Science gadgets and science toys

At a time when everyone can take photos with their phone, but nobody knows how it actually works, we're going back to the good old SLR camera. So t...

There are many curious and often somewhat strange-looking creatures in the deep sea. One of the best known is probably the so-called blobfish, whos...

"Intelligence is the ability to adapt to change" - none other than Stephen Hawking said this sentence. And he's right: on this Intelligence - Steph...

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...

If you've ever dreamed of taming a storm, then we've got just the thing for you: the Tornado Lamp. Instead of lava, a rotating vortex of water swir...

Even bad scientists make mistakes. When this happens, they don't just use any erasers to correct them, of course, but poisonously colored skull era...

The good old floppy disk. It was one of the first handy long-term memories of the PC, but at the same time incredibly sensitive and unforgiving. In...

The famous experiment by physicist Erwin Schrödinger (which he hopefully only carried out in his mind...) describes the craziness of quantum mechan...

Ever since Heinz Rühmann's comments on alcoholic fermentation in Die Feuerzangenbowle, we have known that chemistry and tipsy fun go hand in hand. ...

Did you know that chickens are direct descendants of dinosaurs? No joke! More precisely, our cackling friends are descended from the fearsome thero...

Since its launch in 1990, the Hubble Space Telescope has repeatedly managed to bring impressive images from distant parts of space to our little bl...

The best thing about the Flying Spaghetti Monster (FSM), the noodly deity of the Pastafarians, is that, unlike some other deities, it does not impo...

The same drama every morning: the alarm clock rings, but we just can't manage to get up. Anyone who knows anything about physics will know that thi...

Trust in God is one of those things. Most scientists here would probably reject it as the basis of their existence. Hardly verifiable, very uncerta...

For some reason, scientific terms seem to automatically inspire awe and sometimes even fear in many people. For example, if you warn your colleague...

There are different ways to learn your chemistry lessons.One of them would be with jokes:When helium comes into a bar, the bartender says: 'Sorry, ...

You call it "baking", we call it "experiment on the behavior of various chemicals under constant heating". And of course we don't need "flour", "sa...

Summer means sun, beach, ice cream and balmy summer nights when the stars twinkle in the sky. With a bit of luck, we might even see a shooting star...

Over the centuries, man has explored almost every square meter of the earth in one way or another. Apart from the deep sea, we can only explore spa...

If you believe the relevant strategists of world history, no plan survives the first contact with the enemy. This principle also applies in the muc...

Pluto is not only chronically lonely, so far away from the SunEarth and all the others, the poor celestial body has also been cast out of the plane...

We have a problem with dihydrogen monoxide, or DHMO for short. Every person who has died has previously consumed this colorless and odorless chemic...

Are you an optimist or a pessimist? Just look at the glass and tell us whether it's half full or half empty... We all know this test from school, o...

Tutoring in math for desperate people is no problem - after all, you are always helpful and a nice person. So just pass on your number, where you c...

Math and animals? Oh no! Before memories of unrealistic text problems from math class come to mind, we can reassure you: This is not about Paul, wh...

Ever since school lessons at the latest, it should be clear to everyone that nothing works without chemistry. In the 17th and 18th centuries, the s...

Do you love science, cats and good jokes? Then the Cat-Ion shirt meets all the criteria for the perfect nerd shirt. The motif alludes to the name o...

We proudly present: our Geek Gems. At last, fashion-conscious geeks no longer have to make their jewelry (only) from discarded electronic parts. Or...

Physicists are simply great parents. Why the sky is blue or why a fly doesn't smack the back of the windshield in a moving car are questions that t...

Ah yes, the good old normal distribution. What could be better than the steady rise and fall of the Gaussian bell curve? Even those of you who have...

As we all know, the average nerd prefers his coffee black. No milk, no sugar, no frills. But every now and then a latte macchiato, a crema or anoth...

With the potato clock, you will never have to rely on conventional batteries or electricity from the socket again - at least not to find out what t...

Ah! This was the exclamation that slipped out of the scientist's mouth when he discovered this new element. In addition to its constantly changing ...

We all know the old adage: cooking is art, baking is science. After all, messed-up dishes can usually be salvaged somehow, whereas one milligram to...

If you were to find surprises as an element in the periodic table, it would surely only be by chance (it has to be a surprise). But if you do want ...

This lamp brings together what belongs together: the shape of the lava lamp, which children of the 70s and 90s may remember as an object of desire,...