Gifts for scientists and doctoral students

As exciting and fascinating as the world of electronics is, it can also seem intimidating and unmanageable for beginners. What tools do you need? D...

Insects are rarely mentioned as favorite animals, even though they have the greatest biodiversity on earth. Not only that: many of these species ar...

Once the old warlock has gone away, and now the elements shall live according to my will... Goethe wrote something like this a few hundred years ag...

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 ...

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...

At a time when everyone can take photos with their phone, but nobody knows how it actually works, we're going back to the good old SLR camera. So t...

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...

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...

Since its launch in 1990, the Hubble Space Telescope has repeatedly managed to bring impressive images from distant parts of space to our little bl...

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...

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...

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,...

With the potato clock, you will never have to rely on conventional batteries or electricity from the socket again - at least not to find out what t...

There is a war going on in the human body! But instead of fighting together against external attackers such as bacteria or viruses, the organs are ...

Bring the magic of the Japanese Hanami festival into your home with the Magic Sakura - Magical Growing Cherry Tree! In Japan, the cherry blossom is...

We all dream of building our own robot. Unfortunately, it soon turns out that anything beyond a robot fighting machine for Robot Wars is a bit more...

Do you sometimes have the feeling that the weight of the world, indeed the whole universe, is on your shoulders? With the sun, moon and earth stres...

It has been known for a few hundred years that the earth is not the center of the universe, but revolves around the sun. However, there still seem ...

There is power in calm. But sometimes the calm lies in things that are rather restless in themselves: the swinging of a pendulum, the roaring of th...

Jigsaw puzzles are a double-edged sword: if you manage to put the 300, 500 or even over 1000 pieces together correctly, you can be happy to have do...

Dinosaurs are simply awesome! Whether you ask children, teenagers or adults, most people can't deny a certain fascination when it comes to the rule...

“May the gods be merciful and the dice planets be favorable!” D&D, DSA or Shadowrun players probably pray like this on a regular basis. Because in ...

It sounds so romantic to sit under the stars at night and look for shooting stars. You could also search for the North Star and watch the Great Bea...

How many clawed fingers did a T-Rex have? What is remarkable about the brain size of a Stegosaurus? How many letters does the dinosaur with the lon...

Pirates and pastafarians finally have the opportunity to set up a shrine to the sacred Flying Spaghetti Monster. Unlike other deities that cannot b...

Sometimes you don't need a beach vacation or a remote mountain hut to escape the daily grind - sometimes a small change of perspective on your own ...

Every true dinosaur fan has certainly dreamed more than once of experiencing the prehistoric giants alive. Unfortunately, time travel is still not ...

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...

When scientists argue, it should really be solely about facts. But Pythagoras and Einstein may have simply gotten off on the wrong foot here. Other...

Chemists are often regarded as... special. But they have a solution for everything! For example, if they run out of things to talk about at a party...

Experts are still debating whether the fearsome T-Rex was an active predator or rather a scavenger. We know better. Of course, it simply ate everyt...

What if you could end every evening with a view of the universe - without leaving the house? The Astronaut Laser Star Projector makes exactly that ...

You've definitely seen it somewhere before – in movies, series, or with the cool boss in the office: This rhythmically swinging ball game that look...

Some call it arrogance, engineers call it expertise. Where others see problems, they see solutions—in ways that normal people couldn't even begin t...

This T-shirt is a clever play on words and also a piece of jewellery for anyone with a passion for chemistry and physics. The black fabric is embla...

Chemistry is one of the most unpopular school subjects of all, yet this natural science is one of the most exciting. No other subject involves so m...