Seasons and episodes
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Season 14 January 07, 2026
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14 - 1Trees Are Even More Crazy Than We Thought January 07, 2026
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Season 13 February 04, 2025
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13 - 1Alien Whales On Planet Nimbus - What Aliens Might Look Like February 04, 2025 -
13 - 2This Is NOT An Anti Meat Video February 25, 2025 -
13 - 3Why Your Brain Blinds You For 2 Hours Every Day March 18, 2025
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13 - 4SOUTH KOREA IS OVER April 02, 2025
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13 - 5Your Time Machine Broke - At The Worst Time In History April 22, 2025 -
13 - 6We Finally Answered the MOST Important Question May 06, 2025 -
13 - 7Why Does Fentanyl Feel So Good? May 20, 2025 -
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13 - 9The Betrayal of Autoimmune Diseases July 01, 2025
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13 - 10Let's Kill You a Billion Times to Make You Immortal July 29, 2025
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13 - 11Alcohol is AMAZING August 12, 2025
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13 - 12The Drug That Works TOO Well? August 19, 2025
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13 - 13The Dumbest Animal Alive September 02, 2025
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13 - 14Can Humanity Stop A Planet-Killing Asteroid? September 16, 2025
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13 - 15Pregnancy is Insane September 23, 2025
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13 - 16We Found a Loophole to Survive the End of the Universe September 30, 2025
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13 - 17AI Slop Is Killing Our Channel October 07, 2025
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13 - 18You Need To Quit Weed. October 14, 2025
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13 - 19You're More Stressed Than Ever - Let's Change That November 11, 2025
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13 - 20Let's Talk About Fat November 18, 2025
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13 - 21Trees Are So Weird November 25, 2025
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13 - 22Astronomy Is In Crisis...And It's Incredibly Exciting December 02, 2025
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13 - 23All Of Human History In One Hour December 05, 2025
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13 - 24Tattoo Removal Is Insane December 12, 2025
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Season 12 January 30, 2024
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12 - 1Did The Future Already Happen? - The Paradox of Time January 30, 2024 -
12 - 2What Happens AFTER Nuclear War? February 20, 2024 -
12 - 3The Paradox of an Infinite Universe February 27, 2024 -
12 - 4How The Dinosaurs Actually Died March 26, 2024 -
12 - 5There Are Thousands of Alien Empires in The Milky Way April 16, 2024 -
12 - 6Smoking is Awesome May 07, 2024 -
12 - 7This Black Hole Could be Bigger Than The Universe May 21, 2024 -
12 - 8Do You Have a Free Will? June 11, 2024 -
12 - 9This Disease is Deadlier Than The Plague June 25, 2024 -
12 - 10A.I. ‐ Humanity's Final Invention? August 06, 2024 -
12 - 11Fever Feels Horrible, but is Actually Awesome! August 13, 2024 -
12 - 12We Traveled Back in Time. Now Physicists Are Angry. August 27, 2024 -
12 - 13We Need to Rethink Exercise (Updated Version) September 12, 2024 -
12 - 14Why Scientists Are Puzzled By This Virus September 17, 2024 -
12 - 15This Video Might Save 58 Lives Next Week September 24, 2024 -
12 - 16There Is Something Hiding Inside Earth October 03, 2024 -
12 - 17Tired of Doomscrolling? October 08, 2024 -
12 - 18We Fell For The Oldest Lie On The Internet October 29, 2024 -
12 - 19The Most Insane Weapon You Never Heard About November 05, 2024 -
12 - 20We Have To Talk About Weed November 12, 2024 -
12 - 21Vaping Is Too Good To Be True November 19, 2024 -
12 - 22Black Hole's Evil Twin - Gravastars Explained December 03, 2024 -
12 - 23Is The World Getting More Violent? December 10, 2024 -
12 - 24The Real Reason Why You Have Allergies December 12, 2024
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Season 11 February 14, 2023
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11 - 1The Most Complex Language in the World February 14, 2023 -
11 - 2What Actually Happens When You Are Sick February 28, 2023 -
