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Astronomers have spotted more than 100 new potential alien planets, including one in the fourth-closest star system to the sun, a new study reports.

U.S. President Barack Obama has named 102 scientists and researchers as recipients of the Presidential Early Career Awards for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE), the highest honor bestowed by the United States Government on science and engineering professionals in the early stages of their independent research careers. 

The Turkish economy may collapse in a couple of years if politicians do not show the West that the economy is trust-worthy, Daron Acemoğlu, Professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), told the daily Hürriyet. 

British-born Oliver Hart and Finland-born Bengt Holmstrom won the 2016 Nobel Economics Prize for their contributions to contract theory, helping the understanding of issues like the performance-based pay for top executives.

English-speaking universities continue to dominate the world, according to a new ranking from the Times Higher Education (THE) supplement released on Thursday.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an's daughter, Sümeyye Erdo?an, has set May 14 as the wedding date with Selçuk Bayraktar, a defense industrialist engineer producing unmanned aerial vehicles. 

Turkish materials scientist Canan Da?deviren hosted famous theoretical physicist and cosmologist Stephen Hawking at Harvard University on April 26.

"It was truly phenomenal to host one of my heroes, Prof. Hawking at Harvard Society this evening," Da?deviren said in a tweet.

"It was truly my privilege to listen Prof. Hawking! Let the stars shine deeply," she added.

Turkey's non-investing economy is not sustainable, according to Daron Acemo?lu, an economy professor from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), who highlighted that Turkey's "story" should be about investment and productivity, not the non-investing "bad" growth that comes from domestic consumption.

President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an's daughter, Sümeyye Erdo?an, got engaged to Selçuk Bayraktar on March 20 in a family gathering at Istanbul's Tarabya Huber Palace near the Bosphorus.

Sümeyye Erdo?an, the daughter of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an, and Selçuk Bayraktar, a defense industrialist engineer producing unmanned aerial vehicles, have taken their first step towards tying the knot.