Kurzgesagt - In a Nutshell: 2022
Season 10 Lore Primer
Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.
- Directly follows the overarching narrative developments of Kurzgesagt - In a Nutshell Season 9.
- Faction dynamics and core character alliances shift under escalating external stakes.
- Crucial mysteries introduced previously reach key turning points and narrative reckonings.
- Sets up serialized story arcs that build directly toward the climactic season finale.
Episode Guide
Season 10 Progress Shield
What Happens if the Moon Crashes into Earth?
Feb 8, 2022 · 13 min
Today we are answering an age-old very scientific and important question: What if the moon crashes into earth? It’s more interesting and weird than you probably think. Let's start
Are There Lost Alien Civilizations in Our Past?
Mar 1, 2022 · 12 min
When we think about alien civilizations we tend to look into the vastness of space, to far away planets. But there is another incredibly vast dimension that we might be giving too
We WILL Fix Climate Change!
Apr 5, 2022 · 16 min
Our home is burning. Rapid climate change is destabilizing our world. It seems our emissions will not fall quickly enough to avoid runaway warming and we may soon hit tipping point
The Most Horrible Parasite: Brain Eating Amoeba
May 3, 2022 · 11 min
A war has been going on for billions of years that breeds well armed monsters who struggle with other monsters for survival. Having no particular interest in us, most of them are r
You Are Not Where You Think You Are
May 17, 2022 · 10 min
Look around you. Where are you? Where is this place you are occupying? Somewhere in a room, maybe in a city on a continent on a planet orbiting a star in a galaxy among billions. B
Change Your Life - One Tiny Step at a Time
Jun 7, 2022 · 12 min
If you are like most people, there is a gap between the person you are and the person you wish to be. There are little things you think you should do and big things you ought to ac
The Last Human - A Glimpse Into The Far Future
Jun 28, 2022 · 13 min
The future of humanity seems insecure. Rapid climate change, political division, our greed and failings make it hard to look at our species with a lot of optimism and so many peopl
The Deadliest Virus on Earth
Jul 26, 2022 · 11 min
In the 1970s thousands of Chickenheads rained from the sky in Europe, making foxes and other wildlife confused and very happy. Why? They were filled with a vaccine to fight the dea
Is Civilization on the Brink of Collapse?
Aug 16, 2022 · 12 min
At its height, the Roman Empire was home to about 30 % of the world’s population, and in many ways the pinnacle of human advancement. Rome became the first city in history to reach
Why You Are Lonely and How to Make Friends
Sep 6, 2022 · 13 min
Friends make life good. They provide the scaffolding that makes it not just bearable but fun. They give us a sense of meaning and purpose and are a source of security, self esteem
Let's Travel to The Most Extreme Place in The Universe
Oct 4, 2022 · 13 min
The universe is pretty big and very strange. Hundreds of billions of galaxies with sextillions of stars and planets and in the middle of it all there is earth, with you and us. Bu
What Happens if a Supervolcano Blows Up?
Oct 18, 2022 · 12 min
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
Why Don't We Shoot Nuclear Waste Into Space?
Nov 8, 2022 · 11 min
Here in the Kurzgesagt labs we test very important ideas to see what happens when you blow things up or play with black holes. Many of you suggested that we look into an idea that
The Most Extreme Explosion in the Universe
Nov 23, 2022 · 11 min
Supernovae are the most powerful explosions in the universe, unleashing enough energy to outshine galaxies. We have no real metaphor for their power – if the sun were to magically
The Horror of the Slaver Ant
Dec 6, 2022 · 11 min
Everything changed when the slaver nation attacked. What used to be a thriving colony is now a captured country. Slaves do the work, serving their new masters until they die, only
How To Terraform Mars - WITH LASERS
Dec 11, 2022 · 11 min
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. Exc
Black Hole Star – The Star That Shouldn't Exist
Dec 15, 2022 · 12 min
Black hole stars may have been the largest stars to ever exist. They burned brighter than galaxies and were Larger than any star today or that could ever exist in the future. But b