Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell

Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell

2013 · YouTube · Still airing

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Season 20136 episodes ·
  1. S2013E01How Evolution Works
  2. S2013E02The Solar System -- Our Home in Space
  3. S2013E03Fracking Explained: Opportunity or Danger
  4. S2013E04The Gulf Stream Explained
  5. S2013E05How the Stock Exchange Works (For Dummies)
  6. S2013E06The History and Future of Everything -- Time
Season 201415 episodes ·
  1. S2014E01Three Ways to Destroy the Universe
  2. S2014E02The Beginning of Everything -- The Big Bang
  3. S2014E03Who Invented the Internet? And Why?
  4. S2014E04How Big Is the Moon? (MM#1)
  5. S2014E05The Moons of Mars Explained -- Phobos & Deimos MM#2
  6. S2014E06How to Catch a Dwarf Planet — Triton (MM#3)
  7. S2014E07Are You Alone? (In the Universe)
  8. S2014E08Iraq Explained -- ISIS, Syria and War
  9. S2014E09The Immune System Explained I — Bacteria Infection
  10. S2014E10Everything You Need to Know About Planet Earth
  11. S2014E11Atoms As Big As Mountains — Neutron Stars Explained
  12. S2014E12Is War Over? — A Paradox Explained
  13. S2014E13The Ebola Virus Explained — How Your Body Fights for Survival
  14. S2014E14What is Life? Is Death Real?
  15. S2014E15The Ultimate Conspiracy Debunker
Season 201516 episodes ·
  1. S2015E01How Small is an Atom? Spoiler: Very Small.
  2. S2015E02Measles Explained — Vaccinate or Not?
  3. S2015E03Banking Explained – Money and Credit
  4. S2015E04Nuclear Energy Explained: How Does It Work? (1/3)
  5. S2015E053 Reasons Why Nuclear Energy Is Terrible! (2/3)
  6. S2015E063 Reasons Why Nuclear Energy Is Awesome! (3/3)
  7. S2015E07The Fermi Paradox — Where Are All the Aliens?
  8. S2015E08The Fermi Paradox II — Solutions and Ideas
  9. S2015E09The Death of Bees Explained – Parasites, Poison and Humans
  10. S2015E10What If There Was a Black Hole in Your Pocket?
  11. S2015E11What is Dark Matter and Dark Energy?
  12. S2015E12What is Light?
  13. S2015E13How Facebook is Stealing Billions of Views
  14. S2015E14Quantum Computers Explained – Limits of Human Technology
  15. S2015E15Black Holes Explained – From Birth to Death
  16. S2015E16What is Something?
Season 201616 episodes ·
  1. S2016E01The Last Star in the Universe – Red Dwarfs Explained
  2. S2016E02Why the War on Drugs is a Huge Failure
  3. S2016E03The Antibiotic Apocalypse Explained
  4. S2016E04Space Elevator – Science Fiction or the Future of Mankind?
  5. S2016E05Safe and Sorry – Terrorism & Mass Surveillance
  6. S2016E06How Far Can We Go - Limits of Humanity
  7. S2016E07What Are You?
  8. S2016E08What Happened Before History? Human Origins
  9. S2016E09Death from Space — Gamma-Ray Bursts Explained
  10. S2016E10Genetic Engineering Will Change Everything Forever – CRISPR
  11. S2016E11Genetic Engineering and Diseases — Gene Drive & Malaria
  12. S2016E12The Most Efficient Way to Destroy the Universe – False Vacuum
  13. S2016E13Fusion Energy Explained – Future or Failure
  14. S2016E14The Most Gruesome Parasites — Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs)
  15. S2016E15A New History for Humanity – The Human Era
  16. S2016E16Overpopulation – The Human Explosion Explained
Season 201717 episodes ·
  1. S2017E01Why Earth Is A Prison and How To Escape It
  2. S2017E02Do Robots Deserve Rights? What if machines become conscious?
  3. S2017E03Are GMOs Good or Bad? Genetic Engineering & Our Food
  4. S2017E04Is the European Union Worth It Or Should We End It?
  5. S2017E05The Last Light Before Eternal Darkness – White Dwarfs & Black Dwarfs
