Household gadgets for the nerd household

Isn't it amazing what the human brain is capable of? Not only has it secured our place at the top of the food chain, it can also adapt extremely qu...

Many theories seem flawless on paper. Only when they have to be applied in the real world do unforeseen problems or surprising realisations arise. ...

While navigating the sheer endless realms of a local network, novice users need to be careful not to lose track of all the different IP addresses. ...

In the extremely popular video game Minecraft, a pickaxe is widely considered to be the most important tool. No pickaxe = no mining = no Minecraft....

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 progress bar for human thinking processes could be pretty useful, don't you think? Everyone would know whether there's enough time to go get a cu...

While navigating the sheer endless realms of a local network, novice users need to be careful not to lose track of all the different IP addresses. ...

Many myths exist about how engineers manage to find solutions for problems that mere mortals could never hope to solve: pagan blood sacrifices, com...

"Yeah, this meeting was so good and productive. I can't wait to attend ten more meetings this week." - said no oneBefore the first MBAs start faint...

When Son-Goku and the other characters from the extremely popular manga and anime Dragon Ball get going, no stone is left unturned. The Kamehameha ...

If you have finally managed to get hold of a letter of acceptance to Hogwarts, you will first get a shopping list as long as your arm. Of course, y...

Hey, you! Why are you so sleepy again? It's only the afternoon! You won't get far with an attitude like that. What am I supposed to say? Do you thi...

The training you have to go through to become a real Shinobi, and perhaps later Hokage, is extremely hard. But even with the most demanding trainin...

After we feared we had lost Groot forever at the end of part 1 of the Guardians of the Galaxy series, he was turned into cute Baby Groot. who accom...

We all have to fight our little daily battles, starting with the internal battle when you have to get out of bed and to school, uni or work in the ...

In the Star Wars spin-off series The Mandalorian, we finally get to see the Star Wars universe in a morally grey light – through the eyes of the Ma...

With 20,000 different cards and over 35 million players worldwide, Magic: The Gathering is a giant among collector card games. The premise sounds p...

The thing about calming tea is that it has to be drunk in peace. And then it has to be absorbed by the body in peace. You see: it's all about "peac...

Phew, we're lucky that Koro Sensei is in a good mood today and that his surroundings aren't giving him reason to be annoyed. Otherwise our Assassin...

Most likely, it will always be the privilege of older generations to lecture younger generations about how hard and unforgiving life was "back in t...

Admittedly, mathematics has managed to get such a bad rep that even synchronized vacuuming appears more interesting to many people. To someone who ...

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

Few villains from the golden age of point and click adventures have risen to such prominence as the megalomaniac, Purple Tentacle! After the rather...

Imagine waking up one day and not being in your bed but in a clinical white room that's under constant surveillance by cameras... as if you've unwi...

Like every machine, the human body needs to be recharged from time to time. For our machines it's having enough batteries in stock – for us it's co...

To call the manga and its subsequent anime adaption Sailor Moon groundbreaking would probably be the understatement of the century. After all, the ...

The Playstation has been around for about 30 years now. This means that everyone who has grown up with it is now an adult. Don't believe it? Well, ...

Tanjiro is a hero, no question about it. Not only does he hunt demons to protect people from them, but he also does everything he can to save his l...

The sand in his gourd is to Gaara what coffee or tea is to us in the early morning. It allows him to perform powerful attacks while we are able to ...

Space is vast and populated by countless species. The variations in exotic food, dishes and drinks are huge. But one thing is always certain: where...

ThThe spin-off series The Mandalorian explores rather seedy corners of the Star Wars universe. In order to do that, they chose the perfect Space We...

Steeping herbs, fruits and leaves in a hot liquid, grinding and boiling exotic beans, adding pinches of fine powder and other liquids as desired......