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Washington, Dec 16 - Kids between the ages of 6 to 8 years who skip their meals face increased obesity and cardiometabolic risk, according to a new Finnish study.

Ms Aino-Maija Eloranta, MHSc, who presented the results at the University of Eastern Finland , said that a higher consumption of sugary drinks, red meat and low-fat margarine and a lower consumption of vegetable oil were also related to a higher cardiometabolic risk. The more of these factors are present, the higher the risk.

Washington, Dec 16 - The first results from NASA's MAVEN mission may be able to provide clues regarding how Mars lost its atmosphere to space over time.

The observations revealed a new process by which the solar wind can penetrate deep into a planetary atmosphere. They include the first comprehensive measurements of the composition of Mars' upper atmosphere and electrically charged ionosphere.

The results also offer an unprecedented view of ions as they gain the energy that will lead to their escape from the atmosphere.

London, Dec. 16 - Astronomers may soon be able to find exoplanets that are stretched out by the gravity of the stars they orbit.

The team, led by Prabal Saxena of George Mason University, recently described how to detect these exotic worlds in the new research.

Prabal and his team modeled cases where the planets are in orbit close to small red dwarf stars, much fainter than our Sun, but by far the most common type of star in the galaxy.

The planets' rotation was locked, so the worlds keep the same face towards the stars they orbit, much like the Moon does as it moves around the Earth.

London, Dec. 16 - Street artist Banksy was the name people most typed on Google after the phrase "who is" in 2014.

The English graffiti artist was rumoured to have been arrested earlier in 2014, but he is now a free man, presumably with a spray can not far from hand, the Independent reported.

The second place was taken by celebrity Big Brother's Frenchy , real name Angelique Morgan. In third came Dappy, the N-Dubs singer who was given a suspended jail sentence in November after being found guilty of for assaulting a man while still on a suspended sentence for a previous incident in Guildford.

Washington, Dec 16 - Its Gerorge Clooney's newly wedded bride Amal Clooney who is Barbara Walters' most fascinating person of 2014.

During her show, Walters introduced the 36-year-old Oxford-educated UK based barrister, who had married the Hollywood megastar in September, implying that that she definitely had something "to fascinate the most fascinating man," adding that though they may not know much about her, her husband was well known, the CNN reported.

Back in a 1995 interview, the actor, 53, had famously told Walters that "I'm never going to get married again" and Amal being able to break that vow was what got her the "most fascinating" title.

Washington, Dec 16 - One of the six remaining northern white rhinos has died of old age at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park, bringing the wonderful species one step closer to extinction.

Randy Rieches, the safari park curator, said in a statement that the death of 44-year-old male rhino, named Angalifu, is a tremendous loss to all of them, not only because he was well beloved here at the park but also because now just 5 of them remain, the Verge reported.

In addition to Nola, with whom conservationists at the park had hoped that Angalifu would mate, there are three northern white rhinos at a preserve in Kenya and one at a zoo in the Czech Republic.