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Audio Episodes explaining things with optimistic nihilism. Kurzgesagt is a team of illustrators, animators, number crunchers and one dog who aim to spark curiosity about science and the world we live in. To them nothing is boring if you tell a good story. Follow the podcast to join us in this audio experience of Kurzgesagt - In a Nutshell. A fan-made show out of admiration for Kurzgesagt - In a Nutshell. For updates on videos and other news from the kurzgesagt universe follow them on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and LinkedIn.

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Audio Episodes explaining things with optimistic nihilism. Kurzgesagt is a team of illustrators, animators, number crunchers and one dog who aim to spark curiosity about science and the world we live in. To them nothing is boring if you tell a good story. Follow the podcast to join us in this audio experience of Kurzgesagt - In a Nutshell. A fan-made show out of admiration for Kurzgesagt - In a Nutshell. For updates on videos and other news from the kurzgesagt universe follow them on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and LinkedIn.

    Wormholes Explained – Breaking Spacetime

    Wormholes Explained – Breaking Spacetime

    Are wormholes real or are they just magic disguised as physics and maths? And if they are real how do they work and where can we find them?
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    • 13 min
    How To Terraform Mars - WITH LASERS

    How To Terraform Mars - WITH LASERS

    Mars is a disappointing hellhole lacking practically everything we need to stay alive. It looks like we’ll only ever have small crews spend a miserable time hidden underground. Except, we could terraform it into a green new world. But to solve the planet’s problems, we first need to make it worse and turn it into oceans of lava with gigantic lasers.
    Sources & further reading:
    https://sites.google.com/view/sources-mars-terraforming
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    • 15 min
    Unlimited Resources From Space – Asteroid Mining

    Unlimited Resources From Space – Asteroid Mining

    Getting rare materials from the ground into your phone is ugly. The mining industry is responsible for air and water pollution and the destruction of entire landscapes. But what if we could replace the mining industry on Earth with a clean process that can’t harm anyone? Well, we can. All we need to do is look up.
    Sources & further reading: https://sites.google.com/view/sources-asteroidmining/
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    • 10 min
    Universal Basic Income Explained – Free Money for Everybody? UBI

    Universal Basic Income Explained – Free Money for Everybody? UBI

    What is UBI? How would free money change our lives.
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    • 14 min
    What Happens if a Supervolcano Blows Up?

    What Happens if a Supervolcano Blows Up?

    The Earth is a gigantic ball of semi-molten rock, with a heart of iron as hot as the surface of the Sun. Titanic amounts of heat left over from its birth and the radioactive decay of trillions of tons of radioactive elements find no escape but up. Currents of rock spanning thousands of kilometers carry this energy to the surface. Earth’s crust is the only thing in their way. It feels solid to us, but it is only a fragile barrier, an apple skin around a flaming behemoth. True apocalypses can break through and unleash eruptions tens of times more powerful than all of our nuclear weapons combined, subjecting the climate to centuries worth of change in a single year, while drowning continents in toxic ash and gases: supervolcanoes. How big can they get? And will they put an end to humanity?
    Sources & further reading:
    https://sites.google.com/view/sources-supervolcanoes
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    • 15 min
    When Time Became History - The Human Era

    When Time Became History - The Human Era

    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 and the beginning of modern times, culminating in a vision for our future. You can get the limited Edition now until we sell out and then never again. As always the calendar features 12 illustrated pages printed on high quality paper in Europe and the US. And this year the cover is especially shiny. The calendar will look great on your wall and let you dream about a glorious future. We truly have come far as a species! 
    Sources & further reading: https://sites.google.com/view/sourceswhentimebecamehistory
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    • 14 min

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