Science gadgets and science toys

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...

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

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...

The good ol'’ floppy disk!How we loved you when you were our go-to portable, long-term memory solution. We shared so many happy years…!Not tha...

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...

The famous experiment by physicist Erwin Schrödinger (which was, we hope, meant to be an [i]imagined[/i] experiment only!) describes the mad side o...

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...

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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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...

What would the T. rex think if it could see its closest living relatives? Maybe it - like many looking at this shirt - would be disappointedly amus...

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, ...

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...

According to several strategists from history, no plan will survive contact with the enemy. To a certain degree, this principle also applies to the...

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...

Are you an optimist or a pessimist? Simply look at the glass and tell us if it's half full or half empty ...Everyone knows this pseudo-scientific p...

Let’s talk about dihydrogen monoxide (DHMO). This colourless and odourless chemical is extremely dangerous and yet we all come into contact with it...

Helping others solving their problems with maths - no problem! Just give them your number. ;)This shirt is available in German, only. :(

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...

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

Physicists do indeed make great parents! Having an answer as to why the sky is blue, or why flies in a moving car don't hit the back window ar...

Well, good old normal distribution... What could be more beautiful than the balanced rise and fall of the Gaussian bell curve? Even those who don&#...

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

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...

Maybe the Borg should re-think their dress code and instead, put on the Resistance is futile T. Shirt which would be better than wired overalls tha...

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...

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...

The moment you find the element of surprise in a periodic table would, logically, be a rather accidental one, since it has to be surprising.But if ...