Kurzgesagt - In a Nutshell Season 5, Episode 7: Optimistic Nihilism

Why Earth Is a Prison and How to Escape It

We are trapped on Earth. Controlled by an ancient debt to the universe...

7 min

Do Robots Deserve Rights? What If Machines Become Conscious?

What shall we do once machines become conscious? Do we need to grant them rights?

7 min

Are GMOs Good or Bad? Genetic Engineering & Our Food

Are GMOs bad for your health? Or is this fear unfounded?

9 min

Is the European Union Worth It or Should We End It?

Should we double down or give up and go our separate ways?

8 min

The Last Light Before Eternal Darkness — White Dwarfs & Black Dwarfs

Everything will end. Even the universe. But in a future so far away that it defies description, there will still be light and therefore a chance for life. It will be around white dwarfs, the corpses of stars. But even they will fade one day...

7 min

The Rise of the Machines — Why Automation Is Different This Time

Automation in the Information Age is different.

12 min

What Happens If We Throw an Elephant From a Skyscraper? (The Size of Life #1)

Size is the most under appreciated regulator of living things. Let us demonstrate that by throwing animals from buildings.

7 min

Why Black Holes Could Delete the Universe — The Information Paradox

Black holes are scary things. But they also might reveal the true nature of the universe to us.

10 min

What Happens If We Bring the Sun to Earth?

What happens if we bring the sun to earth? No, seriously.

6 min

Is Reality Real? The Simulation Argument

9 min

How Bacteria Rule Over Your Body — The Microbiome

What happens when microbes talk to your brain?

8 min

Why Age? Should We End Aging Forever?

If you could decide today... how long do you want to live?

7 min

How to Cure Aging — During Your Lifetime?

What if we could stop aging forever?

7 min

Emergence — How Stupid Things Become Smart Together

How can many stupid things combine to form smart things? How can proteins become living cells? How become lots of ants a colony? What is emergence?

8 min

Universal Basic Income Explained — Free Money for Everybody?

What is UBI? How would free money change our lives.

10 min

How to Make an Elephant Explode (The Size of Life #2)

7 min