(Image: Dave Stock for New Scientist)
CultureLab's pick of whimsical gifts inspired by science
1 Colour-changing lightbulbs
?19.99, leds-lights.co.uk
These AuraGlow remote-controlled bulbs turn any room into a disco at the touch of a button.
2 Periodic table cufflinks
$18, ShopGibberish on Etsy.com
You'll be in your element with these chemical cufflinks.
3 Giant microbes
$8.95 each, Giantmicrobes.com
Brain cells and antibiotics have never been so snuggly.
4 Subatomic particle plush toys
$10.49 each, ParticleZoo.net
Grinning quarks and sly neutrinos put the personality in particles.
5 Serotonin necklace
$90, MadewithMolecules.com
This neurotransmitter necklace is sure to make you feel good.
6 Salt & pepper 'bots
?12, Suck.UK.com
Get compliments on your condiments with these playful shakers. Wind them up and they toddle across the table.
7 AppBlaster
?19.99, AppToyz.com
Add your smartphone and you can zap aliens as they attack your friends' heads.
8 Lab cookie cutters
$19.99, ThinkGeek.com
If you break a beaker made with these, you can eat the mess!
9 The math clock - professional edition
$30, SBCrafts.net/clocks
Some of the equations on this superclock had even our staff geeks scratching their heads - for a couple of minutes.
10 Thermodynamic hand boiler
?5.99, ShinyShack.com
Hold this in your hot little hand and watch how the change in gas pressure makes the red ethanol rise. It hasn't gotten old yet.
11 Molecular gastronomy kit
$58.95, molecule-r.com
With ingredients and gear that would fit happily in a lab, this kit comes with recipes to get you cooking with chemicals.
12 Dr Cool Bag/Hot Bag
?7.50, Suck.UK.com
For the more accident-prone people on your list.
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