  6. S2017E06The Rise of the Machines – Why Automation is Different this Time
  7. S2017E07Optimistic Nihilism
  8. S2017E08What Happens If We Throw an Elephant From a Skyscraper? (The Size of Life #1)
  9. S2017E09Why Black Holes Could Delete The Universe – The Information Paradox
  10. S2017E10What Happens If We Bring the Sun to Earth?
  11. S2017E11Is Reality Real? The Simulation Argument
  12. S2017E12How Bacteria Rule Over Your Body – The Microbiome
  13. S2017E13Why Age? Should We End Aging Forever?
  14. S2017E14How to Cure Aging – During Your Lifetime?
  15. S2017E15Emergence – How Stupid Things Become Smart Together
  16. S2017E16Universal Basic Income Explained — Free Money for Everybody?
  17. S2017E17How to Make an Elephant Explode (The Size of Life #2)
Season 201817 episodes ·
  1. S2018E01Why Alien Life Would Be Our Doom — The Great Filter
  2. S2018E02Homeopathy Explained – Gentle Healing or Reckless Fraud?
  3. S2018E03String Theory Explained – What is The True Nature of Reality?
  4. S2018E04A Selfish Argument for Making the World a Better Place – Egoistic Altruism
  5. S2018E05Time: The History & Future of Everything – Remastered
  6. S2018E06The Black Hole Bomb and Black Hole Civilizations
  7. S2018E07The Deadliest Being on Planet Earth – The Bacteriophage
  8. S2018E083 Arguments Why Marijuana Should Stay Illegal Reviewed
  9. S2018E09Plastic Pollution: How Humans are Turning the World into Plastic
  10. S2018E10What If You Detonated a Nuclear Bomb in the Marianas Trench? (Science, Not Fantasy)
  11. S2018E11Wormholes Explained – Breaking Spacetime
  12. S2018E12How We Could Build a Moon Base TODAY – Space Colonization 1
  13. S2018E13Why Meat is the Best Worst Thing in the World
  14. S2018E14Why Beautiful Things Make us Happy – Beauty Explained
  15. S2018E15End of Space – Creating a Prison for Humanity
  16. S2018E16How to Build a Dyson Sphere - The Ultimate Megastructure
  17. S2018E17Aliens under the Ice – Life on Rogue Planets
Season 201921 episodes ·
  1. S2019E01Is Organic Really Better? Healthy Food or Trendy Scam?
  2. S2019E02Building a Marsbase is a Horrible Idea: Let's do it!
  3. S2019E03Loneliness
  4. S2019E04The Origin of Consciousness – How Unaware Things Became Aware
  5. S2019E05What If We Detonated All Nuclear Bombs at Once?
  6. S2019E06The Most Dangerous Stuff in the Universe - Strange Stars Explained
  7. S2019E07The Side Effects of Vaccines - How High is the Risk?
  8. S2019E08Is the EU Democratic? Does Your Vote Matter?
  9. S2019E09Is Meat Bad for You? Is Meat Unhealthy?
  10. S2019E10Could Your Phone Hurt You? Electromagnetic Pollution
  11. S2019E11Tiny Bombs in your Blood - The Complement System
  12. S2019E12The World War of the Ants – The Army Ant
  13. S2019E13The Egg - A Short Story
  14. S2019E14What's Hiding at the Most Solitary Place on Earth? The Deep Sea
  15. S2019E15The Billion Ant Mega Colony and the Biggest War on Earth
  16. S2019E16What if We Nuke a City?
  17. S2019E17Neutron Stars – The Most Extreme Things that are not Black Holes
  18. S2019E181,000km Cable to the Stars - The Skyhook
  19. S2019E19An Antidote to Dissatisfaction
  20. S2019E20Overpopulation & Africa
  21. S2019E21How to Move the Sun: Stellar Engines
Season 202020 episodes ·
  1. S2020E01Milk. White Poison or Healthy Drink?
  2. S2020E02How to Make a Kurzgesagt Video in 1200 Hours
  3. S2020E03Why Blue Whales Don't Get Cancer - Peto's Paradox
  4. S2020E04The Coronavirus Explained & What You Should Do
  5. S2020E05Why Are You Alive – Life, Energy & ATP
  6. S2020E06The Past We Can Never Return To – The Anthropocene Reviewed
