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If it nerds, gift it! At last! Our seasonal round up of online gifting opportunities that will tickle the corners of your nearest and dearest science nerd’s heart. Although there’s a plethora of tacky science stuff out there—hanging a caffeine molecule on a pendant chain...

‘Tis the season to bestow the gift of science on friends, relatives and work colleagues only marginally brushed by science. For those who lack an easy familiarity with phages, diatoms, Erlenmeyer flasks and string theory, we have suggestions for easy online gifting that brings science into a previously dark (and dare we say it, dull) life Or maybe you’ll be swayed by some cool science giftery as well? Read on.

Dr. David Ng is definitely our kind of person. In addition to being smart as a scientist, he’s an excellent and inventive communicator with a great instinct for creating hooks. He’s also very skilled at devising relatable premises that are truly capable of carrying a...