AI-generated content is flooding the internet, from videos and music to news and books. On top of that, generative AI is making false information look more convincing than ever. We're entering a new era of information overload, and figuring out what's real and what's not is becoming more and more of a challenge. While AI slop is slowly changing ...
2025-10-07 14:00:13 +0000 UTC View Post
Can we survive the heat death of the universe? One day, the last star will die, galaxies will dissolve, and black holes will evaporate. The universe becomes a cold, empty void where nothing happens. Forever. But there might be a loophole that lets life keep going.
2025-10-01 14:00:15 +0000 UTC View Post
The 12,026 Human Era Calendar is almost here – but as a kurzgesagt Patron, you can get it first.
This is our 10th Human Era Calendar. At first, this project was just an idea. But you believed in it, and thanks to your support, it’s grown into something truly special.
As a thank you, you get early access one week before everyone else...
Pregnancy is not gentle. Babies begin as invaders, growing a brand-new organ inside another human. For months, they sap energy, hack the immune system, and fight for survival. Out of this struggle emerges the most magical thing there is: new life. This is the brutal and beautiful story of how you and all of us came to be.
2025-09-23 14:00:21 +0000 UTC View Post
Dear Birbs,
✨ The Official Star Birds Merch Has Landed! ✨
Suit up with the cozy, double-sided Star Birds Shirt and become a special part of the launch of our very first video game (and an honorary member of the Star Birds crew!).
Or deck out your very own asteroid base with the shimmering holographic foil Star Birds Poster....
2025-09-17 14:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post
Some killer asteroids were found only days before flyby. If they had struck Earth, the power of thousands of nuclear bombs would have flattened cities and killed millions. What if we spotted a 100-meter asteroid just two weeks before collision? Can humanity be saved?
2025-09-16 14:01:23 +0000 UTC View Post
Dear Birbs,
Our first official video poster is here!
There is a creature alive today which has survived millions of years of evolution... Without change, without passion, without logic.
It lives to be derpy. It’s 12 feet of fish and 0 thoughts. But it’s trying its best. And that’s beautiful.
This poster is our tribute ...
2025-09-03 14:00:11 +0000 UTC View Post
The ocean sunfish, or Mola, is one of the strangest animals alive. A massive, flat, derpy giant that eats jellyfish, drifts aimlessly, and carries parasites that even have smaller parasites of their own. Somehow, this awkward creature that feels like evolution’s inside joke doesn’t just survive in the world’s oceans… it thrives.
But ...
From study sessions to dance floors, amphetamines can feel like a shortcut to superhuman focus and energy. Why do they work so well? What happens to your body once you take them? And what toll does it take on your health?
2025-08-19 14:00:14 +0000 UTC View Post
Alcohol kills more people each year than wars, terrorism, homicides, and car accidents combined. It destroys bodies, relationships, and lives. Yet we toast with it at weddings, sip it at parties, and unwind with it after work.
Why do we cling to something so harmful?
The Next Limited Edition Pin is here, and you get early access!
Humanity is venturing further and further into space. Sooner or later, aliens will notice us. Ducktopia Labs has built a device capable of detecting their arrival: The LIMITED EDITION Alien Alert Pin.
Attach the pin to your jacket or backpack and keep an eye on the ligh...
2025-08-11 14:30:56 +0000 UTC View Post
No matter how likely your death is, there will always be a version of you that survives. At least according to one of the most bizarre interpretations of quantum mechanics, known as Quantum Immortality.
Can science prove that you are unkillable? And does this mean our reality is split into an endless number of copies?
2025-07-29 14:00:20 +0000 UTC View Post
Dear Birbs,
We’re curious about you: what you enjoy and what makes kurzgesagt meaningful to you. Got a few minutes to share your thoughts? Take this survey and help us shape what's coming next: https://tally.so/r/w2zBBg
As a thank you, you will:
🎁 Receive a ...
2025-07-24 15:00:16 +0000 UTC View Post
What happens when the immune system meant to protect you becomes your worst enemy? This is the betrayal of autoimmune diseases like Type 1 diabetes, multiple sclerosis, celiac disease, lupus, Crohn’s disease, and many others.
What exactly goes on in your body, and why does it happen in the first place?