  7. S2020E07Could Solar Storms Destroy Civilization? Solar Flares & Coronal Mass Ejections
  8. S2020E08Who Is Responsible For Climate Change? – Who Needs To Fix It?
  9. S2020E09What Is Intelligence? Where Does it Begin?
  10. S2020E10What Do Alien Civilizations Look Like? The Kardashev Scale
  11. S2020E11Unlimited Resources From Space – Asteroid Mining
  12. S2020E12The Warrior Kingdoms of the Weaver Ant
  13. S2020E13The Largest Star in the Universe – Size Comparison
  14. S2020E14Is It Too Late To Stop Climate Change? Well, it's Complicated.
  15. S2020E15When Time Became History - The Human Era
  16. S2020E16Geoengineering: A Horrible Idea We Might Have to Do
  17. S2020E17How Large Can a Bacteria get? Life & Size 3
  18. S2020E18What If Earth got Kicked Out of the Solar System? Rogue Earth
  19. S2020E19Can You Upload Your Mind & Live Forever?
  20. S2020E20What if We Nuke the Moon?
Season 202117 episodes ·
  1. S2021E01Worst Nuclear Accidents in History
  2. S2021E02What if the World turned to Gold? - The Gold Apocalypse
  3. S2021E03Do we Need Nuclear Energy to Stop Climate Change?
  4. S2021E04What If You Fall into a Black Hole?
  5. S2021E05TRUE Limits Of Humanity – The Final Border We Will Never Cross
  6. S2021E06What Are You Doing With Your Life? The Tail End
  7. S2021E07The Day the Dinosaurs Died – Minute by Minute
  8. S2021E08How To Terraform Venus (Quickly)
  9. S2021E09The Largest Black Hole in the Universe - Size Comparison
  10. S2021E10How The Immune System ACTUALLY Works – IMMUNE
  11. S2021E11This Virus Shouldn't Exist (But it Does)
  12. S2021E12Can YOU Fix Climate Change?
  13. S2021E13What Dinosaurs ACTUALLY Looked Like?
  14. S2021E14You Are Immune Against Every Disease
  15. S2021E15Is Meat Really that Bad?
  16. S2021E16...And We'll Do it Again
  17. S2021E17Why We Should NOT Look For Aliens - The Dark Forest
Season 202217 episodes ·
  1. S2022E01What Happens if the Moon Crashes into Earth?
  2. S2022E02Are There Lost Alien Civilizations in Our Past?
  3. S2022E03We WILL Fix Climate Change!
  4. S2022E04The Most Horrible Parasite: Brain Eating Amoeba
  5. S2022E05You Are Not Where You Think You Are
  6. S2022E06Why Change Is so Hard - and How to Fix It
  7. S2022E07The Last Human – A Glimpse Into The Far Future
  8. S2022E08The Deadliest Virus on Earth
  9. S2022E09Is Civilization on the Brink of Collapse?
  10. S2022E10Why You Are Lonely and How to Make Friends
  11. S2022E11Let's Travel to The Most Extreme Place in The Universe
  12. S2022E12What Happens if a Supervolcano Blows Up?
  13. S2022E13Why Don't We Shoot Nuclear Waste Into Space?
  14. S2022E14The Most Extreme Explosion in the Universe
  15. S2022E15The Horror of the Slaver Ant
  16. S2022E16How To Terraform Mars - WITH LASERS
  17. S2022E17Black Hole Star – The Star That Shouldn't Exist
Season 202322 episodes ·
  1. S2023E01The Most Complex Language in the World
  2. S2023E02Your Immune System is More Dangerous than You Think
  3. S2023E03The Business Behind Kurzgesagt
  4. S2023E04Why Aliens Might Already Be On Their Way To Us
  5. S2023E06The Black Hole That Kills Galaxies
  6. S2023E07The Reason Why Cancer is so Hard to Beat
  7. S2023E08The Most Dangerous Weapon Is Not Nuclear
  8. S2023E09The (Second) Deadliest Virus
  9. S2023E10What Happens If You Destroy A Black Hole?
  10. S2023E11How A Nuclear War Will Start - Minute by Minute
  11. S2023E12We Did The Math - You Are Dead!
  12. S2023E13Why Korea is Dying Out
  13. S2023E14Ancient Life as Old as the Universe
  14. S2023E154.5 Billion Years in 1 Hour
  15. S2023E16How to Win an Interstellar War
  16. S2023E17The Last Thing That Will Ever Happen