11 - 3How We Make Money on YouTube with 20M Subs March 28, 2023 -
11 - 4Why Aliens Might Already Be On Their Way To Us April 11, 2023 -
11 - 5Your Body Killed Cancer 5 Minutes Ago May 09, 2023 -
11 - 6The Black Hole That Kills Galaxies June 11, 2023 -
11 - 7The Reason Why Cancer is so Hard to Beat June 18, 2023 -
11 - 8The Most Dangerous Weapon Is NOT Nuclear July 02, 2023 -
11 - 9The (Second) Most Deadliest Virus on Earth August 08, 2023 -
11 - 10What Happens If You Destroy A Black Hole? August 16, 2023 -
11 - 11How A Nuclear War Will Start - Minute by Minute August 22, 2023 -
11 - 12We Did The Math - You Are Dead! September 12, 2023 -
11 - 13Why Korea is Dying Out October 04, 2023 -
11 - 14Ancient Life as Old as the Universe October 10, 2023 -
11 - 154.5 Billion Years in 1 Hour October 11, 2023 -
11 - 16How to Win an Interstellar War October 15, 2023 -
11 - 17The Last Thing To Ever Happen In The Universe November 21, 2023 -
11 - 18The Internet is Worse Than Ever – Now What? November 29, 2023 -
11 - 19How To Destroy The Universe December 08, 2023 -
11 - 20Your Tattoo is INSIDE Your Immune System. Literally December 12, 2023 -
11 - 21You Are The Center of The Universe (Literally) December 17, 2023
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Season 10 February 08, 2022
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10 - 1What Happens if the Moon Crashes into Earth? February 08, 2022 -
10 - 2Are There Lost Alien Civilizations in Our Past? March 01, 2022 -
10 - 3We WILL Fix Climate Change! April 05, 2022 -
10 - 4The Most Horrible Parasite: Brain Eating Amoeba May 03, 2022 -
10 - 5You Are Not Where You Think You Are May 17, 2022 -
10 - 6Change Your Life - One Tiny Step at a Time June 07, 2022 -
10 - 7The Last Human - A Glimpse Into The Far Future June 28, 2022 -
10 - 8The Deadliest Virus on Earth July 26, 2022 -
10 - 9Is Civilization on the Brink of Collapse? August 16, 2022 -
10 - 10Why You Are Lonely and How to Make Friends September 06, 2022 -
10 - 11Let's Travel to The Most Extreme Place in The Universe October 04, 2022 -
10 - 12What Happens if a Supervolcano Blows Up? October 18, 2022 -
10 - 13Why Don't We Shoot Nuclear Waste Into Space? November 08, 2022 -
10 - 14The Most Extreme Explosion in the Universe November 23, 2022 -
10 - 15The Horror of the Slaver Ant December 06, 2022 -
10 - 16How To Terraform Mars - WITH LASERS December 11, 2022 -
10 - 17Black Hole Star – The Star That Shouldn't Exist December 15, 2022
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Season 9 February 02, 2021
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9 - 1How Many People Did Nuclear Energy Kill? Nuclear Death Toll February 02, 2021 -
9 - 2What if the World turned to Gold? - The Gold Apocalypse March 09, 2021 -
9 - 3Do we Need Nuclear Energy to Stop Climate Change? April 13, 2021 -
9 - 4The Ultimate Guide to Black Holes April 27, 2021 -
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9 - 6What Are You Doing With Your Life? The Tail End May 25, 2021 -
9 - 7The Day the Dinosaurs Died – Minute by Minute June 15, 2021 -
9 - 8How To Terraform Venus (Quickly) July 06, 2021 -
9 - 9The Largest Black Hole in the Universe - Size Comparison August 03, 2021 -
9 - 10How The Immune System ACTUALLY Works – IMMUNE August 10, 2021 -
9 - 11This Virus Shouldn't Exist (But it Does) August 31, 2021 -
9 - 12Can YOU Fix Climate Change? September 22, 2021 -
9 - 13What Dinosaurs ACTUALLY Looked Like? October 12, 2021 -
9 - 14You Are Immune Against Every Disease November 02, 2021 -
9 - 15Is Meat Really that Bad? November 30, 2021 -
9 - 16...And We'll Do it Again December 07, 2021 -
9 - 17Why We Should NOT Look For Aliens - The Dark Forest December 14, 2021
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Season 8 January 26, 2020
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8 - 1Milk. White Poison or Healthy Drink? January 26, 2020 -
8 - 2How to Make a Kurzgesagt Video in 1200 Hours February 16, 2020
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8 - 3Why Blue Whales Don't Get Cancer - Peto's Paradox March 01, 2020 -
8 - 4The Coronavirus Explained & What You Should Do March 19, 2020 -
8 - 5Why Are You Alive – Life, Energy & ATP May 10, 2020 -
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8 - 9What Is Intelligence? Where Does it Begin? July 12, 2020 -
8 - 10What Do Alien Civilizations Look Like? The Kardashev Scale August 02, 2020 -
8 - 11Unlimited Resources From Space – Asteroid Mining August 16, 2020 -
8 - 12The Warrior Kingdoms of the Weaver Ant August 30, 2020 -
8 - 13The Largest Star in the Universe – Size Comparison September 22, 2020 -
