Household gadgets for the nerd household

In 1989, Phil Katz thought that you could really make money with compression. He was not entirely wrong, because the invention of the ZIP format ma...

Admittedly, mathematics has managed to get such a bad rep that even synchronized vacuuming appears more interesting to many people. To someone who ...

Most of us don't recall that much from biology class back in school, but if words like "osmosis" or "mitochondria" make your eyes light up, the Sci...

According to the internet, "Trust me – I'm an engineer" is a phrase that will automatically give the person who has uttered it the ability to fix a...

Just as the natural science this mug is dedicated to, the Science Mug: Chemistry likes flashy entrances. The equation for the oxyhydrogen reaction ...

As the saying goes, the dumbest farmers have the fattest potatoes. Does this saying also apply outside of agriculture? What about phi breeding, for...

"Life finds a way." Does this quote sound familiar? Then the Jurassic Park lamp: Amber with Mosquito is sure to find its way into your home soon. T...

It's the small things that make us happy... For chemists it's the good old periodic table. You probably already know it by heart, but it ...

Every child knows that cats have nine lives. But where does life actually begin and where does it end? And what do you do if you lock your cat in a...

The Quantum Junction Decal shows a traffic sign, the speed of light plus instructions to get in both lanes. It’s a nod to the behaviour of light in...

It’s perfectly normal if you don’t get along with everyone you meet – some things are just not meant to be. It sucks, however, if there are other r...

When the gel in your Plantarium Super or your Plantarium Garden Lab has run out and you have either repotted or eaten your plants, you can simply s...

Experts are still debating whether the fearsome T-Rex was an active predator or rather a scavenger. We know better. Of course, it simply ate everyt...

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Sometimes, you've got to crack some jokes to make a pie. Most people know from maths class that the number ? is invaluable for many calculations - ...

Okay, we admit it's hard to write funny and witty lines about physics, even though we come into contact with physics during every single second of ...

Sigmund Freud, the founder of psychoanalysis, can certainly be criticised, but every now and then you discover a few sparks of truth in his texts. ...

Most likely, it will always be the privilege of older generations to lecture younger generations about how hard and unforgiving life was "back in t...

No matter how much you want them, some things are just not meant to be: fire and water, good and evil, or roots and negative numbers. There is no r...

Yes, we all know the stereotype: nerds don't like to party and would even spend their birthday in front of the computer instead of going out with f...

No matter how bad your mood is, a dose of radioactivity is sure to make you glow! This sticker can not only be used as a warning on the nuclear rea...

A glass of red wine is known to be good for your heart. Actually, there is an interesting connection between alcohol and the heart: the right drink...

Astronauts always need a perfect view. Only with a clear helmet visor can they carry out all the tasks that arise in space, such as taking a short ...

As normal people, we will probably never get to see our earth or its smaller companion, the moon, in all their glory, except in photos or videos. B...

Be it from George Orwell's novel 1984, Soviet propaganda or the Radiohead song, most people are acquainted with the (false) equation 2+2=5. Apart f...

Even the youngest among the Pastafarians knows that Charles Darwin fell victim to a divine hoax when he found so-called proof of evolution. As the ...

Water. Without this invigorating liquid, we'd be in trouble. To be more precise, we wouldn't be at all, since we require water to exist. The same g...

Even nerds like us make mistakes when setting up our differential equations and drawing blueprints for spaceships that will finally take us into th...

To answer the question about life, the universe and everything else, you don't need a huge computer or millions of years of time. Chemistry can pro...

Star Trek was –(and still is) –ahead of its time. Spock and co. in The Original Series were the first to give us touchscreens, flip-phone communica...

No matter how much you want them, some things are just not meant to be: fire and water, good and evil, or roots and negative numbers. There is no r...

Most people probably don't associate hot water, shampoo and invigorating warmth with the term "mathematics" and formulas, graphs, variables and the...