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Kurzgesagt - In a Nutshell
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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.
Seasons & Episodes
E1
How Evolution Works
2013-07-11
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E2
The Solar System — Our Home in Space
2013-08-22
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E3
Fracking Explained: Opportunity or Danger
2013-09-03
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E4
The Gulf Stream Explained
2013-10-11
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E5
How the Stock Exchange Works (For Dummies)
2013-11-23
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E6
The History and Future of Everything — Time
2013-12-19
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E1
Three Ways to Destroy the Universe
2014-02-03
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E2
The Beginning of Everything — The Big Bang
2014-03-03
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E3
Who Invented the Internet? And Why?
2014-04-10
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E4
How Big Is the Moon? (MM#1)
2014-05-05
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E5
The Moons of Mars Explained — Phobos & Deimos (MM#2)
2014-05-14
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E6
How to Catch a Dwarf Planet — Triton (MM#3)
2014-05-26
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E7
Are You Alone? (In the Universe)
2014-06-02
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E8
Iraq Explained — ISIS, Syria and War
2014-06-19
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E9
The Immune System Explained I — Bacteria Infection
2014-07-01
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E10
Everything You Need to Know About Planet Earth
2014-08-04
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E11
Atoms as Big as Mountains — Neutron Stars Explained
2014-09-03
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E12
Is War Over? — A Paradox Explained
2014-10-09
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E13
The Ebola Virus Explained — How Your Body Fights for Survival
2014-11-06
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E14
What Is Life? Is Death Real?
2014-12-14
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E15
The Ultimate Conspiracy Debunker
2014-12-18
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E1
How Small Is an Atom? (Spoiler: Very Small)
2015-01-20
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E2
Measles Explained — Vaccinate or Not?
2015-02-24
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E3
Banking Explained — Money and Credit
2015-03-12
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E4
Nuclear Energy Explained: How Does It Work? (1/3)
2015-03-26
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E5
3 Reasons Why Nuclear Energy Is Terrible! (2/3)
2015-04-01
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E6
3 Reasons Why Nuclear Energy Is Awesome! (3/3)
2015-04-01
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E7
The Fermi Paradox — Where Are All the Aliens?
2015-05-06
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E8
The Fermi Paradox II — Solutions and Ideas
2015-06-04
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E9
The Death of Bees Explained — Parasites, Poison and Humans
2015-07-09
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E10
What if There Was a Black Hole in Your Pocket?
2015-07-16
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E11
What Is Dark Matter and Dark Energy?
2015-08-06
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E12
The European Refugee Crisis and Syria Explained
2015-09-01
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E13
Addiction
2015-10-01
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E14
What Is Light?
2015-10-15
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E15
How Facebook Is Stealing Billions of Views
2015-11-10
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E16
Quantum Computers Explained — Limits of Human Technology
2015-12-08
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E17
Black Holes Explained — From Birth to Death
2015-12-15
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E18
What Is Something?
2015-12-23
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E1
The Last Star in the Universe — Red Dwarfs Explained
2016-01-31
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E2
Why the War on Drugs Is a Huge Failure
2016-03-01
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E3
The Antibiotic Apocalypse Explained
2016-03-16
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E4
Space Elevator — Science Fiction or the Future of Mankind?
2016-04-08
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E5
Safe and Sorry — Terrorism & Mass Surveillance
2016-04-14
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E6
How Far Can We Go? Limits of Humanity (old version)
2016-05-12
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E7
What Are You?
2016-05-31
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E8
What Happened Before History? Human Origins
2016-06-23
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E9
Death From Space — Gamma-Ray Bursts Explained
2016-07-31
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E10
Genetic Engineering Will Change Everything Forever — CRISPR
2016-08-10
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E11
Genetic Engineering and Diseases — Gene Drive & Malaria
2016-09-21
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E12
The Most Efficient Way to Destroy the Universe — False Vacuum
2016-10-21
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E13
Fusion Energy Explained — Future or Failure
2016-11-10
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E14
The Most Gruesome Parasites — Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs)
2016-11-30
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E15
A New History for Humanity — The Human Era
2016-12-07
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E16
Overpopulation — The Human Explosion Explained
2016-12-22
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E1
Why Earth Is a Prison and How to Escape It
2017-02-01
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E2
Do Robots Deserve Rights? What If Machines Become Conscious?
2017-02-23
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E3
Are GMOs Good or Bad? Genetic Engineering & Our Food
2017-03-30
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E4
Is the European Union Worth It or Should We End It?
