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. ...

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

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...

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...

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...

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 ...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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...

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 ...

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...

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 ...

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...

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...

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...