Science gadgets and science toys

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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

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...

OK, you're allowed to admit it: Maths was your favourite subject at school and you just couldn't get enough of it, right? And even today, you can e...

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...

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...

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...

For some reason, people like to call lots of things the "happiness hormone". Serotonin? Happiness hormone! Dopamine? Happiness hormone! Oxytocin? H...

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...

Forget all the beauty tutorials in magazines and on the internet: Only a healthy dose of radiation will bring out your natural glow! This sticker c...

Star Wars fans watch out ... Here comes a smash hit: the Force from Star Wars is real! At least if you misunderstand the second Newtonian law – or ...

Legal doping in the shape of a pin: Simply press it and imagine waves of the happiness hormone flooding your system. And all that without side effe...

15 nerds on the admin's chest, yo-ho-ho and a mug of coffee! If ye arrrr one o' them people who be Pi rates, you should tell ever'one by wearing th...

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Ah! This was the sound the researcher who discovered the Element of surprise made when he realized what he had accomplished. In addition to its con...

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

iä iä cthulhu fhtagnWith the Cthulhu Fish shirt, you'll be recognizable at first sight by like-minded worshippers of the great Cthulhu!

A black hole is an area of space which has such a strong gravitational field that nothing can escape from it - not even light. So you can definitel...

Rumour has it that some mathematicians got mad when they read this sentence.

For physicists, only the order of magnitude counts.

You can never have enough posters and you can still find a place for this Jurassic World poster with dinosaurs even if all your walls are already f...

If everything had gone according to plan in Jurassic Park, the dinosaurs in the park would not have been able to reproduce at all. If the scientist...

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Aerial cableways have been used for hundreds of years to transport people or goods over rough terrain. It doesn't matter whether it's mountain vall...

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Every mission, whether in space or on Earth, must be well prepared. Don’t forget vital items such as your drinking bottle!When you have finally dec...

What have they got in there? King Kong?Apart from the velociraptors, what else stands out in the 1993 cult film? The gigantic entrance gates to “Ju...

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...