What If Earth got Kicked Out of the Solar System? Rogue Earth

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How Large Can a Bacteria get? Life & Size 3

The first 1000 people to use this link will get a free trial of Skillshare: https://skl.sh/kurzgesagt9 Get our new beautiful Ocean Explorer Notebook: https://shop.kurzgesagt.org/ Sources & further reading: https://sites.google.com/view/sourceslifeandsize3 In and out, in and out. Staying alive is about doing things. This very second,...

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Geoengineering: A Horrible Idea We Might Have to Do

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Oct 2020

The 12,021 Human Era Calendar

** UPDATE: For a short time calendars are back in stock on the US Shop: https://shop-us.kurzgesagt.org/ ** For the fifth time, we present to you the Human Era Calendar for the year 12,021 – this time it is all about the journey of humanity, beginning tens of thousands of years ago, leading into the revolution of agriculture, to ancient high civilizations...

Oct 2020

When Time Became History - The Human Era

** UPDATE: For a short time calendars are back in stock on the US Shop: https://shop-us.kurzgesagt.org/ ** For the fifth time, we present to you the Human Era Calendar for the year 12,021 – this time it is all about the journey of humanity, beginning tens of thousands of years ago, leading into the revolution of agriculture, to ancient high civilizations...

Oct 2020

Is It Too Late To Stop Climate Change? Well, it's Complicated.

A special thanks to the team at Our World for helping us out with data and research! https://ourworldindata.org/ Sources & further reading: https://sites.google.com/view/sources-climate-solve/ This video is part of a series about climate change supported by Breakthrough Energy – a coalition founded by Bill Gates, that is working to expand...

Sep 2020

The Largest Star in the Universe – Size Comparison

We created our first app ‘Universe in a Nutshell’, together with Tim Urban of Wait but Why! Appstore: http://kgs.link/universe-app-ios Google Playstore: http://kgs.link/universe-app-android Sources & further reading: https://sites.google.com/view/sourceslargeststar Wait But Why: https://waitbutwhy.com/ Video on Red Dwarfs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LS-VPyLaJFM&vl=pt...

Sep 2020

The Warrior Kingdoms of the Weaver Ant

Get Curiosity Stream for just $14.99 for the entire YEAR or only $2.99 per month: https://curiositystream.com/kurzgesagt Sources & further reading: https://sites.google.com/view/sourcesweaverants Deep in tropical jungles lie floating kingdoms ruled by beautiful and deadly masters: They are sort of the high elves of the ant kingdoms: Talented...

Aug 2020

Unlimited Resources From Space – Asteroid Mining

The first 1000 people to use this link will get a 2 month free trial of Skillshare: https://skl.sh/kurzgesagt8 Sources & further reading: https://sites.google.com/view/sources-asteroidmining/ Getting rare materials from the ground into your phone is ugly. The mining industry is responsible for air and water pollution and the destruction...

Aug 2020

How to Find Alien Civilizations – The Kardashev Scale

You can find our beautiful education posters, useful notebooks and cozy sweaters in our shop now: https://shop.kurzgesagt.org Sources & further reading: https://sites.google.com/view/sources-kardashev-scale/ The observable universe is a big place that has been around for more than 13 billion years. Up to two trillion galaxies made up of ...

Aug 2020