Life has existed on one planet for about 4 billion years, for all we know. But it might have started right after the Big Bang, when the universe was much stranger and more fantastic than today. A ...

Here’s a union of two of my favorite German cultural exports: Dorfromantik, the exquisitely designed, minimalist landscape-building game, and Kurzgesagt — In A Nutshell, a YouTube channel that puts ...

Can jellyfish power Tokyo? What would happen if it rained bananas for a day? We're taking two of your most absurd (and brilliant) questions and answer them with real science. Fentanyl is the deadliest ...

Dorfromantik developer Toukana Interactive has announced that it is teaming up with YouTube channel Kurzgesagt: In a Nutshell to produce a brand-new game under the working title of Project Mango.

(via Kurzgesagt) Gravastars could change how we think about the universe. These cosmic objects solve black holes’ biggest problems without breaking physics. From their ultra-thin shell to their energy ...

The folks at Munich-based design team Kurzgesagt — pronounced koorts-ge-ZA-kt, German for “in short” or “in a nutshell” — have put out another beautifully designed and executed explainer video, and ...