How Small Is an Atom? (Spoiler: Very Small)

Measles Explained — Vaccinate or Not?

Banking Explained — Money and Credit

Nuclear Energy Explained: How Does It Work? (1/3)

3 Reasons Why Nuclear Energy Is Terrible! (2/3)

3 Reasons Why Nuclear Energy Is Awesome! (3/3)

The Fermi Paradox — Where Are All the Aliens?

The Fermi Paradox II — Solutions and Ideas

The Death of Bees Explained — Parasites, Poison and Humans

What if There Was a Black Hole in Your Pocket?

What Is Dark Matter and Dark Energy?

The European Refugee Crisis and Syria Explained

Addiction

What Is Light?

How Facebook Is Stealing Billions of Views

Quantum Computers Explained — Limits of Human Technology

Black Holes Explained — From Birth to Death

What Is Something?

2015

Your Time Machine Broke - At The Worst Time In History

Documentary

Kurzgesagt - In a Nutshell

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Specials

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.