8 - 14Is It Too Late To Stop Climate Change? Well, it's Complicated. September 29, 2020
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8 - 15When Time Became History - The Human Era October 06, 2020 -
8 - 16Geoengineering: A Horrible Idea We Might Have to Do October 27, 2020 -
8 - 17How Large Can a Bacteria get? Life & Size 3 November 10, 2020 -
8 - 18What If Earth got Kicked Out of the Solar System? Rogue Earth December 01, 2020 -
8 - 19Can You Upload Your Mind & Live Forever? December 10, 2020 -
8 - 20What if We Nuke the Moon? December 15, 2020
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Season 7 January 13, 2019
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7 - 1Is Organic Really Better? Healthy Food or Trendy Scam? January 13, 2019 -
7 - 2Building a Mars Base Is a Horrible Idea: Let’s Do It! February 03, 2019 -
7 - 3Loneliness February 17, 2019 -
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7 - 5What If We Detonated All Nuclear Bombs at Once? March 31, 2019 -
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7 - 7The Side Effects of Vaccines — How High Is the Risk? May 12, 2019 -
7 - 8Is the EU Democratic? Does Your Vote Matter? May 19, 2019 -
7 - 9Is Meat Bad for You? Is Meat Unhealthy? June 09, 2019 -
7 - 10Could Your Phone Hurt You? Electromagnetic Pollution July 07, 2019 -
7 - 11Tiny Bombs in Your Blood — The Complement System July 28, 2019 -
7 - 12The World War of the Ants — The Army Ant August 11, 2019 -
7 - 13The Egg — A Short Story September 01, 2019 -
7 - 14What’s Hiding at the Most Solitary Place on Earth? The Deep Sea September 15, 2019 -
7 - 15The Billion Ant Mega Colony and the Biggest War on Earth September 29, 2019 -
7 - 16What If We Nuke a City? October 13, 2019 -
7 - 17Neutron Stars — The Most Extreme Things That Are Not Black Holes November 10, 2019 -
7 - 181,000 km Cable to the Stars — The Skyhook November 17, 2019 -
7 - 19An Antidote to Dissatisfaction December 08, 2019 -
7 - 20Overpopulation & Africa December 15, 2019
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7 - 21How to Move the Sun: Stellar Engines December 22, 2019
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Season 6 February 01, 2018
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6 - 1Why Alien Life Would Be Our Doom — The Great Filter February 01, 2018 -
6 - 2Homeopathy Explained — Gentle Healing or Reckless Fraud? February 22, 2018 -
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6 - 5Time: The History & Future of Everything — Remastered April 08, 2018 -
6 - 6The Black Hole Bomb and Black Hole Civilizations April 22, 2018 -
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6 - 83 Arguments Why Marijuana Should Stay Illegal Reviewed June 10, 2018 -
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6 - 11Wormholes Explained — Breaking Spacetime August 12, 2018 -
6 - 12How We Could Build a Moon Base TODAY (Space Colonization #1) September 16, 2018 -
6 - 13Why Meat Is the Best Worst Thing in the World September 30, 2018 -
6 - 14Why Beautiful Things Make Us Happy — Beauty Explained October 23, 2018 -
6 - 15End of Space — Creating a Prison for Humanity November 25, 2018 -
6 - 16How to Build a Dyson Sphere — The Ultimate Megastructure December 20, 2018 -
6 - 17Aliens Under the Ice — Life on Rogue Planets December 27, 2018 -
6 - 18Episode 18 January 01, 1970
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Season 5 February 01, 2017
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5 - 1Why Earth Is a Prison and How to Escape It February 01, 2017 -
5 - 2Do Robots Deserve Rights? What If Machines Become Conscious? February 23, 2017 -
5 - 3Are GMOs Good or Bad? Genetic Engineering & Our Food March 30, 2017 -
5 - 4Is the European Union Worth It or Should We End It? April 13, 2017 -
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5 - 7Optimistic Nihilism July 26, 2017 -
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5 - 10What Happens If We Bring the Sun to Earth? September 07, 2017
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5 - 11Is Reality Real? The Simulation Argument September 21, 2017
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5 - 12How Bacteria Rule Over Your Body — The Microbiome October 05, 2017 -
5 - 13Why Age? Should We End Aging Forever? October 20, 2017 -
5 - 14How to Cure Aging — During Your Lifetime? November 03, 2017 -
5 - 15Emergence — How Stupid Things Become Smart Together November 16, 2017 -
5 - 16Universal Basic Income Explained — Free Money for Everybody? December 07, 2017 -
5 - 17How to Make an Elephant Explode (The Size of Life #2) December 21, 2017
