Gifts for scientists and doctoral students

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...

No matter how much you want something, some things simply cannot be combined. Fire and water, good and evil or even a root with a negative number. ...

What if you could end every evening with a view of the universe - without leaving the house? The Astronaut Laser Star Projector makes exactly that ...

You've definitely seen it somewhere before – in movies, series, or with the cool boss in the office: This rhythmically swinging ball game that look...

Every mission, whether in space or on earth, needs to be well prepared. You don't want to forget vital items like your water bottle afterwards!Once...

Okay, we'll admit it right at the beginning: it's damn difficult to write jokes about physics. Even though we deal with it more or less consciously...

Some call it arrogance, engineers call it expertise. Where others see problems, they see solutions—in ways that normal people couldn't even begin t...

It will probably forever remain the prerogative of older generations to complain about younger generations and how much harder it supposedly was in...

As normal people, we will probably never have the pleasure of seeing our earth or its smaller companion, the moon, in all their glory, except in ph...

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 ...

The fact that Charles Darwin was deluded when he presented (alleged) evolution as a fact became clear to every Pastafarian after the first pasta ma...

A glass of red wine is known to be good for the heart. In fact, there is a certain connection between alcohol and matters of the heart: The right d...

To answer the question of life, the universe and all the rest, you don't need a huge computer or millions of years of time. Chemistry can provide u...

Whether from George Orwell's novel 1984, Soviet propaganda or Radiohead's song of the same name, most people are familiar with the (false) equation...

Welcome to Isla Nublar!As a visitor to Jurassic World, you can't miss any of the big attractions here, and of course the feeding of the Mosasaurus ...

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

Water. Without this refreshing liquid, we would look pretty old. In fact, we wouldn't look old at all, as we wouldn't exist without water. The same...

Two things are infinite: the number of decimal places of the number Pi and the average nerd's hunger for sweets and pastries. Of course we had to c...

Even if it looks like a carnivore at first glance, the Chia saurus likesplants, or more precisely chia seeds. These grow directly on its body and c...

Why travel the world right away when you can comfortably assemble it in your living room or office? The Illuminated Globe Wooden Kit combines craft...

In a world full of tracking, data leaks, and transparent citizens, one simple truth applies:Encryption is not a crime—it is self-defense.Just becau...

Stars and other celestial bodies have fascinated us humans for as long as we have existed. At first, we could only observe them from afar, but now ...

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...

Some things are best left to the professionals. This also applies to “just quickly pulling the plug.” So never—NEVER—enter the server room uninvite...

Circuit boards, capacitors, batteries, LEDs, and the like - anyone who lives for electronics with body and soul could bathe in these things. Unfort...

Wow, you're an even better dinosaur trainer than Owen Grady! Even he wouldn't dare come so close to the fearsome teeth of a raptor. Although Blue i...