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Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell
Videos explaining things with optimistic nihilism. A small team who want to make science look beautiful. Because it is beautiful.
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Seasons (15)
Season 2013
- 1How Evolution Works11 Jul 2013
- 2The Solar System -- Our Home in Space22 Aug 2013
- 3Fracking Explained: Opportunity or Danger3 Sep 2013
- 4The Gulf Stream Explained11 Oct 2013
- 5How the Stock Exchange Works (For Dummies)23 Nov 2013
- 6The History and Future of Everything -- Time19 Dec 2013
Season 2014
- 1Three Ways to Destroy the Universe3 Feb 2014
- 2The Beginning of Everything -- The Big Bang3 Mar 2014
- 3Who Invented the Internet? And Why?10 Apr 2014
- 4How Big Is the Moon? (MM#1)5 May 2014
- 5The Moons of Mars Explained -- Phobos & Deimos MM#214 May 2014
- 6How to Catch a Dwarf Planet — Triton (MM#3)26 May 2014
- 7Are You Alone? (In the Universe)2 Jun 2014
- 8Iraq Explained -- ISIS, Syria and War19 Jun 2014
- 9The Immune System Explained I — Bacteria Infection1 Jul 2014
- 10Everything You Need to Know About Planet Earth4 Aug 2014
- 11Atoms As Big As Mountains — Neutron Stars Explained3 Sep 2014
- 12Is War Over? — A Paradox Explained9 Oct 2014
- 13The Ebola Virus Explained — How Your Body Fights for Survival6 Nov 2014
- 14What is Life? Is Death Real?14 Dec 2014
- 15The Ultimate Conspiracy Debunker18 Dec 2014
Season 2015
- 1How Small is an Atom? Spoiler: Very Small.20 Jan 2015
- 2Measles Explained — Vaccinate or Not?24 Feb 2015
- 3Banking Explained – Money and Credit12 Mar 2015
- 4Nuclear Energy Explained: How Does It Work? (1/3)26 Mar 2015
- 53 Reasons Why Nuclear Energy Is Terrible! (2/3)1 Apr 2015
- 63 Reasons Why Nuclear Energy Is Awesome! (3/3)1 Apr 2015
- 7The Fermi Paradox — Where Are All the Aliens?6 May 2015
- 8The Fermi Paradox II — Solutions and Ideas4 Jun 2015
- 9The Death of Bees Explained – Parasites, Poison and Humans9 Jul 2015
- 10What If There Was a Black Hole in Your Pocket?16 Jul 2015
- 11What is Dark Matter and Dark Energy?6 Aug 2015
- 12What is Light?15 Oct 2015
- 13How Facebook is Stealing Billions of Views10 Nov 2015
- 14Quantum Computers Explained – Limits of Human Technology8 Dec 2015
- 15Black Holes Explained – From Birth to Death15 Dec 2015
- 16What is Something?23 Dec 2015
Season 2016
- 1The Last Star in the Universe – Red Dwarfs Explained31 Jan 2016
- 2Why the War on Drugs is a Huge Failure1 Mar 2016
- 3The Antibiotic Apocalypse Explained16 Mar 2016
- 4Space Elevator – Science Fiction or the Future of Mankind?8 Apr 2016
- 5Safe and Sorry – Terrorism & Mass Surveillance14 Apr 2016
- 6How Far Can We Go - Limits of Humanity12 May 2016
- 7What Are You?31 May 2016
- 8What Happened Before History? Human Origins23 Jun 2016
- 9Death from Space — Gamma-Ray Bursts Explained31 Jul 2016
- 10Genetic Engineering Will Change Everything Forever – CRISPR10 Aug 2016
- 11Genetic Engineering and Diseases — Gene Drive & Malaria21 Sep 2016
- 12The Most Efficient Way to Destroy the Universe – False Vacuum21 Oct 2016
- 13Fusion Energy Explained – Future or Failure10 Nov 2016
- 14The Most Gruesome Parasites — Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs)30 Nov 2016
- 15A New History for Humanity – The Human Era7 Dec 2016
- 16Overpopulation – The Human Explosion Explained22 Dec 2016
Season 2017
- 1Why Earth Is A Prison and How To Escape It1 Feb 2017
- 2Do Robots Deserve Rights? What if machines become conscious?23 Feb 2017
- 3Are GMOs Good or Bad? Genetic Engineering & Our Food30 Mar 2017
- 4Is the European Union Worth It Or Should We End It?13 Apr 2017
