Science gadgets and science toys

As we all know, Schrödinger's cat is both dead and alive at the same time, at least as long you don't look in the box ;). Our Schrödinger's Cat Plu...

With a Potato Clock, you won't need batteries or electricity from the power socket anymore –(at least not to know what time it is).Do you reme...

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

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 ...

For a long time, researchers believed that the dinosaurs died out as a result of a meteorite impact on Earth. We now know this may not be the case....

Star Wars, Star Trek, Star Gate - stars, space and its infinite vastness fascinate us nerds. Not only in sci-fi series, but also in reality. It's a...

Pluto isn't just chronically lonely - far away from the sun, the Earth, and the other celestial bodies of our solar system - the poor orb has even ...

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...

Dihydrogen monoxide is just like many other chemical substances – the dose makes the poison. It is not only the quantity that determines the danger...

Summer means sun, beach, ice cream and balmy summer nights when the stars twinkle in the sky. With a bit of luck, we might even see a shooting star...

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

Everything used to be better back in the day – all you had to do was remember four elements! Since antiquity, however, not only has the definition ...

Since the first season of The Big Bang Theory aired on TV, we've been aware that the famous thought experiment by Erwin Schrödinger not only clarif...

This rather chilling choice of words from the Borg right before assimilation shows the benefits of a hive mind and thus the shared knowledge of sev...

This lamp brings together what belongs together: the iconic geometric lamp shape of the lava lamp, known to most kids from the 70s and 90s, and the...

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Luckily, we live in a place where everyone can believe in whatever they want - a privilege that not everyone has.Some people are not tempted by inv...

Sometimes, evil scientists make mistakes just like everyone else. But when that happens, they don't just use any old erasers – for them, only the b...

The best thing about the Flying Spaghetti Monster (FSM), the benign deity of the Pastafarians, is the fact that – unlike some other deities – it do...

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Plant cultivation 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, ...

Anyone who has ever been on the ISS or elsewhere in space knows that everything has to be secured in weightlessness. Objects are often attached to ...

The kitchen can be a dangerous place - you handle acid, sharp blades and high heat and trigger chemical reactions. There should be a lot more warni...

Originally, the experiment colloquially referred to as “Schrödinger’s Cat” was supposed to demonstrate a problem of quantum mechanics. Today, it’s ...

Many myths exist about how engineers manage to find solutions for problems that mere mortals could never hope to solve: pagan blood sacrifices, com...

This button is all about the wonderful symbiosis between math and the animal kingdom: because as luck would have it, "the nth root of Q" sounds jus...

According to several strategists from history, no plan will survive contact with the enemy. To a certain degree, this principle also applies to the...

Patience is a virtue, they say. But they never tell you how to become patient and achieve a state of absolute relaxation. So it looks like we've go...

Every creature and every machine needs energy to run. As a nerd, that's too hazy a phrase, of course. People might think you're talking a...

Here we have an octopus with eight (Latin: octo) arms. No ordinary arms of course, but Pi arms! That makes this being an Octopi. :)(By the way, wha...

The moon has fascinated people since time immemorial and for good reason. After all, it influences the tides of the oceans and even our bodies. In ...

Life finds a way...... to take revenge on the bad guys. Computer genius Dennis Nedry almost managed to smuggle 15 embryos out of Jurassic Park and ...

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