Kurzgesagt - In a Nutshell (2018) 2018
Kurzgesagt (German for "in a nutshell") is a Munich based design studio with a distinctive perspective on design and animation within the fields of education, science and commerce. Founded in 2012 by Philipp Dettmer & Stephan Rether, the studio engages in information design projects of all kinds. We love science, minimalism, colors and music. But most of all combining them to tell stories.
Why Alien Life Would Be Our Doom — The Great Filter 01 Finding alien life on a distant planet would be amazing news - or would it? If we are not the only intelligent life in the universe, this probably means our days are numbered and doom is certain.
2/1/2018
Homeopathy Explained — Gentle Healing or Reckless Fraud? 02 What are the principles behind Homeopathy and does it work?
2/22/2018
String Theory Explained — What Is the True Nature of Reality? 03 Is String Theory the final solution for all of physic’s questions or an over-hyped dead end?
3/1/2018
A Selfish Argument for Making the World a Better Place — Egoistic Altruism 04 Why should you care about the well-being of people half a globe away?
3/18/2018
Time: The History & Future of Everything — Remastered 05
4/8/2018
The Black Hole Bomb and Black Hole Civilizations 06
4/22/2018
The Deadliest Being on Planet Earth — The Bacteriophage 07 A war has been raging for billions of years, killing trillions every single day, while we don’t even notice. This war involves the single deadliest being on our planet: the bacteriophage.
5/13/2018
3 Arguments Why Marijuana Should Stay Illegal Reviewed 08 We take a fair look at some of the best counter arguments for legalization and see how they hold up in review.
6/10/2018
Plastic Pollution: How Humans Are Turning the World Into Plastic 09 Modern life would be impossible without plastic – but we have long since lost control over our invention. Why has plastic turned into a problem and what do we know about its dangers?
7/1/2018
What If You Detonated a Nuclear Bomb in the Marianas Trench? (Science, Not Fantasy) 10 Did you ever wonder what happened if you detonated a nuclear bomb in the Marianas Trench? No? We neither! Let us find out together!
7/22/2018
Wormholes Explained — Breaking Spacetime 11 Are wormholes real or are they just magic disguised as physics and maths? And if they are real how do they work and where can we find them?
8/12/2018
How We Could Build a Moon Base TODAY (Space Colonization #1) 12 Did you know that we could start building a Lunar Base today?
9/16/2018
Why Meat Is the Best Worst Thing in the World 13 Meat is a complicated issue. But also a delicious one. Let's talk about it.
9/30/2018
Why Beautiful Things Make Us Happy — Beauty Explained 14 It’s hard to define what makes something beautiful, but we seem to know beauty when we see it. Why is that and how does beauty affect our subconscious?
10/23/2018
End of Space — Creating a Prison for Humanity 15 Space travel is the most exciting adventure for humanity, but in an irony of history we may stop ourselves from going into space the more we do it. With every rocket launched we are creating a deadly trap for mankind.
11/25/2018
How to Build a Dyson Sphere — The Ultimate Megastructure 16 If humans want to expand into space, it will take us incredible amounts of energy. How do we do that? Easy: we will just use the sun’s energy by realizing the most ambitious construction project in history. This is how it works.
12/20/2018
Aliens Under the Ice — Life on Rogue Planets 17 Out in the vast coldness of outer space, there are planets that travel alone through darkness without the boundaries of a system. Here’s how this can happen – and why these frozen deserts might secretly harbor alien life.
12/27/2018
