds at the helm of affairs.

Pills prevent HIV in straight men and women

July 13, 2011 (2 days ago)

In this photograph taken on July 2, the first batch of AIDS drug Efavirenz produced in India, is unpacked after its arrival in Brasilia. India has on July 8, pledged not to curb its output of life-saving generic HIV/AIDS drugs in exchange for a free-trade deal with the European Union, UNAIDS has said.

ATLANTA: Two new studies found that daily pills prevented infection with the AIDS virus in heterosexual men and women in Africa, bringing new hope for someday offering a medical shield against HIV infection.

A case of exploding with mangoes

Oh Gosh, I fear the title of the blog will get many people to click through to this article. Well, that’s how crappy content goes viral on the internet! Write a catchy headline on a trending topic and fill it up with gibberish (and not to forget “Keywords!”) and then vigorously share it on various social media platforms. This ladies and gentlemen is one of the core strategies used by many content centered websites and blogs on the internet.

The roguish in the PPP

 

Let’s get it right: it’s not just the military-mullah alliance (or the US and India) that pulls Pakistan down. There are also those who bury their necks in the sand when voted into power and cry murder when thrown out of it. Take the mainstream political parties which break no taboos when in power, set nothing right when they can, but flag their victimhood when they are booted out. Why do the PPP and the PML-N so readily come to mind?
Despite its repeated, rhetorical commitment to democracy, the PPP has something roguish in its working as a ruling party. Within the party the tendency towards autocracy at the very top leaves little room for dissent,

The weakness of gravity

The story goes that a young Newton was sitting beneath a tree when an apple fell to the ground, which he famously attributed to a force of attraction between the apple and the Earth called gravity. He went one step further to suggest that it is the same force that is responsible for the orbits of the moon around the Earth and the Earth around the Sun.
Whereas the story is most likely fictional, it illustrates an important concept that ideas are borne out of curiosity. Learning to ask the right questions is one of the cornerstones of scientific advancement. The lack thereof, I believe, has played a fundamental role in scientific decline in the Muslim world.

Barking news!

PEO TV BREAKING NEWS! (Dramatic Music)
According to highly informed sources, the PPP-led government is planning to start an operation against the MQM. Yes, Tahir.
Thank you, Tahira. We now have an unnamed source on the line with us. Aslamualaikum Mr. Unnamed Source.

Walaikumasalam, Tahira.

Facebook vs Google

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg watches a demonstration of the new Facebook video chat during a news conference at Facebook headquarters in Palo Alto, California.—AFP

NEW YORK: Quick on the heels of Google’s launch of its latest social-networking venture, Facebook said Wednesday that its 750 million users will now be able to make video calls on the site.
The feature will be powered by the Internet phone service Skype. Facebook also redesigned its chat feature, so that the people a user messages the most often show up first.

Karachi killings

There is no let-up in the killings in Karachi. For the fourth day straight, on Friday, armed men were almost unchecked, and killed another 33 people, taking the cumulative toll up to 110. This is an intolerable situation in any state, and is certainly not acceptable for Karachi, which is the financial and industrial hub of the country, not to mention its sole port.