Gifts for scientists and doctoral students

Let someone say again that we humans are always interested in our own safety: Our investigative research has revealed that almost all people surrou...

Sure, it's easier to work with natural numbers in everyday life. But the really cool numbers, which have made math history and led to all kinds of ...

Ever since Heinz Rühmann's comments on alcoholic fermentation in Die Feuerzangenbowle, we have known that chemistry and tipsy fun go hand in hand. ...

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 ...

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....

Many theories initially appear flawless on paper. However, as soon as they are to be applied in the real world, unforeseen problems or surprising f...

The cake is a Pi(e)! Mathematicians with a basic knowledge of English will know: The complicated-looking formula symbols on the pie plate are prono...

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...

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

If you believe sayings like"There's nothing to swear by an engineer" or"Trust me - I'm an engineer", then engineers are true jacks-of-all-trades wh...

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

Experts are still debating whether the fearsome T-Rex was an active predator or rather a scavenger. We know better. Of course, it simply ate everyt...