Articles by Shubham Sharma

A new giant frilled octopus species has just been found and it was hiding in plain sight for years

David Scheel and Nathan Hollenbeck from Alaska Pacific University used shrimp fishing pots as a snare to catch these octopuses.

Dec 29, 2017

Now you can take a virtual walk through a star that exploded 11,000 light years away

A 3D VR model of a 300-year old supernova remnant will allow astronomers and enthusiasts to experience the massive cosmic event.

Dec 29, 2017

Who is Luciana Vega? Nasa helps develop American Girl doll who dreams of becoming the first Martian

Luciana, according to a company statement, is of Chilean descent and has the skills and smarts to achieve what she wants.

Dec 29, 2017

Here's Zanco Tiny T1, the cute little phone that's no bigger than your thumb

The device is hardly two-inches tall and probably the cutest gadget you will ever see.

Dec 27, 2017

Who are hollow Earthers? These conspiracy theorists think aliens and Nazis live inside Earth's core

The pseudoscientific theory has already gained some traction lately, with some believing that the beings living inside never get ill and are 12ft tall, one theorist said.

Dec 27, 2017

What is Angosat-1? Russia launches Angola's first ever telecom satellite using a Ukraine-built rocket

The satellite has been tasked to provide communication and broadcast services for next 15 years.

Dec 27, 2017

Bionic eye restores blind woman's eyesight, helping her see after 13 long years

Antonina Zakharchenko's vision was impaired since childhood and kept getting worse until she lost her sight completely.

Dec 27, 2017

Meet the golden-crowned manakin: Amazon's first known hybrid bird species

The first member of the hybrid species was likely born around 180,000 years ago. It was first spotted in Brazil in 1957.

Dec 26, 2017

Israel considering issuing digital shekel to tackle tax evasion

The Bank of Israel proposes to issue the cryptocurrency once the government approves it.

Dec 26, 2017

Bitcoin

The Great American Eclipse of 2017 left 'bow waves' in Earth's atmosphere

The waves in the upper atmosphere are similar to the V-shaped waves left behind by a ship moving through water.

Dec 26, 2017

Hubble captures distant Nebula and its glowing central star in stunning new photo

This star, accprding to Nasa and the European Space Agency, has completed the red giant phase of its lifetime and is ejecting gases into space.

Dec 25, 2017

NASA

Watch: World's largest amphibious aircraft takes to the skies for the first time

The amphibious aircraft AG600 is roughly as big as a Boeing 737 and can carry as many as 50 people on board.

Dec 25, 2017

Meet DJ Kuka, the robot that turns up the heat at this nightclub

The robot picks songs, scratches disks and even dances to its music.

Dec 25, 2017

Elon Musk's massive backup battery took just 140 milliseconds to respond to crisis at power plant

This was the first power failure since the battery was installed in South Australia earlier this month.

Dec 25, 2017

This neural network tried hand at writing Christmas carols and the results are hilarious

The neural network was fed with as many as 240 new and old carols.

Dec 24, 2017

Watch: Rare video shows baby sea turtle running on a tiny treadmill

The video was created as part of an effort to understand the endurance of these young creatures.

Dec 24, 2017

Watch trillion-ton iceberg break away from the Antarctica ice shelf in stunning timelapse

The iceberg, dubbed A-68, is 5,800 square km in area, roughly four times the size of London.

Dec 24, 2017

Bruce McCandless: The astronaut who flew in space with 'no strings attached'

Bruce McCandless logged more than 312 hours in space, including four hours of flight time using a Manned Maneuvering Unit (MMU).

Dec 24, 2017

Arecibo radio telescope captures massive, potentially hazardous asteroid in breathtaking images

The asteroid, 3200 Phaethon, made a close approach to Earth a few days after the glorious Geminid meteor shower in mid-December.

Dec 24, 2017

From Sophia to SpotMini, the coolest robots that made 2017 awesome

Well, 2017 is coming to an end and it's time go back and see which machines got smarter or nailed some really complicated tasks.

Dec 23, 2017

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