2017-04-13
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E5
The Last Light Before Eternal Darkness — White Dwarfs & Black Dwarfs
2017-05-04
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E6
The Rise of the Machines — Why Automation Is Different This Time
2017-06-08
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E7
Optimistic Nihilism
2017-07-26
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E8
What Happens If We Throw an Elephant From a Skyscraper? (The Size of Life #1)
2017-08-10
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E9
Why Black Holes Could Delete the Universe — The Information Paradox
2017-08-24
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E10
What Happens If We Bring the Sun to Earth?
2017-09-07
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E11
Is Reality Real? The Simulation Argument
2017-09-21
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E12
How Bacteria Rule Over Your Body — The Microbiome
2017-10-05
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E13
Why Age? Should We End Aging Forever?
2017-10-20
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E14
How to Cure Aging — During Your Lifetime?
2017-11-03
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E15
Emergence — How Stupid Things Become Smart Together
2017-11-16
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E16
Universal Basic Income Explained — Free Money for Everybody?
2017-12-07
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E17
How to Make an Elephant Explode (The Size of Life #2)
2017-12-21
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E1
Why Alien Life Would Be Our Doom — The Great Filter
2018-02-01
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E2
Homeopathy Explained — Gentle Healing or Reckless Fraud?
2018-02-22
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E3
String Theory Explained — What Is the True Nature of Reality?
2018-03-01
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E4
A Selfish Argument for Making the World a Better Place — Egoistic Altruism
2018-03-18
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E5
Time: The History & Future of Everything — Remastered
2018-04-08
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E6
The Black Hole Bomb and Black Hole Civilizations
2018-04-22
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E7
The Deadliest Being on Planet Earth — The Bacteriophage
2018-05-13
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E8
3 Arguments Why Marijuana Should Stay Illegal Reviewed
2018-06-10
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E9
Plastic Pollution: How Humans Are Turning the World Into Plastic
2018-07-01
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E10
What If You Detonated a Nuclear Bomb in the Marianas Trench? (Science, Not Fantasy)
2018-07-22
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E11
Wormholes Explained — Breaking Spacetime
2018-08-12
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E12
How We Could Build a Moon Base TODAY (Space Colonization #1)
2018-09-16
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E13
Why Meat Is the Best Worst Thing in the World
2018-09-30
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E14
Why Beautiful Things Make Us Happy — Beauty Explained
2018-10-23
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E15
End of Space — Creating a Prison for Humanity
2018-11-25
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E16
How to Build a Dyson Sphere — The Ultimate Megastructure
2018-12-20
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E17
Aliens Under the Ice — Life on Rogue Planets
2018-12-27
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E18
Episode 18
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E1
Is Organic Really Better? Healthy Food or Trendy Scam?
2019-01-13
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E2
Building a Mars Base Is a Horrible Idea: Let’s Do It!
2019-02-03
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E3
Loneliness
2019-02-17
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E4
The Origin of Consciousness — How Unaware Things Became Aware
2019-03-17
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E5
What If We Detonated All Nuclear Bombs at Once?
2019-03-31
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E6
The Most Dangerous Stuff in the Universe — Strange Stars Explained
2019-04-14
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E7
The Side Effects of Vaccines — How High Is the Risk?
2019-05-12
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E8
Is the EU Democratic? Does Your Vote Matter?
2019-05-19
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E9
Is Meat Bad for You? Is Meat Unhealthy?
2019-06-09
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E10
Could Your Phone Hurt You? Electromagnetic Pollution
2019-07-07
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E11
Tiny Bombs in Your Blood — The Complement System
2019-07-28
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E12
The World War of the Ants — The Army Ant
2019-08-11
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E13
The Egg — A Short Story
2019-09-01
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E14
What’s Hiding at the Most Solitary Place on Earth? The Deep Sea
2019-09-15
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E15
The Billion Ant Mega Colony and the Biggest War on Earth
2019-09-29
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E16
What If We Nuke a City?
2019-10-13
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E17
Neutron Stars — The Most Extreme Things That Are Not Black Holes
2019-11-10
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E18
1,000 km Cable to the Stars — The Skyhook
2019-11-17
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E19
An Antidote to Dissatisfaction
2019-12-08
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E20
Overpopulation & Africa
2019-12-15
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E21
How to Move the Sun: Stellar Engines
2019-12-22
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E1
Milk. White Poison or Healthy Drink?
2020-01-26
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E2
How to Make a Kurzgesagt Video in 1200 Hours
2020-02-16
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E3
Why Blue Whales Don't Get Cancer - Peto's Paradox
2020-03-01
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E4
The Coronavirus Explained & What You Should Do
2020-03-19
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E5
Why Are You Alive – Life, Energy & ATP
2020-05-10
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E6
The Past We Can Never Return To – The Anthropocene Reviewed
2020-05-24
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E7
Could Solar Storms Destroy Civilization? Solar Flares & Coronal Mass Ejections
2020-06-07
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E8
Who Is Responsible For Climate Change? – Who Needs To Fix It?
