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When it comes to giving gifts, our selection shows how science delivers the beautiful as well as the technical

Enter our competition: For the chance to win your own Baby Yamanaka fungal stool go to

£49.95,

Ever wondered where your cat goes at night? Find out with the first GPS data recorder for pets. Simply attach to your cat’s collar, then upload the data on and see the route marked out on aerial or street-level maps

£19.99,

This simple device helps you easily create eye-catching layered cocktails by slowing the flow of liquids, so you can show off to your friends. Just be sure to read about layer densities in the instruction booklet first

£15,

A model kit with a twist. Older children can build a rotating space station, a walking astronaut or five other space modules, all powered by a solar panel or rechargeable battery. The only problem is deciding what to build first

£40,

These 3D-printed pine cone light shades are nylon replicas of an Alder cone found on a London street. Placed over the diodes of the supplied LED fairy lights, they create a festive hue

£45,

Made from 95 per cent lambswool with conductive fingertips so you can use touchscreen devices while wearing them, these gloves are proof that style and functionality can go hand-in-hand

£12 each,

Take these wooden puzzles apart and try to rebuild them. Matter for the whole family to bond over

$60,

Each striking piece of jewellery in the Folium series is unique, its shape and pattern generated by computer algorithms that model the growth of plants and algae

$300,

Artist Phil Ross grew distinct and durable furniture from reishi mushrooms for a project at The Workshop Residence – now you can own a piece

£18 – £37,

Designer Fanny Shorter has created these beautiful screen-printed, hand-bound notebooks at her London studio, based on anatomical diagrams of the brain, heart and hair follicles

$76,

This slimline, minimalist wallet has aluminium or carbon fibre plates to protect your credit cards from RFID skimming so your details won’t get into the wrong hands

£20,

We had fun making these paper houses that light up when you draw a circuit with electrically conductive paint

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