Gifts for scientists and doctoral students

Something you may not know is that computer scientists have to deal with all sorts of trees. Quite often, the most common being the so-called binar...

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...

There is a war going on in the human body! But instead of fighting together against external attackers such as bacteria or viruses, the organs are ...

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...

Do you see real beauty where others just see numbers? Are perfect formulas and graphs your type of art? No matter where and when, do you think that...

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 ...

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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'...

If the bible had been written by physicists, the maxwell equations would have been in it for sure.

Bring the magic of the Japanese Hanami festival into your home with the Magic Sakura - Magical Growing Cherry Tree! In Japan, the cherry blossom is...

We all dream of building our own robot. Unfortunately, it soon turns out that anything beyond a robot fighting machine for Robot Wars is a bit more...

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...

Back in the old days, pluto was still a planet. Remember? What great times they were! But a few years ago, Pluto lost his status as a "real&qu...

As nerds, we are definitely anything but average. We love topics and things that the average person might not particularly be interested in, we alm...

It has been known for a few hundred years that the earth is not the center of the universe, but revolves around the sun. However, there still seem ...

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...

All the non-geek heavy metal fans includes AC/DC within their beloved rock bands. We, of course, know where the name came from and what it all mean...

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...

" [i]Why can't we be together[/i] ?"... [i]because[/i] "[i]It is complex[/i]."Has this ever happen to you? You wanted to b...

If you delve deeper into the works of the infamous psychoanalyst Sigmund Freud, you'll start to descend into slightly smutty realms. Suddenly, ciga...

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...

“[i]You CAn’t USE a Pie chARt To DrAw A 3D RoOM” – said everyone who has not seen this t-shirt yet!Just one look at the Corner Pie Chart T-Shirt[/i...

Jigsaw puzzles are a double-edged sword: if you manage to put the 300, 500 or even over 1000 pieces together correctly, you can be happy to have do...

Dinosaurs are simply awesome! Whether you ask children, teenagers or adults, most people can't deny a certain fascination when it comes to the rule...

“May the gods be merciful and the dice planets be favorable!” D&D, DSA or Shadowrun players probably pray like this on a regular basis. Because in ...

The "Wheel of Life" on the T-shirt impressively captures the wonder of molecular biology. It is a graphic representation of the genetic code, the u...