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Be it from George Orwell's novel 1984, Soviet propaganda or the Radiohead song, most people are acquainted with the (false) equation 2+2=5. Apart f...

No matter how much you want them, some things are just not meant to be: fire and water, good and evil, or roots and negative numbers. There is no r...

A tube made of copper and a small neodymium ball… is all you need to eliminate gravity and to make magneto-dynamics a meditative exercise, in a fas...

Forget everything your chemistry teacher told you*: "Don't drink from the test tubes"; "Be careful with fluids"; "Don...

Most of us don't recall that much from biology class back in school, but if words like "osmosis" or "mitochondria" make your eyes light up, the Sci...

A dinosaur skull is quite an impressive thing to own, right? Sadly, these things are extremely rare, extremely expensive and extremely illegal to o...

There are a few things that one can never expect: The next person to die on Game of Thrones, the Spanish inquisition or the Element of Surprise (Ah...

Everybody knows that cats have nine lives. But when exactly does a life begin and when does it end? And what does one do when one locks a cat up in...

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 ...

Let’s talk about the elephant in the room: dihydrogen monoxide (DHMO). This chemical substance is a silent killer and causes grievous bodily harm a...

Many of us have heard at school - or later in life - what potential we have if we just tried harder. But it should be clear that potential depends ...

The Corona pandemic has reminded a lot of people what they should already have known: It’s important to wash your hands regularly! After all, nobod...

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If 'evolution' was human, it would just sigh and bang its head against the wall repeatedly when someone mentions spicy food. After all, the pain ca...

Somehow regular jewellers just don't get the tastes of us geeks, right? C'mon, who believes in the lucky power of horseshoes or trefoils or upside-...

A perfect number is a positive integer that is equal to the sum of its proper positive divisors, that is, the sum of its positive divisors excludin...

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...

Some minerals, like gold and diamonds, just don't attract nerds that much...But (Mg, Fe)₇Si₈O<...

On this shirt, the famous quote from Star Wars must have been written down by a physicist. Out of habit, he or she replaced the word "force" with a...

Are you excited by the thought of parachuting, bungee jumping, paintball, or hacking?Then you are an adrenaline junkie and should consider the thri...

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...

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Many astronomers (not to be confused with astrologists!) started their stairway to the heavens at a planetarium, where they watched projections of ...

What would we do without pi? This handy little number allows us to do many wondrous things, such as calculating circles and Heisenberg's uncertaint...

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...

The cute robots from the varikabi line have proven that it’s possible to build fascinating robots without years of experience or complicated tools....

Since its launch in 1990, the Hubble Space Telescope has captured numerous stunning images from faraway parts of space: striking comets, undiscover...

Dinosaurs are simply the best! No matter whether you ask children, teenagers or adults, most of us cannot deny a certain fascination with the ruler...

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 ...

As normal people, we will probably never get to see our earth or its smaller companion, the moon, in all their glory, except in photos or videos. B...

At first glance, Batman and chemistry don't have much in common – except maybe that both are more popular with nerds than with the average populati...

A glass of red wine is known to be good for your heart. Actually, there is an interesting connection between alcohol and the heart: the right drink...

To answer the question about life, the universe and everything else, you don't need a huge computer or millions of years of time. Chemistry can pro...

Just as the natural science this mug is dedicated to, the Science Mug: Chemistry likes flashy entrances. The equation for the oxyhydrogen reaction ...