S2017 E1 • Why Earth Is A Prison and How To Escape It

We are trapped on earth. Controlled by an ancient debt to the universe...

Première diffusion : 1 février 2017

S2017 E2 • Do Robots Deserve Rights? What if machines become conscious?

What shall we do once machines become conscious? Do we need to grant them rights?

Première diffusion : 23 février 2017

S2017 E3 • Are GMOs Good or Bad? Genetic Engineering & Our Food

Are GMOs bad for your health? Or is this fear unfounded?

Première diffusion : 30 mars 2017

S2017 E4 • Is the European Union Worth It Or Should We End It?

Should we double down or give up and go our separate ways?

Première diffusion : 13 avril 2017

S2017 E5 • The Last Light Before Eternal Darkness – White Dwarfs & Black Dwarfs

Everything will end. Even the universe. But in a future so far away that it defies description, there will still be light and therefore a chance for life. It will be around White Dwarfs, the corpses of stars. But even they will fade one day..

Première diffusion : 4 mai 2017

S2017 E6 • The Rise of the Machines – Why Automation is Different this Time

Automation in the Information Age is different.

Première diffusion : 8 juin 2017

S2017 E7 • Optimistic Nihilism

The philosophy of Kurzgesagt.

Première diffusion : 26 juillet 2017

S2017 E8 • What Happens If We Throw an Elephant From a Skyscraper? Life & Size 1

Size is the most under appreciated regulators of living things. Let us demonstrate that by throwing animals from buildings.

Première diffusion : 10 août 2017

S2017 E9 • Why Black Holes Could Delete The Universe – The Information Paradox

Black holes are scary things. But they also might reveal the true nature of the universe to us.

Première diffusion : 24 août 2017

S2017 E10 • What Happens If We Bring the Sun to Earth?

What happens if we bring the sun to earth? No, seriously.

Première diffusion : 7 septembre 2017

S2017 E11 • Is Reality Real? The Simulation Argument

Première diffusion : 21 septembre 2017

S2017 E12 • How Bacteria Rule Over Your Body – The Microbiome

What happens when microbes talk to your brain?

Première diffusion : 5 octobre 2017

S2017 E13 • Why Age? Should We End Aging Forever?

If you could decide today... how long do you want to live?

Première diffusion : 20 octobre 2017

S2017 E14 • How to Cure Aging – During Your Lifetime?

What if we could stop aging forever?

Première diffusion : 3 novembre 2017

S2017 E15 • Emergence – How Stupid Things Become Smart Together

How can many stupid things combine to form smart things? How can proteins become living cells? How become lots of ants a colony? What is emergence?

Première diffusion : 16 novembre 2017

S2017 E16 • Universal Basic Income Explained – Free Money for Everybody? UBI

What is UBI? How would free money change our lives.

Première diffusion : 7 décembre 2017

S2017 E17 • How to Make an Elephant Explode with Science – The Size of Life 2

Première diffusion : 21 décembre 2017