2020-06-21
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E9
What Is Intelligence? Where Does it Begin?
2020-07-12
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E10
What Do Alien Civilizations Look Like? The Kardashev Scale
2020-08-02
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E11
Unlimited Resources From Space – Asteroid Mining
2020-08-16
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E12
The Warrior Kingdoms of the Weaver Ant
2020-08-30
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E13
The Largest Star in the Universe – Size Comparison
2020-09-22
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E14
Is It Too Late To Stop Climate Change? Well, it's Complicated.
2020-09-29
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E15
When Time Became History - The Human Era
2020-10-06
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E16
Geoengineering: A Horrible Idea We Might Have to Do
2020-10-27
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E17
How Large Can a Bacteria get? Life & Size 3
2020-11-10
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E18
What If Earth got Kicked Out of the Solar System? Rogue Earth
2020-12-01
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E19
Can You Upload Your Mind & Live Forever?
2020-12-10
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E20
What if We Nuke the Moon?
2020-12-15
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E1
How Many People Did Nuclear Energy Kill? Nuclear Death Toll
2021-02-02
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E2
What if the World turned to Gold? - The Gold Apocalypse
2021-03-09
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E3
Do we Need Nuclear Energy to Stop Climate Change?
2021-04-13
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E4
The Ultimate Guide to Black Holes
2021-04-27
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E5
TRUE Limits Of Humanity – The Final Border We Will Never Cross
2021-05-11
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E6
What Are You Doing With Your Life? The Tail End
2021-05-25
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E7
The Day the Dinosaurs Died – Minute by Minute
2021-06-15
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E8
How To Terraform Venus (Quickly)
2021-07-06
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E9
The Largest Black Hole in the Universe - Size Comparison
2021-08-03
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E10
How The Immune System ACTUALLY Works – IMMUNE
2021-08-10
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E11
This Virus Shouldn't Exist (But it Does)
2021-08-31
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E12
Can YOU Fix Climate Change?
2021-09-22
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E13
What Dinosaurs ACTUALLY Looked Like?
2021-10-12
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E14
You Are Immune Against Every Disease
2021-11-02
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E15
Is Meat Really that Bad?
2021-11-30
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E16
...And We'll Do it Again
2021-12-07
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E17
Why We Should NOT Look For Aliens - The Dark Forest
2021-12-14
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E1
What Happens if the Moon Crashes into Earth?
2022-02-08
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E2
Are There Lost Alien Civilizations in Our Past?
2022-03-01
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E3
We WILL Fix Climate Change!
2022-04-05
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E4
The Most Horrible Parasite: Brain Eating Amoeba
2022-05-03
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E5
You Are Not Where You Think You Are
2022-05-17
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E6
Change Your Life - One Tiny Step at a Time
2022-06-07
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E7
The Last Human - A Glimpse Into The Far Future
2022-06-28
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E8
The Deadliest Virus on Earth
2022-07-26
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E9
Is Civilization on the Brink of Collapse?
2022-08-16
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E10
Why You Are Lonely and How to Make Friends
2022-09-06
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E11
Let's Travel to The Most Extreme Place in The Universe
2022-10-04
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E12
What Happens if a Supervolcano Blows Up?
2022-10-18
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E13
Why Don't We Shoot Nuclear Waste Into Space?
2022-11-08
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E14
The Most Extreme Explosion in the Universe
2022-11-23
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E15
The Horror of the Slaver Ant
2022-12-06
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E16
How To Terraform Mars - WITH LASERS
2022-12-11
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E17
Black Hole Star – The Star That Shouldn't Exist
2022-12-15
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E1
The Most Complex Language in the World
2023-02-14
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E2
What Actually Happens When You Are Sick
2023-02-28
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E3
How We Make Money on YouTube with 20M Subs
2023-03-28
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E4
Why Aliens Might Already Be On Their Way To Us
2023-04-11
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E5
Your Body Killed Cancer 5 Minutes Ago
2023-05-09
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E6
The Black Hole That Kills Galaxies
2023-06-11
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E7
The Reason Why Cancer is so Hard to Beat
2023-06-18
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E8
The Most Dangerous Weapon Is NOT Nuclear
2023-07-02
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E9
The (Second) Most Deadliest Virus on Earth
2023-08-08
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E10
What Happens If You Destroy A Black Hole?
