Articles for biologists & chemists

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...

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...

You call it "baking", we call it "experiment on the behavior of various chemicals under constant heating". And of course we don't need "flour", "sa...

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...

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

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

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...

All the non-geek heavy metal fans includes AC/DC within their beloved rock bands. We, of course, know where the name came from and what it all mean...

The "Wheel of Life" on the T-shirt impressively captures the wonder of molecular biology. It is a graphic representation of the genetic code, the u...

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...

Plant breeding is a science in itself. No wonder it also has many fans among nerds. And especially when you spend a lot of time in your own four wa...

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...

Luckily, we live in a place where everyone can believe in whatever they want - a privilege that not everyone has.Some people are not tempted by inv...

Forget everything your chemistry teacher ever said to you. (Unless it was Walther White himself, you can really still learn something from him). Do...

Every creature and every machine needs energy to run. As a nerd, that's too hazy a phrase, of course. People might think you're talking a...

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...

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

What it says on the tin. The perfect cup for anyone who is addicted to caffeine. Whether it's coffee, tea, cola or cocoa - these liquid fuels can b...

This is what you get when you cross a steam engine with a beetle: steampunk battle beetles. So you'd better watch out when assembling these insects...

You love scientific facts that sound smart, but are positively underwhelming, and enjoy exaggerating on a cosmic level? With this shirt, you're sur...

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...

No, this joke has nothing to do with gender, but rather with chemistry. Science nerds will recognize this immediately. Of course, we're happy to he...

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

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...

It's the simple things that make you happy. Chemists, for example, the good old periodic table. You already know it by heart anyway, but it still l...

Once the gel from your Plantarium Super or Plantarium Garden Lab has been used up and your plants have either been repotted or eaten, you can start...

Chemists are often regarded as... special. But they have a solution for everything! For example, if they run out of things to talk about at a party...

Without science, we would understand very little of what is going on around us and in our bodies. When you look at how the complex mechanisms keep ...

Even if this button doesn't contain any caffeine, the sight of it will hopefully give you extra energy. Or you can use it as a reminder that you wa...

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...

No matter how bad your mood is, a dose of radioactivity is sure to make you glow! This sticker can not only be used as a warning on the nuclear rea...

Yes, we all know the old prejudice: nerds go to the basement to party and prefer to spend their birthday in front of the computer rather than with ...

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What is the difference between a witch and a scientist? She had to keep her results secret, he has to document them seamlessly. For many people, ph...

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

Somehow, most jewelers don't manage to cater to the tastes of geeks. Who believes in the luck-bringing power of horseshoes and shamrocks? That's wh...