Gifts for scientists and doctoral students

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 ...

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

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

Back then, when the internet was still uncharted territory, you were young and all was right with the world. Now the graphics of video games are mo...

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...

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...

When scientists argue, it should really only be about facts. However, Pythagoras and Einstein may simply have got off on the wrong foot here. Other...

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 ...

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...

Dinosaur skulls are quite impressive - the only problem is that they are quite rare, quite expensive and private ownership is quite illegal. So wha...

Over the centuries, man has explored almost every square meter of the earth in one way or another. Apart from the deep sea, the only thing we can s...

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...

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...

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 at home gaming, wat...

What if you could end every evening with a view into space - without leaving the house? The astronaut laser star projector makes just that possible...

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

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...

Chemists are often regarded as... special. But they have a solution for everything! For example, if they run out of things to talk about at a party...

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...

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...

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

No, this joke has nothing to do with gender, but rather something to do with chemistry. Science nerds will recognize this immediately. Of course, w...

What it says on the tin. The perfect cup for anyone who is addicted to caffeine. Whether it's coffee, tea, cola or cocoa - these liquid fuels can b...

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...

Osmosis is the diffusion through a semi-permeable membrane... If this sentence, which many people should know from biology lessons, makes your eyes...

Admittedly, math has such a bad reputation with most people that even indoor halma and synchronized crochet seem more popular. As someone who feels...

All things are poison and nothing without poison - only the dose makes a thing not poison. - ParacelsusThis saying by the wise Paracelsus became "T...

Mary Anning dug up fossils while the world still believed women didn't belong in science. Marie Curie won two Nobel Prizes. Grace Hopper invented t...

You've probably seen it somewhere before - in movies, TV series or with the cool boss in the office: this rhythmically swinging ball game that has ...

It's perfectly normal not to get along with everyone - sometimes it's just not meant to be. It's just stupid when there are other reasons that lead...

If you're bored in everyday life and looking for a bit of adventure, it's a good idea to incorporate a little thrill here and there into the most m...

Some call it arrogance, one engineer calls it expertise. Where the problems begin for others, they find the solutions - in ways that a normal perso...

Once the gel from your Plantarium Super or Plantarium Garden Lab has been used up and your plants have either been repotted or eaten, you can start...

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...

The circumference of a circle is two pies times the radius. Only understood the station? That's hardly surprising. After all, jokes are notoriously...