Science gadgets and science toys

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...

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...

Somewhere between the first lockdown and the third Instagram reel about crispy loaves, many bread enthusiasts discovered: sourdough baking is a sci...

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...

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

A strong magnetic field in the living room? Sounds like a sci-fi scenario or a minor accident while playing Feel Flux. But don't worry - with the F...

You can never have enough posters and you will still find a place for this Jurassic World poster with dinosaurs even if all your walls are already ...

You've eaten an avocado and you're staring at the pit. Throw it away? What a waste. In fact, inside this brown stone is a small tree just waiting t...

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 1993 film Jurassic Park brought the dinosaur hype to Hollywood and our screens, and over 30 years later the franchise is still an absolute cult...

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...

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...

The Moai statues of Easter Island have stood silently on the horizon for centuries, gazing into nothingness – mysterious, imposing, immobile. Now y...

The manta ray glides silently through the deep sea – a masterpiece of evolution that has fascinated engineers for decades. What if you could bring ...

Michael Faraday discovered in 1831 that a moving magnet generates current in a conductor – Lenz's law. That's all well and good, but what if you co...

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...