- 5The Last Light Before Eternal Darkness – White Dwarfs & Black Dwarfs4 May 2017
- 6The Rise of the Machines – Why Automation is Different this Time8 Jun 2017
- 7Optimistic Nihilism26 Jul 2017
- 8What Happens If We Throw an Elephant From a Skyscraper? (The Size of Life #1)10 Aug 2017
- 9Why Black Holes Could Delete The Universe – The Information Paradox24 Aug 2017
- 10What Happens If We Bring the Sun to Earth?7 Sep 2017
- 11Is Reality Real? The Simulation Argument21 Sep 2017
- 12How Bacteria Rule Over Your Body – The Microbiome5 Oct 2017
- 13Why Age? Should We End Aging Forever?20 Oct 2017
- 14How to Cure Aging – During Your Lifetime?3 Nov 2017
- 15Emergence – How Stupid Things Become Smart Together16 Nov 2017
- 16Universal Basic Income Explained — Free Money for Everybody?7 Dec 2017
- 17How to Make an Elephant Explode (The Size of Life #2)21 Dec 2017
Season 2018
- 1Why Alien Life Would Be Our Doom — The Great Filter1 Feb 2018
- 2Homeopathy Explained – Gentle Healing or Reckless Fraud?22 Feb 2018
- 3String Theory Explained – What is The True Nature of Reality?1 Mar 2018
- 4A Selfish Argument for Making the World a Better Place – Egoistic Altruism18 Mar 2018
- 5Time: The History & Future of Everything – Remastered8 Apr 2018
- 6The Black Hole Bomb and Black Hole Civilizations22 Apr 2018
- 7The Deadliest Being on Planet Earth – The Bacteriophage13 May 2018
- 83 Arguments Why Marijuana Should Stay Illegal Reviewed10 Jun 2018
- 9Plastic Pollution: How Humans are Turning the World into Plastic1 Jul 2018
- 10What If You Detonated a Nuclear Bomb in the Marianas Trench? (Science, Not Fantasy)22 Jul 2018
- 11Wormholes Explained – Breaking Spacetime12 Aug 2018
- 12How We Could Build a Moon Base TODAY – Space Colonization 116 Sep 2018
- 13Why Meat is the Best Worst Thing in the World30 Sep 2018
- 14Why Beautiful Things Make us Happy – Beauty Explained23 Oct 2018
- 15End of Space – Creating a Prison for Humanity25 Nov 2018
- 16How to Build a Dyson Sphere - The Ultimate Megastructure20 Dec 2018
- 17Aliens under the Ice – Life on Rogue Planets27 Dec 2018
Season 2019
- 1Is Organic Really Better? Healthy Food or Trendy Scam?13 Jan 2019
- 2Building a Marsbase is a Horrible Idea: Let's do it!3 Feb 2019
- 3Loneliness17 Feb 2019
- 4The Origin of Consciousness – How Unaware Things Became Aware17 Mar 2019
- 5What If We Detonated All Nuclear Bombs at Once?31 Mar 2019
- 6The Most Dangerous Stuff in the Universe - Strange Stars Explained14 Apr 2019
- 7The Side Effects of Vaccines - How High is the Risk?12 May 2019
- 8Is the EU Democratic? Does Your Vote Matter?19 May 2019
- 9Is Meat Bad for You? Is Meat Unhealthy?9 Jun 2019
- 10Could Your Phone Hurt You? Electromagnetic Pollution7 Jul 2019
- 11Tiny Bombs in your Blood - The Complement System28 Jul 2019
- 12The World War of the Ants – The Army Ant11 Aug 2019
- 13The Egg - A Short Story1 Sep 2019
- 14What's Hiding at the Most Solitary Place on Earth? The Deep Sea15 Sep 2019
- 15The Billion Ant Mega Colony and the Biggest War on Earth29 Sep 2019
- 16What if We Nuke a City?13 Oct 2019
- 17Neutron Stars – The Most Extreme Things that are not Black Holes10 Nov 2019
- 181,000km Cable to the Stars - The Skyhook17 Nov 2019
- 19An Antidote to Dissatisfaction8 Dec 2019
- 20Overpopulation & Africa15 Dec 2019
- 21How to Move the Sun: Stellar Engines22 Dec 2019
Season 2020
- 1Milk. White Poison or Healthy Drink?26 Jan 2020
- 2How to Make a Kurzgesagt Video in 1200 Hours16 Feb 2020
- 3Why Blue Whales Don't Get Cancer - Peto's Paradox1 Mar 2020
- 4The Coronavirus Explained & What You Should Do19 Mar 2020
- 5Why Are You Alive – Life, Energy & ATP10 May 2020