Dear birds,
today is a very exciting day for us: the free demo of Star Birds is live on Steam! ✨
You can play it from today onwards and help us shape the game before Early Access later this year: http://kgs.link/starbirds ✨2025-06-09 18:17:55 +0000 UTC
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A war has been raging for decades in the jungles of Panama, as we fight one of the most terrifying parasites on Earth. It is so relentless that our best defense is to drop 100 million radiation-blasted, flesh-eating flies from the sky – every week. It’s one of the most successful biological campaigns in history, but it’s a war we can never...
2025-06-03 14:00:15 +0000 UTC View Post
Just a tiny slice of studio life today:
While working on one of our upcoming videos, the team created this majestic and highly scientific lineup of the team’s new favorite emotional support fish.
It made us laugh. A lot.
Hopefully it brings you a chuckle, too.
Have a wonderful Friday! 🦆💖
2025-05-30 14:00:08 +0000 UTC View Post
Fentanyl is the deadliest illegal drug in US history by far. It’s often described as the ultimate high, but it’s actually an inferior, short-lived, and brutally addictive version of heroin. In this video, we explore what opioids do to your brain and body, what it feels like to take them, and why so many people are dying from Fentanyl overdos...
2025-05-20 14:00:14 +0000 UTC View Post
Ducktopia Labs has managed the unthinkable: Strange Matter
The mind-breaking substance that might just rewrite physics has been safely contained in an enamel pin. It’s mesmerizing in daylight and glows in the dark. ✨
Get it here: https://shop.kgs.link/LimitedPi...
2025-05-06 13:00:11 +0000 UTC View Post
What happens when your time machine breaks and you end up stranded millions of years ago? You’ve landed in a world that’s nothing like today, facing deadly storms and unbearable heat, breathing toxic air. How can you survive long enough to make it back home?
2025-04-22 14:02:16 +0000 UTC View Post
As a patron, you help make everything we do possible, and we’re always thinking about how we can make your experience feel even more special.
We’re thinking about adding something new to the shop just for patrons. But we don’t want to guess what y...
2025-04-08 10:09:51 +0000 UTC View Post
South Korea is heading toward a demographic collapse unlike anything the world has seen before. With the lowest fertility rate ever recorded and a rapidly aging population, the country faces a future of economic decline, shrinking cities, cultural erosion, and a vanishing workforce. By 2060, nearly half of South Koreans could be over the age of ...
2025-04-02 14:09:10 +0000 UTC View Post
Reality is not real. Your world is a prediction. Every sight, sound, and touch you experience is the result of calculations your brain makes before reality even reaches you. It fills in gaps, fabricates details, and even alters time itself so you feel like you’re in control. But if everything you know is an illusion… what does that say about...
2025-03-18 15:04:27 +0000 UTC View Post
Dear Birbs,
Most of us love animals but also eat meat. Unfortunately, most animals we eat live in truly horrible conditions. We don’t torture them for better meat, just for cheaper meat. If we all paid just a bit more, we could avoid most animal suffering – often just for a few cents per meal. What would it truly cost us to avoid ani...
Dear Birbs,
Humans assume aliens look human. But why would they?!
Our first video of the year explores what life might actually look like in strange, distant worlds.
We hope you enjoy it as much as we had fun creating it!
Much love, all of us at kurzgesagt 🦆✨
Exciting News, Everyone! 🌟
The 12,024 Wallpaper and Music Collection is here!
It’s packed with 138 stunning HD wallpapers from every video we made last year, to give your desktop, phone, and tablet a fresh...
Dear birbs,
you decide what our next Behind the Scenes video will be about!
Last month, we gave you a glimpse into how we created the 12,025 Human Era Calendar, and this time, you decide what you want to see next.
💥 Option 1: A d...
2025-01-23 06:28:59 +0000 UTC View Post
Dear birbs,
The year 12,024 of the Human Era is coming to its end – and what a year it has been!
(The timeline of humanity)
Looking Back at 12,024 – Video Content
This year, we released 24 videos on our ...
Dear Birbs,
Our last video of the year explores whether our extremely high immune defenses could be the reason for modern allergies.
For millions of years, worms invaded the human body and our immune system turned into a relentless warrior to fight and protect us. But what now? The worms have mostly disappeared, but our immune sys...
Ten years ago, in 2014, we released a video titled "Is War Over?". Back then, the question didn’t seem so naive. It seemed violent conflict was on the decline, and the world more peaceful than ever.
But the last ten years weren’t what we expected. So let's see how our video has held up.
Re-watch our 2014 video here: 2024-12-10 15:00:14 +0000 UTC
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