Household gadgets for the nerd household

Sometimes it's the smallest, most inconspicuous things that have a big impact on our lives - such as the small bags for keeping electronics, leathe...

The chosen goal of the Great Old One Cthulhu has always been to return to earth and destroy mankind. Fortunately, the god from the works of H. P. L...

It is simply fascinating to see how new life can develop: First a little facehugger pops out of the egg, jumps into its mother's face and gives her...

Let's be honest: style over substance sometimes applies in role-playing games of all kinds. Whether it's Dark "Fashion" Souls or World of Warcraft*...

If you ask a physicist what the most important of all sciences is, he will undoubtedly answer "physics". If you take a closer look at the sub-areas...

The most famous cat in the world is not an internet phenomenon, but the imaginary cat of physicist Erwin Schrödinger (1887-1961). His famous though...

Ever since artificial intelligence has existed, people have been fascinated by it - but also afraid that it will take over the world at some point....

Few poems have managed to become famous around the world in several languages at the same time. After all, some of the magic is often lost in trans...

He who has the damage doesn't have to worry about the mockery - we know this saying, but not everyone has learned it. Everyone knows that anyone wi...

Nerds can't be romantic? That's just a prejudice, of course. Or why else would we have gone to the trouble of creating a lightsaber candle holder? ...

Normally, we nerds understandably take science extremely seriously and don't like it when films, series or books don't give a hoot in this area. Wi...

"It's dangerous to cook alone!": A saying that video game fans will definitely recognize! But it's not only important when playing games, it's also...

The cake is a Pi(e)! Mathematicians with a basic knowledge of English will know: The complicated-looking formula symbols on the pie plate are prono...

If there's one thing nerds and geeks know, it's where to put all their cool gadgets, nerd shirts, collectible figures and the like. All the rooms i...

There are people who collect stamps, some who keep more than 20 cats and others who consider arithmetic their hobby. If you have landed on this pag...

This nerdy trivet Cooling Please Wait ensures that all sensitive surfaces in your household are spared from hot pots, casserole dishes and pans. Th...

Do you know this too? As soon as you get into the kitchen to cook, dozens of chemical questions start running through your head. What is the atomic...

The Rubik's Cube stands for the golden age of nerds like almost nothing else. With Star Wars, the first PCs and consoles for the home and the rise ...

Let's talk about the elephant in the room: dihydrogen monoxide (DHMO). This chemical is a silent killer that kills countless people every year - an...

Have you made an Advent calendar full of carefully selected gifts for your loved one, but still have no idea how to assign the individual packages ...

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

In keeping with the natural science to which it is dedicated, the Science Cup: Chemistry makes a brilliant entrance with the equation of the oxyhyd...

If you believe sayings like"There's nothing to swear by an engineer" or"Trust me - I'm an engineer", then engineers are true jacks-of-all-trades wh...

Osmosis is the diffusion through a semi-permeable membrane... If this sentence, which many people should know from biology lessons, makes your eyes...

To get the day off to a good start, sometimes all you need is the right attitude or a strong coffee. On other days, none of this seems to help. Why...

The experiment, which became known colloquially as "Schrödinger's cat", was originally intended to illustrate a problem in quantum mechanics. What ...

"Three full meals a day" sounds like chronic malnutrition to you, and the thought of dieting gives you panic attacks? Then you might be a Shire dwe...

Science fiction has a special place in the hearts of most nerds: the genre is based on recognized findings, practices and theories from science and...

Admittedly, math has such a bad reputation with most people that even indoor halma and synchronized crochet seem more popular. As someone who feels...

If you're bored in everyday life and looking for a bit of adventure, it's a good idea to incorporate a little thrill here and there into the most m...

It's perfectly normal not to get along with everyone - sometimes it's just not meant to be. It's just stupid when there are other reasons that lead...

Some games stand out from the crowd so much that they are still remembered decades later. The first-person shooter about Gordon Freeman is one of t...

All things are poison and nothing without poison - only the dose makes a thing not poison. - ParacelsusThis saying by the wise Paracelsus became "T...

The cake is a lie- that's the bitter realization at the end of a popular teleportation video game. This message is now fittingly available on this ...

Dice play a major role in pen & paper. They decide the fate of your character like nothing else. Not even the Game Master has power over them. With...

The W20 - the 20-sided die - is mostly used for role-playing games such as Dungeons & Dragons, but also for tabletops, for example. Its literal ver...