Kurzgesagt - In a Nutshell: 2015
Season 3 Lore Primer
Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.
- Picks up essential narrative continuity directly following the events of Kurzgesagt - In a Nutshell Season 2.
- Character alliances, factions, and personal loyalties undergo significant shifts under escalating stakes.
- Addresses unresolved cliffhangers and thematic mysteries introduced during previous seasons.
- Establishes the primary seasonal conflict that drives serialized character arcs toward the finale.
Episode Guide
Season 3 Progress Shield
How Small Is an Atom? (Spoiler: Very Small)
Jan 20, 2015 · 5 min
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
Measles Explained — Vaccinate or Not?
Feb 24, 2015 · 6 min
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 p
Banking Explained — Money and Credit
Mar 12, 2015 · 6 min
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 confusi
Nuclear Energy Explained: How Does It Work? (1/3)
Mar 26, 2015 · 5 min
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
3 Reasons Why Nuclear Energy Is Terrible! (2/3)
Apr 1, 2015 · 4 min
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 catast
3 Reasons Why Nuclear Energy Is Awesome! (3/3)
Apr 1, 2015 · 4 min
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 millio
The Fermi Paradox — Where Are All the Aliens?
May 6, 2015 · 6 min
The universe is unbelievably big – trillions of stars and even more planets. So… there just has to be life out there, right? But where is it? Why don’t we see any aliens? Where are
The Fermi Paradox II — Solutions and Ideas
Jun 4, 2015 · 6 min
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 a
The Death of Bees Explained — Parasites, Poison and Humans
Jul 9, 2015 · 6 min
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
What if There Was a Black Hole in Your Pocket?
Jul 16, 2015 · 4 min
What would happen to you if a black hole the size of a coin suddenly appeared in your pocket? Lets find out!
What Is Dark Matter and Dark Energy?
Aug 6, 2015 · 6 min
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?
Addiction
Oct 1, 2015
What causes addiction? Easy, right? Drugs cause addiction. But maybe it is not that simple.
What Is Light?
Oct 15, 2015 · 5 min
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.
How Facebook Is Stealing Billions of Views
Nov 10, 2015 · 5 min
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 i
Quantum Computers Explained — Limits of Human Technology
Dec 8, 2015 · 7 min
Where are the limits of human technology? And can we somehow avoid them? This is where quantum computers become very interesting.
Black Holes Explained — From Birth to Death
Dec 15, 2015 · 6 min
Black holes. Lets talk about them.
What Is Something?
Dec 23, 2015 · 6 min
What is something? On the most fundamental level thinkable, what are things? Why are things? And why do things behave the way they do?