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Season 4 January 31, 2016
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4 - 1The Last Star in the Universe — Red Dwarfs Explained January 31, 2016 -
4 - 2Why the War on Drugs Is a Huge Failure March 01, 2016 -
4 - 3The Antibiotic Apocalypse Explained March 16, 2016 -
4 - 4Space Elevator — Science Fiction or the Future of Mankind? April 08, 2016
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4 - 5Safe and Sorry — Terrorism & Mass Surveillance April 14, 2016
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4 - 6How Far Can We Go? Limits of Humanity (old version) May 12, 2016
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4 - 7What Are You? May 31, 2016 -
4 - 8What Happened Before History? Human Origins June 23, 2016 -
4 - 9Death From Space — Gamma-Ray Bursts Explained July 31, 2016 -
4 - 10Genetic Engineering Will Change Everything Forever — CRISPR August 10, 2016 -
4 - 11Genetic Engineering and Diseases — Gene Drive & Malaria September 21, 2016
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4 - 12The Most Efficient Way to Destroy the Universe — False Vacuum October 21, 2016 -
4 - 13Fusion Energy Explained — Future or Failure November 10, 2016 -
4 - 14The Most Gruesome Parasites — Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs) November 30, 2016 -
4 - 15A New History for Humanity — The Human Era December 07, 2016 -
4 - 16Overpopulation — The Human Explosion Explained December 22, 2016
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Season 3 January 20, 2015
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3 - 1How Small Is an Atom? (Spoiler: Very Small) January 20, 2015 -
3 - 2Measles Explained — Vaccinate or Not? February 24, 2015 -
3 - 3Banking Explained — Money and Credit March 12, 2015 -
3 - 4Nuclear Energy Explained: How Does It Work? (1/3) March 26, 2015 -
3 - 53 Reasons Why Nuclear Energy Is Terrible! (2/3) April 01, 2015 -
3 - 63 Reasons Why Nuclear Energy Is Awesome! (3/3) April 01, 2015 -
3 - 7The Fermi Paradox — Where Are All the Aliens? May 06, 2015 -
3 - 8The Fermi Paradox II — Solutions and Ideas June 04, 2015 -
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3 - 10What if There Was a Black Hole in Your Pocket? July 16, 2015 -
3 - 11What Is Dark Matter and Dark Energy? August 06, 2015 -
3 - 12The European Refugee Crisis and Syria Explained September 01, 2015 -
3 - 13Addiction October 01, 2015 -
3 - 14What Is Light? October 15, 2015 -
3 - 15How Facebook Is Stealing Billions of Views November 10, 2015
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3 - 16Quantum Computers Explained — Limits of Human Technology December 08, 2015
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3 - 17Black Holes Explained — From Birth to Death December 15, 2015
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3 - 18What Is Something? December 23, 2015
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Season 2 February 03, 2014
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2 - 1Three Ways to Destroy the Universe February 03, 2014 -
2 - 2The Beginning of Everything — The Big Bang March 03, 2014 -
2 - 3Who Invented the Internet? And Why? April 10, 2014 -
2 - 4How Big Is the Moon? (MM#1) May 05, 2014 -
2 - 5The Moons of Mars Explained — Phobos & Deimos (MM#2) May 14, 2014 -
2 - 6How to Catch a Dwarf Planet — Triton (MM#3) May 26, 2014 -
2 - 7Are You Alone? (In the Universe) June 02, 2014 -
2 - 8Iraq Explained — ISIS, Syria and War June 19, 2014 -
2 - 9The Immune System Explained I — Bacteria Infection July 01, 2014 -
2 - 10Everything You Need to Know About Planet Earth August 04, 2014 -
2 - 11Atoms as Big as Mountains — Neutron Stars Explained September 03, 2014 -
2 - 12Is War Over? — A Paradox Explained October 09, 2014 -
2 - 13The Ebola Virus Explained — How Your Body Fights for Survival November 06, 2014 -
2 - 14What Is Life? Is Death Real? December 14, 2014 -
2 - 15The Ultimate Conspiracy Debunker December 18, 2014
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Season 1 July 11, 2013
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1 - 1How Evolution Works July 11, 2013 -
1 - 2The Solar System — Our Home in Space August 22, 2013 -
1 - 3Fracking Explained: Opportunity or Danger September 03, 2013 -
1 - 4The Gulf Stream Explained October 11, 2013 -
1 - 5How the Stock Exchange Works (For Dummies) November 23, 2013 -
1 - 6The History and Future of Everything — Time December 19, 2013
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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.
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