- 6The Past We Can Never Return To – The Anthropocene Reviewed24 May 2020
- 7Could Solar Storms Destroy Civilization? Solar Flares & Coronal Mass Ejections7 Jun 2020
- 8Who Is Responsible For Climate Change? – Who Needs To Fix It?21 Jun 2020
- 9What Is Intelligence? Where Does it Begin?12 Jul 2020
- 10What Do Alien Civilizations Look Like? The Kardashev Scale2 Aug 2020
- 11Unlimited Resources From Space – Asteroid Mining16 Aug 2020
- 12The Warrior Kingdoms of the Weaver Ant30 Aug 2020
- 13The Largest Star in the Universe – Size Comparison22 Sep 2020
- 14Is It Too Late To Stop Climate Change? Well, it's Complicated.29 Sep 2020
- 15When Time Became History - The Human Era6 Oct 2020
- 16Geoengineering: A Horrible Idea We Might Have to Do27 Oct 2020
- 17How Large Can a Bacteria get? Life & Size 310 Nov 2020
- 18What If Earth got Kicked Out of the Solar System? Rogue Earth1 Dec 2020
- 19Can You Upload Your Mind & Live Forever?10 Dec 2020
- 20What if We Nuke the Moon?15 Dec 2020
Season 2021
- 1Worst Nuclear Accidents in History2 Feb 2021
- 2What if the World turned to Gold? - The Gold Apocalypse9 Mar 2021
- 3Do we Need Nuclear Energy to Stop Climate Change?13 Apr 2021
- 4What If You Fall into a Black Hole?27 Apr 2021
- 5TRUE Limits Of Humanity – The Final Border We Will Never Cross11 May 2021
- 6What Are You Doing With Your Life? The Tail End25 May 2021
- 7The Day the Dinosaurs Died – Minute by Minute15 Jun 2021
- 8How To Terraform Venus (Quickly)6 Jul 2021
- 9The Largest Black Hole in the Universe - Size Comparison3 Aug 2021
- 10How The Immune System ACTUALLY Works – IMMUNE10 Aug 2021
- 11This Virus Shouldn't Exist (But it Does)31 Aug 2021
- 12Can YOU Fix Climate Change?22 Sep 2021
- 13What Dinosaurs ACTUALLY Looked Like?12 Oct 2021
- 14You Are Immune Against Every Disease2 Nov 2021
- 15Is Meat Really that Bad?30 Nov 2021
- 16...And We'll Do it Again7 Dec 2021
- 17Why We Should NOT Look For Aliens - The Dark Forest14 Dec 2021
Season 2022
- 1What Happens if the Moon Crashes into Earth?8 Feb 2022
- 2Are There Lost Alien Civilizations in Our Past?1 Mar 2022
- 3We WILL Fix Climate Change!5 Apr 2022
- 4The Most Horrible Parasite: Brain Eating Amoeba3 May 2022
- 5You Are Not Where You Think You Are17 May 2022
- 6Why Change Is so Hard - and How to Fix It7 Jun 2022
- 7The Last Human – A Glimpse Into The Far Future28 Jun 2022
- 8The Deadliest Virus on Earth26 Jul 2022
- 9Is Civilization on the Brink of Collapse?16 Aug 2022
- 10Why You Are Lonely and How to Make Friends6 Sep 2022
- 11Let's Travel to The Most Extreme Place in The Universe4 Oct 2022
- 12What Happens if a Supervolcano Blows Up?18 Oct 2022
- 13Why Don't We Shoot Nuclear Waste Into Space?8 Nov 2022
- 14The Most Extreme Explosion in the Universe23 Nov 2022
- 15The Horror of the Slaver Ant6 Dec 2022
- 16How To Terraform Mars - WITH LASERS11 Dec 2022
- 17Black Hole Star – The Star That Shouldn't Exist15 Dec 2022
Season 2023
- 1The Most Complex Language in the World14 Feb 2023
- 2Your Immune System is More Dangerous than You Think28 Feb 2023
- 3The Business Behind Kurzgesagt28 Mar 2023
- 4Why Aliens Might Already Be On Their Way To Us11 Apr 2023
- 6The Black Hole That Kills Galaxies11 Jun 2023
- 7The Reason Why Cancer is so Hard to Beat18 Jun 2023
- 8The Most Dangerous Weapon Is Not Nuclear2 Jul 2023
- 9The (Second) Deadliest Virus8 Aug 2023
- 10What Happens If You Destroy A Black Hole?16 Aug 2023
- 11How A Nuclear War Will Start - Minute by Minute22 Aug 2023
- 12We Did The Math - You Are Dead!12 Sep 2023
- 13Why Korea is Dying Out4 Oct 2023
- 14Ancient Life as Old as the Universe10 Oct 2023
- 154.5 Billion Years in 1 Hour10 Nov 2023
