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Researchers from the Simon Fraser University (SFU) in Canada have discovered a primate previously believed to have been extinct. The animal was found on island of Borneo, in Indonesia.

Astronomers from Massachusetts Institute of Technology, University of Groningen and Netherlands Institute for Radio Astronomy discover dark dwarf galaxy.

Researchers from the Georgia Institute of Technology in the U.S. have invented Scalybot 2, a search and rescue robot that can move on uneven surfaces.

Researchers from Peru's Academia National de la Historia and the Vanderbilt University in the U.S. have discovered the oldest popcorn in South America.

A long-duration solar flare that first erupted on the sun is heading towards Earth. The flare can disrupt long-range radio communications. On the other hand, it can create a beautiful display of the northern lights (aurora borealis) on Saturday.

NASA has caught a comet death on camera for the first time. The comet flew very close to the Sun, and it got evaporated due to the excess heat.

NASA's Goddard Institute for the Space Studies in New York has found that 2011 was the ninth warmest year since 1880.

The City of Atlanta has collaborated with Tweetmyjobs and has brought out a new website called the City of Atlanta jobs platform. The City of Atlanta jobs platform is a very unique job portal that provides better career opportunities through social networking websites.

NASA will join the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) and students from the U.S for the Zero Robotics Spheres Challenge.

In an exclusive interview to the International Business Times, Philip Muirhead, a postdoctoral scholar at the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, who led a team which discovered three exoplantes recently, explains the significance of the discovery.

Tweetup is an informal meeting program organised by NASA. It provides an opportunity to the people across the world to meet and speak to the experts like astronaut, engineers, scientists and managers

Researchers from the University of Oslo in Norway and the James Cook University in Australia have discovered that carbon dioxide emissions are affecting the central nervous systems of fish in the oceans.

Had it been successful, the spacecraft would have returned in August 2014.

The creation super soldier ants helped us to understand more about the evolution of species says Dr Ehab Abouheif

These four new planets, known as Hot Jupiters, are quite large. They revolve very close to their Sun-like star and so they are quite hot, compared to the Earth.

Astronomers from the San Diego State University have discovered two new circumbinary planets, Kepler 34b and Kepler 35b, which are orbiting a pair of Sun-like stars.

The study led to suggestions that Jataí bees have soldiers bees guarding their nests from intruders.

Wolfhound-PRO is an advanced cell phone detector.

Scientists have discovered a new species of shrimp near the Cayman Islands.

Researchers have created a spray that can stop bleeding instantly.

Researchers from the McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine and the University of Pittsburgh's School of Medicine may have found a way to slow down the aging process by using stem cells.

Researchers have discovered that wolf spiders have competitive spirit.

Scientists have found another reason for the extinction of Permian creatures

Researchers at San Francisco State University appear to have discovered one of the reasons for the widely reported disappearance of beehives in the United States. Lead researcher John Hafernik, a professor of biology, discusses the finding in an exclusive Q-and-A interview with the IBTimes.

Neuroscientists at the Massachusetts Institute of technology have found a way to "prevent the formation of long- term memory". They achieved this by deactivating Npas4, a memory gene.

A group of scientist have created genetically mutated silkworm that can spin silk.

The fly parasite is seen in California and South Dakota. However, there is possibility that it can also infect honey bees colony in North America too.

Naseer Judeh has taken up an initiative to bring peace between Israel and Palestine.

Over the past few years, reality shows have become hugely popular, especially among teenagers. One of the major factors that have contributed to the widespread appeal of such shows is that they provide numerous opportunities for people to showcase their talent. Hundreds of young talents have become celebrities overnight thanks to such programmes.