Articles for biologists & chemists

For some reason, scientific terms tend to leave many people in awe – even frightened at times. For example, if you were to tell your colleagues tha...

Let’s talk about dihydrogen monoxide (DHMO). This colourless and odourless chemical is extremely dangerous and yet we all come into contact with it...

Trust in God is one thing. Most scientists here would probably reject it as the basis of their existence. It's hardly verifiable, very uncertain an...

Plant cultivation is a science in itself. No wonder it also has many fans among nerds. And especially when you spend a lot of time at home gaming, ...

No wonder protons are such strong forces of attraction - their positivity is irresistible. And it's the same thing with people, so why don't you ta...

Everything used to be better back in the day – all you had to do was remember four elements! Since antiquity, however, not only has the definition ...

It's the small things that make us happy... For chemists it's the good old periodic table. You probably already know it by heart, but it ...

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...

Yes, we all know the stereotype: nerds don't like to party and would even spend their birthday in front of the computer instead of going out with f...

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 ...

There are a few things that one can never expect: The next person to die on Game of Thrones, the Spanish inquisition or the Element of Surprise (Ah...

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...

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...

Forget all the beauty tutorials in magazines and on the internet: Only a healthy dose of radiation will bring out your natural glow! This sticker c...

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...

Did you co-worker eat your lunch again? Or did your roommate "forget" to clean the bathroom and kitchen the tenth time in a row? Sounds like it's t...