Special gifts

Dr. Bruce Banner never really had control over when the Hulk would show up. You do. Your desk, your rules. The Hulk Diorama Lamp features the green...

Studies show that a quick nap increases productivity by up to 34%. NASA knows this. Astronauts sleep on schedule. You sleep over your keyboard. Tim...

Even the Empire's elite soldiers need to walk their dogs. While Darth Vader terrorizes the galaxy and fights the Rebellion, a simple stormtrooper s...

The Moai statues of Easter Island have stood silently on the horizon for centuries, gazing into nothingness – mysterious, imposing, immobile. Now y...

Do you remember the scene in "My Neighbor Totoro" where Satsuki and Mei wait for the bus with their homemade bentos? Good food, lovingly packed – t...

There are moments at Hogwarts where it is not strength, but courage that decides the outcome. When Harry faces the Basilisk in his second year, a s...

"I solemnly swear that I am up to no good." With these words, it comes to life — the legendary Marauder's Map. Once created by Moony, Wormtail, Pad...

When Bugs Bunny calls, you lace up your sneakers - and if you're LeBron James, you'll end up in the craziest basketball game in movie history. With...

Opposites attract: In this character set, the dutiful, friendly spider from the neighborhood meets the ill-tempered, ever-hungry alien Venom, who h...

Sometimes you just fall down the rabbit hole – and land in Wonderland. Lewis Carroll's timeless fairy tale from 1865 sends Alice into a world where...

In 1984, a Soviet programmer let falling blocks conquer the world. Alexei Pajitnov had no idea that his Tetris would still cause sweaty palms and t...

Five colors, five schools, one decision – anyone who plays Magic: The Gathering knows: Mana is everything. White for order, Blue for knowledge, Bla...

In the world of One Piece, there are fruits that change everything — the so-called Devil Fruits. The most famous of them all is the Gomu Gomu no Mi...

"If my calculations are right, when this thing hits 88 miles per hour, it's going to really crack!" - and what happens is pure nostalgia hype. The ...

In Hyrule, they lurk everywhere: Bokoblins – the bony, red-eyed minions of Ganondorf, who hide behind every rock and in every ruin. Normally they g...

The Andorians are known for their icy home world – a blue ice planet at the edge of the galaxy that makes even hardened Starfleet officers shiver. ...

You're sitting at the table, candles flicker, your character faces the final battle – and then the d20 just rolls off the table. Not very epic. In ...

Collect seven spheres, summon a dragon, make a wish. That's the plan in Dragon Ball Z – the legendary manga and anime series where hero Son Goku an...

Michael Faraday discovered in 1831 that a moving magnet generates current in a conductor – Lenz's law. That's all well and good, but what if you co...

"Turning off the light" – what seems like a simple action to most people was an art form for Albus Dumbledore. With his silver cigar-tip-like inven...