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Orpheus: the first epigeneticist?

Could the cryptic scriptures of the ancient demigod have been a scientific unraveling ahead of their time? — “Upon two-natured, great and ether-tossed Protogonos I call; Born of the egg, delighting in his golden wings he bellows like a bull, This begetter of blessed gods and mortal men. Erikepaios, seed unforgettable, attend to my rites, Ineffable, hidden, brilliant scion, whose motion is whirring, You scattered the dark mist that lay before your eyes, and…

Genetics

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Orpheus: the first epigeneticist?
Orpheus: the first epigeneticist?
Genetics

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Digital Diplomacy

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Pakistan’s Polio Curse…

Why can Pakistan not escape the Polio menace? In 1952, Polio was the American disease. Roughly a century later, it is the Pakistani disease. Of course, this has nothing to do with the idea that in either epoch, the polio virus has evolved to disfavor the American phenotype and attach…

Polio

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Pakistan’s Polio Curse…
Pakistan’s Polio Curse…
Polio

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What viral latency can tell us…

Viruses are a strange class of organism indeed. You spot one under a microscope and it almost always looks like a mine waiting to be stepped on; for activation purposes ofcourse. You look at an influenza virus and you spot at least three (known) proteins; the M2, neuraminidase, and hemagglutinin…

Coronavirus

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What viral latency can tell us…
What viral latency can tell us…
Coronavirus

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The phase-out of spirit: Is media drawing the case for metanarratives to a close?

(UPDATE: This article got me the prestigious AGAHI Award Journalist of the Year 2021 in the category ‘Foresight and Futures’, honoring Pakistani journalists.) The French revolution was perhaps the biggest European media event. The massive dissemination of anti-conservative philosophy, feminist propaganda, and a thorough resection of traditional political framework was…

Media Criticism

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The phase-out of spirit: Is media drawing the case for metanarratives to a close?
The phase-out of spirit: Is media drawing the case for metanarratives to a close?
Media Criticism

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Is our racial background prohibiting our cure?

A geographic account for immune response in Caucasians, Blacks, and the Aborigines. — (UPDATE: The claims in this article have been proved by the work of 2022 Nobel Prize Physiology and Medicine winner Prof Svante Paabo!) “In life, in general though, one has to understand the enemy in order to beat him, and that’s especially true in medicine.” …

Pandemic

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Is our racial background prohibiting our cure?
Is our racial background prohibiting our cure?
Pandemic

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Feb 21

Death. Rats. And familial love… ‘A Plague Tale: Requiem’ examined

A Plague Tale: Requiem is glorious: bigger, better, and heart-wrenchingly beautiful A Plague Tale: Requiem is the second instalment in the A Plague Tale franchise and returns with its cast of the young De Rune siblings, Amicia and Hugo, their alchemist mother, and a friend they made along the way…

Videogames

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Death. Rats. And familial love… ‘A Plague Tale: Requiem’ examined
Death. Rats. And familial love… ‘A Plague Tale: Requiem’ examined
Videogames

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Oct 24, 2022

In memory of Arshad Sharif…

The courageous Pakistani journalist was shot dead in Kenya — The 49 year old was killed by sniper shot early on the 24th of October 2022. His journalistic career spanned about twenty three years during which he won the Agahi Award in 2012 and Pakistan’s Pride of Performance award by President Arif Alvi in 2019. But he was not just…

Tragedy

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In memory of Arshad Sharif…
In memory of Arshad Sharif…
Tragedy

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Oct 21, 2022

Parable, politics, and the Pakistani cultural landscape

On the might of the conventional ‘strong-men’ and ‘hero-making’ in local politics — In her book on royal jesters and court fools of Germany; ‘Four fools in the Age of Reason’, historian Dorinda Outram prefaced her argument with a remark that rang true to me in a very dynamic context of local politics, and politicians in general. …

Politics

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Parable, politics, and the Pakistani cultural landscape
Parable, politics, and the Pakistani cultural landscape
Politics

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·Sep 12, 2022

AOT’s Perspective Shift: How Isayama’s Narrative Choice Ruined a Brilliant Story

Major spoilers ahead. If you haven’t read the manga “Attack on Titan”, then read this article no further. — Attack on Titan is no stranger to fame. Since the hit manga’s release took the anime world by storm, there has been no looking back for its author, Hajime Isayama. There was a time, Isayama modestly recalled in a BBC interview, when publishers refused to accept Attack on Titan on…

Anime

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AOT’s Perspective Shift: How Isayama’s Narrative Choice Ruined a Brilliant Story
AOT’s Perspective Shift: How Isayama’s Narrative Choice Ruined a Brilliant Story
Anime

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Aug 26, 2022

Pakistan weeps…

Prayers needed for this country of 230 million… Sajid Ali, a cotton farmer whose six acres of crop worth 7500$ was drowned in the torrential monsoon rain that continues wreaking havoc in Pakistan for more than forty five days, lamented the loss as he looked over his ravaged field, still…

Tragedy

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Pakistan weeps…
Pakistan weeps…
Tragedy

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