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Washington, Nov 14 : A new study explored the measurements of magnetic fields trapped in grains within a primitive meteorite that gave important hints to how the early solar system evolved.

The new research showed that measurements point to shock waves traveling through the cloud of dusty gas around the newborn Sun as a major factor in solar system formation.

The lead author of the study is Roger Fu of MIT, who is working under Benjamin Weiss and Steve Desch of Arizona State University's School of Earth and Space Exploration.

Washington, Nov 14 : World's tallest man and the world's shortest man recently met for the very first time in London on the occasion of Guinness World Records Day 2014.

Sultan Kosen, a 31-year-old farmer from Turkey who stands 8-foot-9, became the world's talent living man in 2009 per Guinness World Records and Chandra Dangi, a 71-year-old from Nepal, stands just 21.5 inches tall, earned him the title of world's shortest man, E! Online reported.

Kosen asserted that even though Dangi was short and he was tall, they have had similar struggles throughout their lives.

Washington, Nov 14 : A new research has revealed that lightning is expected to increase by 50 percent with global warming.

Climate scientists at University of California, Berkeley, who looked at predictions of precipitation and cloud buoyancy in 11 different climate models, concluded that their combined effect will generate more frequent electrical discharges to the ground.

Scientist David Romps said that with warming, thunderstorms become more explosive and this has to do with water vapor, which is the fuel for explosive deep convection in the atmosphere.

Washington, Nov 14 : Uber has reportedly launched a wallet-style payment system in India in the wake of recent regulations, according to which all transactions need to pass through domestic payment systems.

Tech Crunch reports the new payment method now allows customers to essentially pay with their debit card or net banking account, in addition to a credit card as before.

However, it does not support cash payments.

Customers can put in money in their pre-paid wallet, which is then used to pay for their taxi rides.

Uber deducts payment from the wallet, rather than from a debit or credit card.

Washington, Nov 14 - Scientists have found that like Earth, Mars too has macro weather, a regime which is used to described the relatively stable regime between weather and climate.

According to the researchers at McGill University and UCL, the three-part pattern applies to atmospheric conditions on Mars, where Sun also plays a major role in determining macroweather.

The research promises to advance scientists' understanding of the dynamics of Earth's own atmosphere-and could provide insights into the weather of Venus, Saturn's moon Titan, and possibly the gas giants Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune.

London, Nov 14 - The mansion featured in the hit classic movie ' The Godfather' which is owned by Don Vito Corleone is up for sale , it has been revealed.

The 2.9 million dollars mansion was used as the exterior of Corleone's house in the iconic film and after being sold for 1.7 million dollars two years ago, the Staten Island, New York, property is up for grabs again, the Daily Star reported.

Joseph Profaci, managing principal at Connie Profaci Realty, said that the connection to the film certainly gave the home a certain cache for movie buffs.