Why Earth Is a Prison and How to Escape It

Do Robots Deserve Rights? What If Machines Become Conscious?

Are GMOs Good or Bad? Genetic Engineering & Our Food

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

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

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

Optimistic Nihilism

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

Why Black Holes Could Delete the Universe — The Information Paradox

What Happens If We Bring the Sun to Earth?

Is Reality Real? The Simulation Argument

How Bacteria Rule Over Your Body — The Microbiome

Why Age? Should We End Aging Forever?

How to Cure Aging — During Your Lifetime?

Emergence — How Stupid Things Become Smart Together

Universal Basic Income Explained — Free Money for Everybody?

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

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Your Time Machine Broke - At The Worst Time In History

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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.