- 16How to Win an Interstellar War15 Nov 2023
- 17The Last Thing That Will Ever Happen21 Nov 2023
- 18The Internet is Worse Than Ever – Now What?29 Nov 2023
- 19How To Destroy The Universe8 Dec 2023
- 20Your Tattoo is INSIDE Your Immune System. Literally12 Dec 2023
- 21From The SMALLEST To The LARGEST - The Ultimate Size Comparison17 Dec 2023
- 22How Do Dead Things Become Alive?14 Feb 2023
- 23The Moment Kurzgesagt Changed Forever6 Dec 2023
Season 2024
- 1Did The Future Already Happen? - The Paradox of Time30 Jan 2024
- 2What Happens AFTER Nuclear War?20 Feb 2024
- 3The Paradox of an Infinite Universe27 Feb 2024
- 4How The Dinosaurs Actually Died26 Mar 2024
- 5There Are Thousands of Alien Empires in The Milky Way16 Apr 2024
- 6Smoking is Awesome7 May 2024
- 7This Black Hole Could be Bigger Than The Universe21 May 2024
- 8Do You Have a Free Will?11 Jun 2024
- 9This Disease is Deadlier Than The Plague25 Jun 2024
- 10We Need to Rethink Exercise – The Workout Paradox16 Jul 2024
- 11A.I. ‐ Humanity's Final Invention?6 Aug 2024
- 12Fever Feels Horrible, but is Actually Awesome!13 Aug 2024
- 13We Traveled Back in Time. Now Physicists Are Angry.27 Aug 2024
- 14We Need to Rethink Exercise (Updated Version)12 Sep 2024
- 15Why Scientists Are Puzzled By This Virus17 Sep 2024
- 16This Video Might Save 58 Lives Next Week24 Sep 2024
- 17There Is Something Hiding Inside Earth3 Oct 2024
- 18We Made an Uplifting Video8 Oct 2024
- 19We Fell For The Oldest Lie On The Internet29 Oct 2024
- 20The Most Insane Weapon You Never Heard About5 Nov 2024
- 21We Have To Talk About Weed12 Nov 2024
- 22Vaping Is Too Good To Be True19 Nov 2024
- 23Black Hole's Evil Twin - Gravastars Explained3 Dec 2024
- 24Syria, Israel, Ukraine - A New Decade of War10 Dec 2024
- 25How This Prawn Can Kill You - Allergies Explained12 Dec 2024
Season 2025
- 1This Is What Aliens Might Actually Look Like4 Feb 2025
- 2This Is NOT An Anti Meat Video25 Feb 2025
- 3How Your Brain Fakes Your Reality18 Mar 2025
- 4SOUTH KOREA IS OVER2 Apr 2025
- 5Your Time Machine Broke - At The Worst Time In History22 Apr 2025
- 6We Finally Answered The MOST Important Question6 May 2025
- 7Why Does Fentanyl Feel So Good?20 May 2025
- 8How Nuclear Flies Protect You from Flesh-Eating Parasites3 Jun 2025
- 9When Your Body Attacks Itself – Autoimmune1 Jul 2025
- 10Let's Kill You a Billion Times to Make You Immortal29 Jul 2025
- 11Alcohol is AMAZING12 Aug 2025
- 12The Drug To Master Reality19 Aug 2025
- 13The Dumbest Animal Alive2 Sep 2025
- 14Can Humanity Stop A Planet-Killing Asteroid?16 Sep 2025
- 15Pregnancy is Insane23 Sep 2025
- 16We Found a Loophole to Survive the End of the Universe30 Sep 2025
- 17AI Slop Is Killing Our Channel7 Oct 2025
- 18You Need To Quit Weed.4 Nov 2025
- 19You're More Stressed Than Ever - Let's Change That11 Nov 2025
- 20Let's Talk About Fat18 Nov 2025
- 21Trees Are So Weird25 Nov 2025
- 22Astronomy Is In Crisis...And It's Incredibly Exciting2 Dec 2025
- 23All Of Human History In One Hour5 Dec 2025
- 24Tattoo Removal Is Insane12 Dec 2025
Season 2026
- 1Why Are There No Holes Around Trees?7 Jan 2026
- 2This Is the Scariest Place in The Universe10 Mar 2026
- 3The Most Insane Megaproject You Never Heard About30 Mar 2026
- 5GERMANY IS OVER5 May 2026
- 6The Uncomfortable Truth About Ozempic (Updated Version)19 May 2026
- 7Why Earth Sucks Compared to the Planet Hestia26 May 2026
- 8Looking Inside Your Brain to See How Memories Work16 Jun 2026
- 9What's It Like to Be Killed by Nature's Most Brutal Predator7 Jul 2026
- 10Why Humanity Will Never Leave The Solar System4 Aug 2026
- 11This Woman Cured Her Cancer with an Insane Method15 Sep 2026