Gifts for scientists and doctoral students

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. ...

Why travel the world when you can build it in the comfort of your living room or study? The illuminated wooden globe kit combines crafting fun, ret...

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

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...

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...

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...

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 ...

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...

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...

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...

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 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...

Nikola Tesla would have loved it: As early as the 1980s, the plasma lamp was the ultimate status symbol for anyone who preferred to furnish their r...

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

Although being an astronaut is one of the dream jobs of our childhood, the job is ultimately not as appealing as it looks at first glance: it's dan...

What looks like a portal to another dimension is actually an ingenious interplay of light and mirrors - the Infinity Mirror makes physics visible a...

In 1989, Phil Katz thought that you could make a lot of money with compression. He was not entirely wrong, because the invention of the ZIP format ...

Some things are better left to the professionals. This also applies to "just pulling the plug for a moment". So never - NEVER - enter the server ro...

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...

Around 1831, Japanese artist Katsushika Hokusai created a woodblock print that would change the world forever: The Great Wave off Kanagawa — a ragi...

There are days when only one thing helps: a hot drink and a view of our beautiful planet - and that's exactly what the NASA astronaut thermo effect...

The human heart beats an average of 100,000 times a day – but it has never looked this good doing it. The Heart Vase is a detailed replica of an an...

Houston, we have... maximum comfort! If you've always dreamed of starting the day like a real astronaut - or beaming yourself onto the sofa after a...

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...