Pradershika Sharma

Pradershika Sharma

Freelance Writer

Experience

Pradershika Sharma is a tech deals writer for Lifehacker.

She has a Master’s degree in English Literature, a B.Ed., and a TESOL certification. She has been writing professionally since 2018, creating product reviews, affiliate articles, and search ads for global clients while working with Rubix Agency and Cognizant. Previously, she spent a year teaching English at the junior high level.

An avid reader since childhood, Pradershika's idea of extreme sports is staying up to read “just one more chapter.” She lives in India.

Smartphones, electric vehicles, and countless portable electronics all depend on batteries. As demand for better energy storage grows, improvements in battery capacity, lifespan, and safety will play a major role in the future of electrification. One of the most promising technologies is the solid-state battery, which could allow smartphones to operate for several days on a single charge and give electric vehicles driving ranges up to three times greater than many current models.

Today's Nice Price or No Dice Cyclone is a rust-free, factory-engined, almost-all-original survivor. Or so the seller says. Let's see what such a find might just set someone back.

In the film 'Forrest Gump,' the beloved titular character played by the even more beloved actor, Tom Hanks, liked to run. This predilection earned him a spot on his college football team, helped him navigate the Vietnam War safely, and turned him into a minor celebrity when he decided to run across the country in search of mental clarity. The further he ran, the more people liked and admired him.

Researchers at the Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (HZDR), together with Wismut GmbH and scientists from the University of Granada in Spain, have demonstrated for the first time that bacteria can convert uranium dissolved in water into a stable chemical compound when they have access to glycerol as a food source.