Household gadgets for the nerd household

Potions at Hogwarts is a science all of its own: wrong order, too much heat, and the cauldron boils over while Professor Snape is already standing ...

In Minecraft you know: when the sun goes down, it gets dangerous. Torches quick! In real life, this little guy now takes care of that for you. The ...

The Fourth Great Ninja War brought together legends who would never have fought side by side otherwise – Naruto, Pain, Madara, Sakura and many more...

Anyone who knows Naruto knows: No moment in the life of the blonde ninja is more sacred than a steaming bowl of ramen at the Ichiraku stand – the o...

"We have brought dinosaurs back to life" – and John Hammond, the eccentric billionaire and visionary behind Jurassic Park, has always looked good d...

Ryuk, the immortal god of death from the manga and anime masterpiece Death Note, has one weakness: apples. For everything else – skulls, chaos, the...

In "Kiki's Delivery Service," the young witch Kiki works in a bakery – one that smells of fresh bread, croissants, and everything the heart desires...

To catch them all, you first need to know them all. From the classic Poké Ball to the gold-gleaming Luxury Ball to the camouflaged Safari Ball – in...

Night City is brutal, loud, and neon-lit – and the toughest guys there wear gold chains, cyberware, and a jacket with more zippers than a Swiss Arm...

In the world of One Piece, Devil Fruits are coveted treasures – those who eat them gain supernatural powers, but lose the ability to swim forever. ...

Michael Faraday discovered in 1831 that a moving magnet generates current in a conductor – Lenz's law. That's all well and good, but what if you co...

In the world of One Piece, Devil Fruits are the most coveted treasures of all – and the Mera Mera no Mi is among the most legendary. Whoever eats i...

"Look! Up in the sky! It's a bird! It's a plane! It's…" — anyone who has ever opened a comic or watched a superhero film knows this call. Clark Ken...

I am a Jedi like my father before meThis is Luke Skywalker's iconic quote as he stands before the Emperor. He not only professes his allegiance to ...

The world and characters that J. R. R. Tolkien created in his Lord of the Rings trilogy are unique in their level of detail. Peter Jackson has brou...

In the 2006 game "Okami", Japanese mythology is used in a very artistic way to create epic images and an enchanting atmosphere. The player takes on...

A hero who is completely overpowered by a simple workout and bored by his own powers, while others worship him, fight him or want to ally with him:...

In Hayao Miyazakis Mein Nachbar Totoro ist das Essen fast eine eigene Figur. Reis, der dampft, Suppe, die weitergereicht wird, ein Haus, in dem stä...

Es gibt diese eine Szene, die jeder kennt, der den Film gesehen hat: Regen an einer Bushaltestelle, daneben ein riesiges graues Fellwesen, das ein ...

Es gab eine Zeit, da war das Entsperren eines Telefons eine Bewegung: Daumen auf den grauen Knopf, nach rechts ziehen, Gerät offen. Gut zehn Jahre ...

Tastaturen sind Krümelfallen, und Pusten hilft nur, bis die Krümel woanders liegen. Dieser Staubsauger ist kaum größer als eine Streichholzschachte...

„Hanafubuki“ heißt auf Japanisch wörtlich Blütenschneesturm: der Moment im Frühling, in dem der Wind die Kirschblüten von den Ästen holt und sie wi...

Der NES-Controller war ein Rechteck mit sechs Knöpfen, und mehr brauchte es 1986 nicht: Steuerkreuz links, Select und Start in der Mitte, B und A r...

Manche Dinge verschwinden mit erstaunlicher Zuverlässigkeit. Socken in der Waschmaschine, der Kugelschreiber, den du gerade noch in der Hand hattes...

Ein Hexer bekommt selten Applaus. Geralt von Riva zieht durch Dörfer, erledigt Ungeheuer und wird danach meist gebeten, schnell wieder zu verschwin...

Ein Pling, ein Sprung, und der Tag ist gerettet: Kaum ein Geräusch aus einem Videospiel sitzt so fest im Ohr wie das des Fragezeichen-Blocks. Ein S...

Bruce Wayne hat es einfach: Er klappt den Kopf der Shakespeare-Büste hoch, dreht den Schalter darunter, das Bücherregal gleitet zur Seite, und scho...

Die Capsule Corporation ist eigentlich das größte Wunder in Dragon Ball. Während sich draußen Saiyajins um den Planeten prügeln, hat Bulmas Familie...

In Super Mario Bros. 3 gibt es einen grünen Stiefel, groß genug, dass Mario hineinklettern und darin über ganze Igelfelder hüpfen kann. Kuribos Sch...

A binge session rarely fails because of the show. It fails because your glass runs dry at the worst possible moment and nobody is willing to climb ...

The Fellowship set out to save Middle-earth – and the Hobbits of the Shire proved that the smallest are often the greatest. Frodo, Sam, Bilbo, Merr...

A thousand years of adventure, and in the end stands an elf with silver twin tails and a staff that doesn't just hint at magic – it practically glo...

Monkey D. Luffy had a simple dream: to become the King of the Pirates. His first ship on this journey was the Going Merry – a small caravel ship wi...

Wow, you're an even better dinosaur trainer than Owen Grady! Even he wouldn't dare come so close to the fearsome teeth of a raptor. Although Blue i...