Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell — Best Videos According to Hacker News

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Can YOU Fix Climate Change?

Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell

“It's a Kurzgesagt video about why individual action is far from enough, and why we need systemic action.”

10 HN recommenders · 2021–2026

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The Egg - A Short Story

Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell

“The Egg is one of my life long favorite histories.”

7 HN recommenders · 2020–2024

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Optimistic Nihilism

Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell

“I highly recommend it, as they explain these concepts very well in a short 6min video.”

5 HN recommenders · 2018–2022

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We WILL Fix Climate Change!

Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell

“I highly recommend this video from the wonderful Kurzgesagt science video series”

6 HN recommenders · 2022–2024

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A Selfish Argument for Making the World a Better Place – Egoistic Altruism

Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell

“There is a video [0] I love that explains an argument for this well.”

4 HN recommenders · 2018–2025

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Worst Nuclear Accidents in History

Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell

“I really recommend watching this short video which gives a really excellent overview”

7 HN recommenders · 2021–2023

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4.5 Billion Years in 1 Hour

Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell

“This video puts things into perspective, mapping the whole of 4.5B years of Earth history to 1 hour”

4 HN recommenders · 2023–2025

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How to Move the Sun: Stellar Engines

Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell

“Out of every video Kurzgesagt has ever produced, my favorite is this one”

3 HN recommenders · 2020–2025

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End of Space – Creating a Prison for Humanity

Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell

“Kurzgesagt actually has a great video on the topic of space debris for anyone interested”

5 HN recommenders · 2018–2026

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Why Age? Should We End Aging Forever?

Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell

“A good counter-argument to commonly cited objections to biological immortality”

4 HN recommenders · 2018–2023

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Overpopulation – The Human Explosion Explained

Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell

“Kurzgesagt has a good video on this”

4 HN recommenders · 2017–2023

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How To Terraform Venus (Quickly)

Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell

“There is a decent kurzgesagt video explaining what transforming a new planet would look like”

4 HN recommenders · 2021–2026

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How to Cure Aging – During Your Lifetime?

Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell

“Yes this is a great introduction into the topic.”

3 HN recommenders · 2018–2023

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The Deadliest Being on Planet Earth – The Bacteriophage

Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell

“Relevant Kurzgesagt video explaining _everything_ about bacteriophage[1].”

4 HN recommenders · 2018–2026

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Building a Marsbase is a Horrible Idea: Let’s do it!

Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell

“sobering run down of the realities when living on mars”

4 HN recommenders · 2019–2024

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A New History for Humanity – The Human Era

Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell

“Kurtzgesagt has a really great video about the subject”

3 HN recommenders · 2018–2025

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The Internet is Worse Than Ever – Now What?

Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell

“I view social media through this lens now.”

5 HN recommenders · 2023–2025

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Who Is Responsible For Climate Change? – Who Needs To Fix It?

Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell

“Perhaps you and they should watch the Kurzgesagt video made in conjunction with Our World in Data”

3 HN recommenders · 2021–2024

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Loneliness

Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell

“had an excellent research report as video summarizing loneliness”

4 HN recommenders · 2019–2022

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Why Alien Life Would be our Doom - The Great Filter

Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell

“There is also a good video from Kurzgesagt explaining the great filter”

3 HN recommenders · 2018–2024

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Is the EU Democratic? Does Your Vote Matter?

Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell

“Here is a quick video explaining how it works”

3 HN recommenders · 2019–2022

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How The Immune System ACTUALLY Works – IMMUNE

Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell

“I like the series that Kurzgesagt made on the immune system as a way to explain this complexity a little more simply.”

3 HN recommenders · 2021–2024

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Your Body Killed Cancer 5 Minutes Ago

Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell

“I found Kurzgesagt has a very good ELI5 on how cancer grows in the body”

3 HN recommenders · 2023–2024

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The Immune System Explained I – Bacteria Infection

Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell

“Here's a nice video on the immune system that might help you out.”

3 HN recommenders · 2015–2021

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If You Eat Meat You Should Know This

Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell

“I highly recommend this Kurzgesagt video on how paying just a bit more for meat or eggs drastically improves animals' living conditions”

3 HN recommenders · 2025–2026

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You Are Immune Against Every Disease

Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell

“this Kurzgeasgt video blew my mind on this topic. Our immune system really is amazing.”

2 HN recommenders · 2021–2024

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Genetic Engineering Will Change Everything Forever – CRISPR

Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell

“I strongly recommend this quick introduction video from Kurzgesagt on YouTube”

2 HN recommenders · 2017–2020

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The Fermi Paradox — Where Are All The Aliens? (1/2)

Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell

“I find the pair of videos by Kurzgesagt on YouTube to be much more appealing for me.”

2 HN recommenders · 2017–2020

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Is Organic Really Better? Healthy Food or Trendy Scam?

Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell

“Kurzgesagt has a pretty great video[0] about organic food, and goes a little bit into what the definition of "organic" means.”

2 HN recommenders · 2019–2025

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Is Meat Really that Bad?

Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell

“Kurzgesagt just did a great video on the subject”

2 HN recommenders · 2021–2022

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Why Meat is the Best Worst Thing in the World 🍔

Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell

“I think linking to is probably your best bet at even getting people to stop and think about the question at all.”

2 HN recommenders · 2018–2021

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SOUTH KOREA IS OVER

Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell

“This is a nice explanation from Kurzgesagt showing precisely why South Korea is completely screwed long term”

3 HN recommenders · 2025–2026

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Black Hole Star – The Star That Shouldn't Exist

Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell

“Just in case you somehow don’t know what a Black Hole Star is, check out Kurzgesagt’s video about them”

2 HN recommenders · 2022–2025

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What Happened Before History? Human Origins

Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell

“there is a great 10 minute video from the Youtube Kurzgesagt channel that lead me to read Sapiens.”

2 HN recommenders · 2016–2022

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The Black Hole Bomb and Black Hole Civilizations

Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell

“I also watched this in the past, which has some fun ideas”

2 HN recommenders · 2018–2021

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TRUE Limits Of Humanity – The Final Border We Will Never Cross

Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell

“See this excellent video for more detail”

3 HN recommenders · 2021–2024

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How to Build a Dyson Sphere - The Ultimate Megastructure

Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell

“Nice intro video on what may be realistically required to build a Dyson sphere”

1 HN recommenders · 2019–2024

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This Black Hole Could be Bigger Than The Universe

Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell

“You might enjoy this if you haven't already seen it”

1 HN recommenders · 2024

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Ancient Life as Old as the Universe

Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell

“There is an excellent recent video on topic from Kurzgesagt”

1 HN recommenders · 2023–2024

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Are There Lost Alien Civilizations in Our Past?

Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell

“I enjoyed Kurzgesagt's video [0] about our ability to sense ancient aliens.”

1 HN recommenders · 2023–2024

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The Last Human – A Glimpse Into The Far Future

Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell

“Kurzgesagt has some interesting videos on human population”

1 HN recommenders · 2022–2023

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Genetic Engineering and Diseases – Gene Drive & Malaria

Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell

“one of my favourite Youtube channels”

1 HN recommenders · 2016–2025

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1,000km Cable to the Stars - The Skyhook

Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell

“I recently saw a very interesting video on a concept called a”

1 HN recommenders · 2019–2024

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How to Win an Interstellar War

Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell

1 HN recommenders · 2023–2025

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We Need to Rethink Exercise (Updated Version)

Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell

“Kurzgesagt has a decent pop-science summary”

2 HN recommenders · 2024–2025