Household gadgets for the nerd household

If you work as a teacher, a technician or in customer support, some interactions with the average idiot can bring you close to fits of rage. No mat...

When certain death could be lurking around every corner, it is important to be able to open possible last drinks quickly. The Dungeons & Dragons To...

Anyone who doesn’t get goosebumps all over their body at the sight of this picture is either as hard-boiled as Ellen Ripley and her team or doesn’t...

Ah yes, after a long day of protecting Earth and banishing villains, a good tea is just perfect. But what’s that? Was your mug affected by the Moon...

One of the things that makes the fantasy genre so special is its beasts. Especially dragons, a legend that comes to life in the stories of fantasy ...

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...

The story of Jurassic Park basically began with the velociraptors: one of these highly aggressive animals kills an employee of the park and thus al...

Welcome to Nuka-World!In the Fallout 4 add-on Nuka-World, you receive the unique opportunity to visit the theme park of soft drink manufacturer Nuk...

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. ...

The Quantum Junction Decal shows a traffic sign, the speed of light plus instructions to get in both lanes. It’s a nod to the behaviour of light in...

On expeditions into the vastness of space, all the glory ultimately goes to the captain, although without the engineers there wouldn’t even be a sh...

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

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...

If only the world was more like a computer, we’d at least know what to expect, how things behave and where things would belong. Well, most of the t...

The D20 – i.e. the 20-sided die – is a symbol for roleplaying games such as Dungeons & Dragons, but also other game genres such as tabletops. Not s...

The sole goal of the Great Old One, Cthulhu, is, and has always been, to return to Earth and usher in the destruction of humankind. Fortunately for...

Usually, we nerds take offence at wonky science in books, movies and series, don't we? After all, science is the one thing that unites us under the...

Very few poems have managed to gain huge popularity in multiple languages at the same time. After all, with each translation, a piece of the magic ...

How can you become a fierce warrior that can take on Sayajins like Son-Goku from Dragon Ball? Lots of training! For beginners, 100 push-ups, 100 si...

Remember back when you had a coin bank or a jar full of change? After all, comics had to be bought, snacks had to be purchased and the newest video...

As long as you own a broom, you're ready to play Quidditch, right? Far off! In addition to the Quaffle, the Bludgers and the Snitch, players need l...

Only one egg is left on the breakfast table. You look to your left ... You look to your right. Your family is fixating their greedy eyes on the per...

If you're bored in everyday life and looking for a bit of adventure, it's a good idea to incorporate a little thrill here and there into the most m...

In many video games and collector card games, you need Mana for everything magic. Since Mana is your spiritual energy, i.e. the resource of your ma...

Some games stand out from the crowd so much that they are still remembered decades later. The first-person shooter about Gordon Freeman is a good e...

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...

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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. ...

During his adventures in the Mushroom Kingdom, Super Mario has to face a multitude of dangers: hazardous obstacles, carnivorous plants and Bowser&#...

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...

One does not simply explain a joke. Explaining jokes kills the fun. So, how do we write an entertaining product text about a Using Cookies Cookie B...