Science gadgets and science toys

Are you totally into flower power, wild check patterns on wallpaper and flared pants? Then this lava lamp rocket is just the thing for you! Lava la...

For a long time, researchers believed that dinosaurs died out on Earth as a result of a meteorite impact. We now know that this is not true at all....

The kitchen can be a dangerous place - you handle acid, sharp blades and high heat and trigger chemical reactions. There should be much more warnin...

The moon has exerted a huge fascination on people since time immemorial and for good reason. After all, it influences the tides of the oceans and e...

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...

This sobering choice of words by the Borg before assimilation illustrates the advantages of a collective consciousness and the knowledge shared by ...

Was math your absolute favorite subject at school and you just couldn't get enough of it? If you could still solve math problems 'around the clock'...

Everything used to be better - you only had to memorize four elements. Since ancient times, however, not only has the definition of these "smallest...

It has been over 1000 years since the Vikings terrified the whole of Europe, and they still fascinate people to this day. Because apart from their ...

Do you sometimes have the feeling that the weight of the world, indeed the whole universe, is on your shoulders? With the sun, moon and earth stres...

Dihydrogen monoxide is just like many other chemical substances - the dose makes the poison. However, it is not only the quantity that determines h...

At this point, we would like to dispel the widespread prejudice that geeks don't like plants. The problem that geeks have with plants is rather tha...

If you ask a physicist what the most important of all sciences is, he will undoubtedly answer "physics". If you take a closer look at the sub-areas...

The most famous cat in the world is not an internet phenomenon, but the imaginary cat of physicist Erwin Schrödinger (1887-1961). His famous though...

There is power in calm. But sometimes the calm lies in things that are rather restless in themselves: the swinging of a pendulum, the roaring of th...

Many theories initially appear flawless on paper. However, as soon as they are to be applied in the real world, unforeseen problems or surprising f...

A dinosaur skull is quite something - the only problem is that the pieces are quite rare, quite expensive and private ownership is quite illegal. S...

The cake is a Pi(e)! Mathematicians with a basic knowledge of English will know: The complicated-looking formula symbols on the pie plate are prono...

There are people who collect stamps, some who keep more than 20 cats and others who consider arithmetic their hobby. If you have landed on this pag...

"Life finds a way." Does this quote sound familiar? Then the Jurassic Park lamp: Amber with Mosquito is sure to find its way into your home soon. T...

Do you know this too? As soon as you get into the kitchen to cook, dozens of chemical questions start running through your head. What is the atomic...

It is amazing what masterpieces the human brain is capable of. Not only is it the organ that has secured our place at the top of the food chain, it...

Welcome to the future - or rather: your future. The Future City Cyberpunk marble run kit takes you into a glowing neon world full of technical soph...

Dinosaurs were such diverse, gigantic and impressive animals that it is hard to imagine that they suddenly all became extinct. But imagine what wou...

A hollow copper cylinder and a small neodymium sphere - that's all you need to play a fascinating trick on gravity and turn magnetodynamics into a ...

It's fascinating how a distant celestial body can influence us in our everyday lives. You've probably woken up in the morning completely exhausted ...

Plant breeding is a science in itself. No wonder it also has many fans among nerds. And especially when you spend a lot of time in your own four wa...

Let's talk about the elephant in the room: dihydrogen monoxide (DHMO). This chemical is a silent killer that kills countless people every year - an...

If you're a nerd who knows everything, you'll already know: The only true religion is Pastafarianism! All references to things like evolution were ...

Forget everything your chemistry teacher ever said to you. (Unless it was Walther White himself, you can really still learn something from him). Do...

Pirates and pastafarians finally have the opportunity to set up a shrine to the sacred Flying Spaghetti Monster. Unlike other deities that cannot b...

Life finds a way...... to get revenge on the bad guys. Computer genius Dennis Nedry almost managed to smuggle 15 embryos out of Jurassic Park and s...

In keeping with the natural science to which it is dedicated, the Science Cup: Chemistry makes a brilliant entrance with the equation of the oxyhyd...

Ever since The Big Bang Theory, we know that Erwin Schrödinger's thought experiment is not only an excellent way to illustrate the superposition pr...

If you believe sayings like"There's nothing to swear by an engineer" or"Trust me - I'm an engineer", then engineers are true jacks-of-all-trades wh...

Sometimes you don't need a beach vacation or a remote mountain hut to escape the daily grind - sometimes a small change of perspective on your own ...