Author Archives: Nidhi Goyal

About Nidhi Goyal

Nidhi is a gold medalist Post Graduate in Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences.

World’s Longest Sea Bridge Opens In China

The world’s longest sea bridge, which connects Hong Kong and Macau (the world’s largest gambling center) with mainland China, has been officially opened. The Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge spans 55km (34 miles). With this bridge, Chinese intend…

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USDA Gives Rare Approval to Edible Cotton to Feed Millions

In a big breakthrough, researchers from Texas A&M University have engineered edible cottonseed that is expected to feed millions of people. Having the nutritional value similar to other nuts like almonds or walnuts, this edible…

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Top Secret Diet was Given to U-2 Pilots So They Wouldn’t Have To Poop or Pass Gas

U-2 “spy-in-the-sky” plane played a legendary role in aerial espionage over China, Soviet Russia, and other countries during the Cold War. But the aircraft was notoriously difficult to pilot and physically demanding which involved flying…

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Giant ‘Pac Man’ Will Eat Half of the Great Pacific Garbage Patch in Five Years

More than 320 million metric tons of plastic are produced every year. Most of it ends up in ocean in places like the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. The Great Pacific Garbage Patch is the largest…

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Chinese Raffles City Sets The World Record For Highest Sky Bridge

China seems determined to rise more and more with its impressive engineering feats. China already has world’s second-tallest skyscraper and the highest bridge and now soon highest skybridge is going to add in this list.…

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This Life-Sized Bugatti Chiron Is Made Of 1 Million Lego Pieces and It Actually Drives

At the recent Grand Prix Formula One event in Monza, Italy, Lego unveiled a functioning stylish recreation of the sports car that looks similar to the original super car from Bugatti. The wholesome toy company…

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NASA Plans for a ‘Cloud City’ Of Airships to Explore Venus

The Venusian surface was a subject of speculation until some of its secrets were revealed by planetary science in the 20th century. Today, Venus is not a dream destination for aspiring space tourists, as revealed…

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World’s Fastest Camera Can Freeze Time, Records 10 Trillion Frames per Second

Researchers at California Institute of Technology (Caltech) and a research-oriented branch of the University of Quebec have used ultra-short laser pulses to invent world’s fastest camera. This camera is capable of taking a mind-blowing 10…

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World’s Cutest Train ‘Hello Kitty Bullet Train’ Of Japan

A Hello Kitty-themed “shinkansen” bullet train has debuted in Japan. Launched in June this year, Hello Kitty Shinkansen will run until November. The purpose of the Hello Kitty train is to encourage tourism in the…

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World’s First AI News Anchor Makes Its Debut in China

Looking at the speed at which machine learning and artificial intelligence (AI) is developing, it’s not very hard to imagine that AI anchors could be the future of news. China’s Xinhua News Agency Xinhua recently…

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