Science gadgets and science toys

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...

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Not only Geek-anity, but all of humanity has a lot to be grateful to NASA for: the impressive pictures captured by the Hubble Space Telescope, Mars...

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 ...

If you're bored in everyday life and looking for a bit of adventure, it's a good idea to incorporate a little thrill here and there into the most m...

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

Without natural sciences, we would know next to nothing about the inner workings of the universe and our bodies. If you take a closer look at how c...

Many of us have heard at school - or later in life - what potential we have if we just tried harder. But it should be clear that potential depends ...

Sigmund Freud, the father of modern psychoanalysis, would certainly have enjoyed the "Your mother" jokes of recent years and this button - keyword:...

If 'evolution' was human, it would just sigh and bang its head against the wall repeatedly when someone mentions spicy food. After all, the pain ca...

Even if this button doesn't contain any caffeine, the sight of it will hopefully give you extra energy. Or you can use it as a reminder that you wa...

Maths is everywhere and especially bright when Pi is included. Unfortunately, there're too many mere mortals who don't see the beauty of ...

The Doppler effect describes the change in perception and measuring of frequencies, while its sender and recipient either move towards each other, ...

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 ...

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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. ...

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...

Let’s talk about the elephant in the room: dihydrogen monoxide (DHMO). This chemical substance is a silent killer and causes grievous bodily harm a...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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 ...

Good jokes are almost as great as fresh cake. If you like both, this button is just the thing. You can also use it to tell everyone about the great...

Magnesium reacting with oxygen is observed in chemistry class in school, by most people. Magnesium reacts with oxygen in a highly exothermic reacti...

Maths-shirt with german imprint saying "The genius rules the chaos".

On this shirt, the famous quote from Star Wars must have been written down by a physicist. Out of habit, he or she replaced the word "force" with a...

For physicists, it's usually only the order of magnitude that counts anyway, so why bother with such small inaccuracies?

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

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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...

Everyone knows the game Memory. But how well do you know the different NASA missions? With NASA Space Mission Memory, put your memory to the test a...

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...

Without a proper measuring jug, we're destined to fail in the kitchen. Sure, cooking is still possible with roughly estimated amounts of ingredient...

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...