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Network: YouTube
Episode Runtime: 10 min.
Season Runtime: 2594 min.
Status: Returning Series
Certification: NR

2017 (Feb. 1, 2017, midnight)

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.

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2017 (Feb. 1, 2017, midnight)

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.

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Feb. 1, 2017, midnight 0.0

S5E1 - Why Earth Is a Prison and How to Escape It

We are trapped on Earth. Controlled by an ancient debt to the universe...
Feb. 23, 2017, midnight 0.0

S5E2 - Do Robots Deserve Rights? What If Machines Become Conscious?

What shall we do once machines become conscious? Do we need to grant them rights?
March 30, 2017, midnight 0.0

S5E3 - Are GMOs Good or Bad? Genetic Engineering & Our Food

Are GMOs bad for your health? Or is this fear unfounded?
April 13, 2017, midnight 0.0

S5E4 - Is the European Union Worth It or Should We End It?

Should we double down or give up and go our separate ways?
May 4, 2017, midnight 0.0

S5E5 - 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...
June 8, 2017, midnight 0.0

S5E6 - The Rise of the Machines — Why Automation Is Different This Time

Automation in the Information Age is different.
July 26, 2017, midnight 0.0

S5E7 - Optimistic Nihilism

Aug. 10, 2017, midnight 0.0

S5E8 - 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.
Aug. 24, 2017, midnight 0.0

S5E9 - 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.
Sept. 7, 2017, midnight 0.0

S5E10 - What Happens If We Bring the Sun to Earth?

What happens if we bring the sun to earth? No, seriously.
Sept. 21, 2017, midnight 0.0

S5E11 - Is Reality Real? The Simulation Argument

Oct. 5, 2017, midnight 0.0

S5E12 - How Bacteria Rule Over Your Body — The Microbiome

What happens when microbes talk to your brain?
Oct. 20, 2017, midnight 0.0

S5E13 - Why Age? Should We End Aging Forever?

If you could decide today... how long do you want to live?
Nov. 3, 2017, midnight 0.0

S5E14 - How to Cure Aging — During Your Lifetime?

What if we could stop aging forever?
Nov. 16, 2017, midnight 0.0

S5E15 - 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?
Dec. 7, 2017, midnight 0.0

S5E16 - Universal Basic Income Explained — Free Money for Everybody?

What is UBI? How would free money change our lives.
Dec. 21, 2017, midnight 0.0

S5E17 - How to Make an Elephant Explode (The Size of Life #2)

Network: YouTube
Episode Runtime: 10 min.
Season Runtime: 2594 min.
Released: July 11, 2013
Last Air Date: March 18, 2025, midnight
Status: Returning Series
Certification: NR

Updated: 3 weeks, 4 days ago
Next update: 3 days from now