Science gadgets and science toys

The cute do-it-yourself robots from the varikabi series impressively prove that you can build a fascinating robot that will proudly crawl around wi...

Phi is a letter in the Greek alphabet and exists in upper and lower case. The lowercase Phi stands for several things in both mathematics and physi...

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...

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 ...

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...

The moon has exerted a huge fascination on people since time immemorial and for good reason. After all, it influences the tides of the oceans and e...

Are you totally into flower power, wild check patterns on wallpaper and flared pants? Then this lava lamp rocket is just the thing for you! Lava la...

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...

There are a few things you can't predict: Who dies next on Game of Thrones, the Spanish Inquisition or the element of surprise Ah! This little elem...

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...

"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 ...

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 ...

If the Bible had been written by physicists, it would certainly contain Maxwell's equations.

For a long time, researchers believed that dinosaurs died out on Earth as a result of a meteorite impact. We now know that this is not true at all....

If you're interested in what makes our universe tick, you can't get past the periodic table of elements. This list contains all the elements that h...

The English word [i]engineer[/i] is on Wikipedia's list of the most frequently misspelled words.In German, too, it quickly becomes [i]Ingineur[/i] ...

Everything used to be better - you only had to memorize four elements. Since ancient times, however, not only has the definition of these "smallest...

Do you recognize true beauty in places where others only see plain numbers? Are well-composed formulas and graphs art to you? No matter where and w...

Stress and bad news often seem to dominate our everyday lives. Whether it's a pandemic, war or climate change - there is far too much misfortune in...

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...

[i]"Why can't we be together?""Because it's complex. "[/i]Have you ever had this experience? You wanted to be with someone, but certain circumstanc...

You know what it's like: someone comes up with a really clever answer and you immediately think - was that your own work or did someone secretly co...

At this point, we would like to dispel the widespread prejudice that geeks don't like plants. The problem that geeks have with plants is rather tha...

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 ...

It has been over 1000 years since the Vikings terrified the whole of Europe, and they continue to fascinate people to this day. Apart from their ma...

A hollow copper cylinder and a small neodymium sphere - that's all you need to play a fascinating trick on gravity and turn magnetodynamics into a ...

If you talk to a hard rock fan at a party and casually ask what the AC/DC on his shirt means, the conversation will either come to an abrupt end or...

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...

Pluto, we salute you. (February 18, 1930 - August 24, 2006)Back then, Pluto was still a real planet.Maybe you still remember great mnemonics like [...

Was math your absolute favorite subject at school and you just couldn't get enough of it? If you could still solve math problems 'around the clock'...

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...

Dihydrogen monoxide is just like many other chemical substances - the dose makes the poison. However, it is not only the quantity that determines h...

Did you also enjoy playing with marble runs as a child, which probably consisted of colorful wooden pieces and, despite their simplicity, managed t...

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...