Science gadgets and science toys

Without a measuring jug, we would be lost in the kitchen! Cooking is always possible without precise measurements, but when it comes to baking, we ...

Cold hands are simply annoying. Apart from the fact that they feel uncomfortable, they can prevent you from using your smartphone properly. And we ...

Are you looking for a worthy timepiece for your wrist, but find analog watches totally boring and the slightly more modern digital version has long...

If dihydrogen monoxide (DHMO) is leaking around you, you need to act fast! After all, this nasty chemical is extremely dangerous and sends countles...

Are you bored of wrapping your cool, geeky gifts, which you picked out with love and care, (ideally from our shop, of course!)– in oh-so boooring w...

As a nerd store, we don't normally offer religious devotional items. Normally. Because we make an exception for the Flying Spaghetti Monster, the n...

Let someone say again that we humans are always interested in our own safety: Our investigative research has revealed that almost all people surrou...

When the dirty dishes in your kitchen start to pile up so high that you start to expect to see the fiery eye of Sauron enthroned on them, it's actu...

Sure, it's easier to work with natural numbers in everyday life. But the really cool numbers, which have made math history and led to all kinds of ...

For anyone who comes into contact with chemicals such as sodium chloride and dihydrogen monoxide on a daily basis, handles all kinds of acids and b...

The Plantarium Garden Lab lets seeds sprout without you having to water them regularly. Ideal if normal houseplants don't have a long life in your ...

As nerds, we love clever puns that are not immediately understandable to outsiders. We are particularly fond of the number pi, which seems to lurk ...

While nerds and geeks have already conquered large parts of everyday life and can show off their preferences with cool shirts and iconic mugs, the ...

The strong attraction of protons is no coincidence - no one can resist their positivity. It's the same with people, so take the proton lifestyle as...

"Intelligence is the ability to adapt to change" - none other than Stephen Hawking said this sentence. And he's right: on this Intelligence - Steph...

There are many curious and often somewhat strange-looking creatures in the deep sea. One of the best known is probably the so-called blobfish, whos...

Even bad scientists make mistakes. When this happens, they don't just use any erasers to correct them, of course, but poisonously colored skull era...

Ever since Heinz Rühmann's comments on alcoholic fermentation in Die Feuerzangenbowle, we have known that chemistry and tipsy fun go hand in hand. ...

Trust in God is one of those things. Most scientists here would probably reject it as the basis of their existence. Hardly verifiable, very uncerta...

For some reason, scientific terms seem to automatically inspire awe and sometimes even fear in many people. For example, if you warn your colleague...

You call it "baking", we call it "experiment on the behavior of various chemicals under constant heating". And of course we don't need "flour", "sa...

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

The best thing about the Flying Spaghetti Monster (FSM), the noodly deity of the Pastafarians, is that, unlike some other deities, it does not impo...

There are different ways to learn your chemistry lessons.One of them would be with jokes:When helium comes into a bar, the bartender says: 'Sorry, ...

If you've ever dreamed of taming a storm, then we've got just the thing for you: the Tornado Lamp. Instead of lava, a rotating vortex of water swir...

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...

Pluto is not only chronically lonely, so far away from the SunEarth and all the others, the poor celestial body has also been cast out of the plane...

Let’s talk about dihydrogen monoxide (DHMO). This colourless and odourless chemical is extremely dangerous and yet we all come into contact with it...

Ever since school lessons at the latest, it should be clear to everyone that nothing works without chemistry. In the 17th and 18th centuries, the s...

We all know the old adage: cooking is art, baking is science. After all, messed-up dishes can usually be salvaged somehow, whereas one milligram to...

As we all know, the average nerd prefers his coffee black. No milk, no sugar, no frills. But every now and then a latte macchiato, a crema or anoth...

This lamp brings together what belongs together: the shape of the lava lamp, which children of the 70s and 90s may remember as an object of desire,...

There are many important scientists in physics who should be taken as examples. But often overlooked are the smallest of the small in the world of ...

There are countless rumors among the uninitiated about the way in which engineers come up with the solution to a problem: pagan blood sacrifices to...

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

This sobering choice of words by the Borg before assimilation illustrates the advantages of a collective consciousness and the knowledge shared by ...