2023-08-16
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E11
How A Nuclear War Will Start - Minute by Minute
2023-08-22
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E12
We Did The Math - You Are Dead!
2023-09-12
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E13
Why Korea is Dying Out
2023-10-04
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E14
Ancient Life as Old as the Universe
2023-10-10
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E15
4.5 Billion Years in 1 Hour
2023-10-11
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E16
How to Win an Interstellar War
2023-10-15
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E17
The Last Thing To Ever Happen In The Universe
2023-11-21
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E18
The Internet is Worse Than Ever – Now What?
2023-11-29
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E19
How To Destroy The Universe
2023-12-08
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E20
Your Tattoo is INSIDE Your Immune System. Literally
2023-12-12
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E21
You Are The Center of The Universe (Literally)
2023-12-17
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E1
Did The Future Already Happen? - The Paradox of Time
2024-01-30
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E2
What Happens AFTER Nuclear War?
2024-02-20
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E3
The Paradox of an Infinite Universe
2024-02-27
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E4
How The Dinosaurs Actually Died
2024-03-26
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E5
There Are Thousands of Alien Empires in The Milky Way
2024-04-16
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E6
Smoking is Awesome
2024-05-07
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E7
This Black Hole Could be Bigger Than The Universe
2024-05-21
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E8
Do You Have a Free Will?
2024-06-11
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E9
This Disease is Deadlier Than The Plague
2024-06-25
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E10
A.I. ‐ Humanity's Final Invention?
2024-08-06
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E11
Fever Feels Horrible, but is Actually Awesome!
2024-08-13
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E12
We Traveled Back in Time. Now Physicists Are Angry.
2024-08-27
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E13
We Need to Rethink Exercise (Updated Version)
2024-09-12
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E14
Why Scientists Are Puzzled By This Virus
2024-09-17
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E15
This Video Might Save 58 Lives Next Week
2024-09-24
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E16
There Is Something Hiding Inside Earth
2024-10-03
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E17
Tired of Doomscrolling?
2024-10-08
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E18
We Fell For The Oldest Lie On The Internet
2024-10-29
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E19
The Most Insane Weapon You Never Heard About
2024-11-05
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E20
We Have To Talk About Weed
2024-11-12
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E21
Vaping Is Too Good To Be True
2024-11-19
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E22
Black Hole's Evil Twin - Gravastars Explained
2024-12-03
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E23
Is The World Getting More Violent?
2024-12-10
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E24
The Real Reason Why You Have Allergies
2024-12-12
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E1
Alien Whales On Planet Nimbus - What Aliens Might Look Like
2025-02-04
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E2
This Is NOT An Anti Meat Video
2025-02-25
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E3
Why Your Brain Blinds You For 2 Hours Every Day
2025-03-18
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E4
SOUTH KOREA IS OVER
2025-04-02
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E5
Your Time Machine Broke - At The Worst Time In History
2025-04-22
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E6
We Finally Answered the MOST Important Question
2025-05-06
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E7
Why Does Fentanyl Feel So Good?
2025-05-20
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E8
Why Is The US Dropping Billions Of Mutant Flies From The Sky?
2025-06-03
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E9
The Betrayal of Autoimmune Diseases
2025-07-01
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E10
Let's Kill You a Billion Times to Make You Immortal
2025-07-29
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E11
Alcohol is AMAZING
2025-08-12
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E12
The Drug That Works TOO Well?
2025-08-19
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E13
The Dumbest Animal Alive
2025-09-02
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E14
Can Humanity Stop A Planet-Killing Asteroid?
2025-09-16
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E15
Pregnancy is Insane
2025-09-23
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E16
We Found a Loophole to Survive the End of the Universe
2025-09-30
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E17
AI Slop Is Killing Our Channel
2025-10-07
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E18
You Need To Quit Weed.
2025-10-14
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E19
You're More Stressed Than Ever - Let's Change That
2025-11-11
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E20
Let's Talk About Fat
2025-11-18
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E21
Trees Are So Weird
2025-11-25
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E22
Astronomy Is In Crisis...And It's Incredibly Exciting
2025-12-02
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E23
All Of Human History In One Hour
2025-12-05
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E24
Tattoo Removal Is Insane
2025-12-12
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E1
Trees Are Even More Crazy Than We Thought
2026-01-07
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E2
The Uncomfortable Truth About Ozempic
2026-02-17
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E3
This Is the Scariest Place in The Universe
2026-03-10
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E4
The Most Insane Megaproject You Never Heard About
2026-03-30
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E5
Let’s Dissect Your Brain
2026-04-21
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