Science gadgets and science toys

Over the course of millennia, mankind has managed to explore almost every square metre of the Earth's surface. As such, only the deep sea and space...

Anyone who's even remotely interested in electronics and tinkering would probably take a bath in LEDs, batteries, transistors and other parts Scroo...

The Plantarium Garden Lab lets you grown seeds without the need for constant watering. Perfect if yours is the kind of home where plants usually ha...

It has been over 1000 years since the Vikings struck fear into the whole of Europe, yet even today we are still struck with awe. That is because ap...

It has been known for a few hundred years that the earth is not the centre of the universe, but revolves around the sun. However, there still seem ...

Don't we all dream of constructing our own robot? Unfortunately, pretty much anything beyond a fighting machine designed for Robot Wars can be pret...

Insects are rarely mentioned as favourite animals, despite them having the highest biodiversity of all organism groups on Earth. And many of these ...

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Tape can be a real lifesaver - for example, for the crew of Apollo 13 in 1970. With the help of a roll of Duct Tape, the astronauts were able to mo...

There's a war coming! A war for the human body! But instead of fighting off foreign threats such as bacteria and viruses, the organs are turning on...

While electronics certainly is a complex and fascinating field, many newcomers are put off by the sheer amount of complex information out there. Wh...

Patience is a virtue, they say. But they never tell you how to become patient and achieve a state of absolute relaxation. So it looks like we've go...

This lamp brings together what belongs together: the iconic geometric lamp shape of the lava lamp, known to most kids from the 70s and 90s, and the...

As we all know, Schrödinger's cat is both dead and alive at the same time, at least as long you don't look in the box ;). Our Schrödinger's Cat Plu...

Every true dinosaur fan has certainly dreamed more than once of experiencing the prehistoric giants alive. Unfortunately, time travel is still not ...

With a Potato Clock, you won't need batteries or electricity from the power socket anymore –(at least not to know what time it is).Do you reme...

Finally there's a chance for pirates and Pastafaris to build their own shrine with the holy Flying Spaghetti Monster. In contrast to other non-prov...

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...

It sounds so romantic to sit under the stars at night and look for shooting stars. You could also search for the North Star and watch the Great Bea...

A tube made of copper and a small neodymium ball… is all you need to eliminate gravity and to make magneto-dynamics a meditative exercise, in a fas...

We're living in a time where everybody can take photos with their phone! But people don't care about framing, focusing and lighting the p...

Pluto isn't just chronically lonely - far away from the sun, the Earth, and the other celestial bodies of our solar system - the poor orb has even ...

Anyone who has ever been on the ISS or elsewhere in space knows that everything has to be secured in weightlessness. Objects are often attached to ...

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Many astronomers (not to be confused with astrologists!) started their stairway to the heavens at a planetarium, where they watched projections of ...

What would we do without pi? This handy little number allows us to do many wondrous things, such as calculating circles and Heisenberg's uncertaint...

Star Wars, Star Trek, Star Gate - stars, space and its infinite vastness fascinate us nerds. Not only in sci-fi series, but also in reality. It's a...

The cute robots from the varikabi line have proven that it’s possible to build fascinating robots without years of experience or complicated tools....

Since its launch in 1990, the Hubble Space Telescope has captured numerous stunning images from faraway parts of space: striking comets, undiscover...

Dinosaurs are simply the best! No matter whether you ask children, teenagers or adults, most of us cannot deny a certain fascination with the ruler...

This product is only available in German.

This product is only available in German.

Become the director of your very own Jurassic Park! Since real dinosaurs are extinct and their bones are both extremely rare and illegal to own in ...

Finishing a puzzle is a double-edged sword: on the one hand, you successfully put 300, 500 or even 1000 pieces together; on the other hand, you hav...

Even though people who actually know a thing or two about art will probably want to lynch us, we have to say that, sometimes, a piece of art on you...

Without a doubt, physics is one of the most interesting sciences in the world. But one major downside is the fact that, in order to get to see the ...