S2015 E1 • How Small Is An Atom? Spoiler: Very Small.

Atoms are very weird. Wrapping your head around exactly how weird, is close to impossible – how can you describe something that is SO removed from humans experience? But then again, they kind of make up everything, so let us try anyways.

Première diffusion : 20 janvier 2015

S2015 E2 • Measles Explained — Vaccinate or Not?

Everybody is talking about Measles – but what does the virus actually do in the body? Is it really so harmful that you need a vaccination? We go deep into the body of an infected person and see what Measles does and how the immune system reacts to it!

Première diffusion : 24 février 2015

S2015 E3 • Banking Explained – Money and Credit

Banks are a riddle wrapped up in an enigma. We all kind of know that they do stuff with money we don’t understand, while the last crisis left a feeling of deep mistrust and confusion. We try to shed a bit of light onto the banking system. Why were banks invented, why did they cause the last crisis and are there alternatives?

Première diffusion : 12 mars 2015

S2015 E4 • Nuclear Energy Explained: How does it work? (1)

Nuclear Energy is a controversial subject. The pro- and anti-nuclear lobbies fight furiously, and it's difficult to decide who is right. So we're trying to clear up the issue - in this video we discuss how we got to where we are today, as the basis for discussion.

Première diffusion : 26 mars 2015

S2015 E5 • 3 Reasons Why Nuclear Energy Is Terrible! (2)

Nuclear energy might be a failed experiment. In over sixty years the technology has not only failed to keep its promise of cheap, clean and safe energy, it also caused major catastrophes and enabled more nuclear weapons while the nuclear waste problem is still not solved.

Première diffusion : 1 avril 2015

S2015 E6 • 3 Reasons Why Nuclear Energy Is Awesome! (3)

Nuclear energy might have a lot of unused potential. Not only is it one of the best mid term solutions for global warming bit despite what gut feeling tells us, it has saved millions of lives. By investing more into better technologies we might be able to make nuclear energy finally save and clean forever.

Première diffusion : 1 avril 2015

S2015 E7 • The Fermi Paradox — Where Are All The Aliens?

The universe is unbelievably big – trillions of stars and even more planets. Soo… there just has to be life out there, right? But where is it? Why don’t we see any aliens? Where are they? And more importantly, what does this tell us about our own fate in this gigantic and scary universe?

Première diffusion : 6 mai 2015

S2015 E8 • The Fermi Paradox II — Solutions and Ideas – Where Are All The Aliens

Where are all the aliens? The universe is too big and too old, why have we not met aliens yet? Do they live in computers? Were they wiped out by an ancient super intelligence? Or are we just to primitive to understand their motives? Whatever the answer is, it is incredibly important for our own future.

Première diffusion : 4 juin 2015

S2015 E9 • The Death Of Bees Explained – Parasites, Poison and Humans

In 2015 the bees are still dying in masses. Which at first seems not very important until you realize that one third of all food humans consume would disappear with them. Millions could starve. The foes bees face are truly horrifying – some are a direct consequence of human greed. We need to help our small buzzing friends or we will face extremely unpleasant consequences.

Première diffusion : 9 juillet 2015

S2015 E10 • What if there was a black hole in your pocket?

What would happen to you if a black hole the size of a coin suddenly appeared in your pocket? Lets find out!

Première diffusion : 16 juillet 2015

S2015 E11 • What is Dark Matter and Dark Energy?

What is dark energy? What is dark matter? Well, if we knew exactly we would have a nobel prize – we know that they exist though. So what do we know about those strange things?

Première diffusion : 6 août 2015

S2015 E12 • We have a new name: In a Nutshell

„Kurzgesagt“ is called „in a nutshell“ now. Thanks so much for trying to pronounce the old name.

Première diffusion : 3 septembre 2015

S2015 E13 • The European Refugee Crisis and Syria Explained

Why is the refugee crisis all over the news? How is this related to Syria? Why should we care at all?

Première diffusion : 17 septembre 2015

S2015 E14 • What Is Light?

We are so used to some things that we stopped wondering about them. Like light. What is light? Some kind of wavy thing, right? Kind of.

Première diffusion : 15 octobre 2015

S2015 E15 • Everything We Think We Know About Addiction Is Wrong

What causes addiction? Easy, right? Drugs cause addiction. But maybe it is not that simple. This video is adapted from Johann Hari's New York Times best-selling book 'Chasing The Scream: The First and Last Days of the War on Drugs.' For more information, and to take a quiz to see what you know about addiction, go to www.chasingthescream.com

Première diffusion : 29 octobre 2015

S2015 E16 • How Facebook is Stealing Billions of Views

Facebook just announced 8 billion video views per day. This number is made out of lies, cheating and worst of all: theft. All of this is wildly known but the media giant Facebook is pretending everything is fine, while damaging independent creators in the process. How does this work?

Première diffusion : 10 novembre 2015

S2015 E17 • Quantum Computers Explained – Limits of Human Technology

Where are the limits of human technology? And can we somehow avoid them? This is where quantum computers become very interesting.

Première diffusion : 8 décembre 2015

S2015 E18 • Black Holes Explained – From Birth to Death

Black holes. Lets talk about them.

Première diffusion : 15 décembre 2015

S2015 E19 • What Is Something?

What is something? On the most fundamental level thinkable, what are things? Why are things? And why do things behave the way they do?

Première diffusion : 23 décembre 2015