  17. S2023E18The Internet is Worse Than Ever – Now What?
  18. S2023E19How To Destroy The Universe
  19. S2023E20Your Tattoo is INSIDE Your Immune System. Literally
  20. S2023E21From The SMALLEST To The LARGEST - The Ultimate Size Comparison
  21. S2023E22How Do Dead Things Become Alive?
  22. S2023E23The Moment Kurzgesagt Changed Forever
Season 202425 episodes ·
  1. S2024E01Did The Future Already Happen? - The Paradox of Time
  2. S2024E02What Happens AFTER Nuclear War?
  3. S2024E03The Paradox of an Infinite Universe
  4. S2024E04How The Dinosaurs Actually Died
  5. S2024E05There Are Thousands of Alien Empires in The Milky Way
  6. S2024E06Smoking is Awesome
  7. S2024E07This Black Hole Could be Bigger Than The Universe
  8. S2024E08Do You Have a Free Will?
  9. S2024E09This Disease is Deadlier Than The Plague
  10. S2024E10We Need to Rethink Exercise – The Workout Paradox
  11. S2024E11A.I. ‐ Humanity's Final Invention?
  12. S2024E12Fever Feels Horrible, but is Actually Awesome!
  13. S2024E13We Traveled Back in Time. Now Physicists Are Angry.
  14. S2024E14We Need to Rethink Exercise (Updated Version)
  15. S2024E15Why Scientists Are Puzzled By This Virus
  16. S2024E16This Video Might Save 58 Lives Next Week
  17. S2024E17There Is Something Hiding Inside Earth
  18. S2024E18We Made an Uplifting Video
  19. S2024E19We Fell For The Oldest Lie On The Internet
  20. S2024E20The Most Insane Weapon You Never Heard About
  21. S2024E21We Have To Talk About Weed
  22. S2024E22Vaping Is Too Good To Be True
  23. S2024E23Black Hole's Evil Twin - Gravastars Explained
  24. S2024E24Syria, Israel, Ukraine - A New Decade of War
  25. S2024E25How This Prawn Can Kill You - Allergies Explained
Season 202524 episodes ·
  1. S2025E01This Is What Aliens Might Actually Look Like
  2. S2025E02This Is NOT An Anti Meat Video
  3. S2025E03How Your Brain Fakes Your Reality
  4. S2025E04SOUTH KOREA IS OVER
  5. S2025E05Your Time Machine Broke - At The Worst Time In History
  6. S2025E06We Finally Answered The MOST Important Question
  7. S2025E07Why Does Fentanyl Feel So Good?
  8. S2025E08How Nuclear Flies Protect You from Flesh-Eating Parasites
  9. S2025E09When Your Body Attacks Itself – Autoimmune
  10. S2025E10Let's Kill You a Billion Times to Make You Immortal
  11. S2025E11Alcohol is AMAZING
  12. S2025E12The Drug To Master Reality
  13. S2025E13The Dumbest Animal Alive
  14. S2025E14Can Humanity Stop A Planet-Killing Asteroid?
  15. S2025E15Pregnancy is Insane
  16. S2025E16We Found a Loophole to Survive the End of the Universe
  17. S2025E17AI Slop Is Killing Our Channel
  18. S2025E18You Need To Quit Weed.
  19. S2025E19You're More Stressed Than Ever - Let's Change That
  20. S2025E20Let's Talk About Fat
  21. S2025E21Trees Are So Weird
  22. S2025E22Astronomy Is In Crisis...And It's Incredibly Exciting
  23. S2025E23All Of Human History In One Hour
  24. S2025E24Tattoo Removal Is Insane
Season 202611 episodes ·
  1. S2026E01Why Are There No Holes Around Trees?
  2. S2026E02This Is the Scariest Place in The Universe
  3. S2026E03The Most Insane Megaproject You Never Heard About
  4. S2026E05GERMANY IS OVER
  5. S2026E06The Uncomfortable Truth About Ozempic (Updated Version)
  6. S2026E07Why Earth Sucks Compared to the Planet Hestia
  7. S2026E08Looking Inside Your Brain to See How Memories Work
  8. S2026E09What's It Like to Be Killed by Nature's Most Brutal Predator
  9. S2026E10Why Humanity Will Never Leave The Solar System
  10. S2026E11This Woman Cured Her Cancer with an Insane Method
  11. S2026E12This is What a Godlike Civilization Would Look Like
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