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Washington, Sept 14 (ANI): Female spider monkeys without infants hug mother monkeys in exchange for permission to miss, sniff and touch their babies, primatologists have found.

Lead author Kathy Slater said the study in the journal Animal Behaviour not only showed how much primates, especially females, valued infants, but also revealed that even among apes, an embrace conveyed good intentions.

Washington, Sept 14 (ANI): Schoolchildren, families, and citizen scientists around the world will gaze skyward after dark from October 1 to 15, looking for specific constellations and then sharing their observations through the Internet.

The Great World Wide Star Count initiative aims to help scientists map light pollution globally while educating participants about the stars.

Islamabad, Sep 14: Pakistan’s Railways Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed has said that President Pervez Musharraf might face Constitutional problems in his re-election by the current assemblies if no deal is reached between him and former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto.

Rashid said it would become difficult for Musharraf to get re-elected by the present assemblies or pass any Constitutional amendment if a deal is not reached with Benazir.

New Delhi, Sept 14:  The Government will file a supplementary affidavit in the Sethu Samundram case in the Supreme Court today.

Lucknow, Sept. 14: At least 16 Kanwariyas were crushed to death by an Express train near Saryu Ghat Railway Station of Uttar Pradesh on Thursday night.

“The tragedy took place on the Lucknow-Gorakhpur route when Kanwariyas travelling in the Lucknow-Gonda train got off in a bid to take water from the Saryu River, for offering at a temple at Karnelganj,” said Northern Railway Divisional Magistrate, Ashima Singh.

When the Kanwariyas were crossing the track, another train, Gorakhpur-bound Intercity Express crushed them to death, Singh added.

Washington, Sep 14 (ANI): Researchers have discovered a new application for tropical and popular aquarium fish, Zebrafish – it can now be used to study COX deficiencies in humans.

Researchers at the University of Oregon claim that their finding has opened an unparalleled pathway to examine the earliest stages of mitochondrial impairments that lead to potentially fatal metabolic disorders.