Gifts for chemists

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

In 1989, Phil Katz thought that you could really make money with compression. He was not entirely wrong, because the invention of the ZIP format ma...

Without a proper measuring jug, we're destined to fail in the kitchen. Sure, cooking is still possible with roughly estimated amounts of ingredient...

Gaze lovingly at the main active substance of your favourite beverage. It might give you an extra dose of concentration and attention ;). Whether y...

Contrary to our stereotype, we nerds don't just gamble 24/7 (even if we would like to!)… although it is true we can get absolutely absorbed in our ...

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...

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...

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-...

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

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...

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...

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 ...

Star Trek was –(and still is) –ahead of its time. Spock and co. in The Original Series were the first to give us touchscreens, flip-phone communica...

When the gel in your Plantarium Super or your Plantarium Garden Lab has run out and you have either repotted or eaten your plants, you can simply s...

For some reason, people like to call lots of things the "happiness hormone". Serotonin? Happiness hormone! Dopamine? Happiness hormone! Oxytocin? H...

Magnesium reacting with oxygen is observed in chemistry class in school, by most people. Magnesium reacts with oxygen in a highly exothermic reacti...

It’s perfectly normal if you don’t get along with everyone you meet – some things are just not meant to be. It sucks, however, if there are other r...

Water. Without this invigorating liquid, we'd be in trouble. To be more precise, we wouldn't be at all, since we require water to exist. The same g...

Even though the neurotransmitter serotonin is involved in a multitude of complex processes within the human body, people tend to call it the "happi...

When it comes to charms, we nerds usually think of powerful spells in pen-and-paper games, the counterpart to the Strange Quark or simply a certain...

You may have seen our Plantarium Garden Lab? Well, if you're looking for a new challenge, then how about these sets? They include different plants,...

Nerds talk nerdy, and, if you want to get laid, well, pull the right levers and persuade your wonderwall by uttering some real geeky stuff that wil...

This product is only available in German.

This product is only available in German.

Do you already know our DNA Earrings and Molecule Necklaces? If you like colours, we've the Atom Necklace from our Geek Gem line. Both the chain an...

We'd like to fight the common prejudice that geeks don't like plants. The problem that geeks have with plants is that they need constant care, whic...