How to Make a Kurzgesagt Video in 1200 Hours
AdultsConstructionCreativityMedia...For years, you have been asking us how we make our videos. So let’s finally talk about it! From research, writing the script, illustrating, to animating, narrating and composing music, a Kurzgesagt video takes roughly 1.200 hours to produce!
Can you solve the dragon jousting riddle? - Alex Gendler
AdultsListeningPsychologyWriting...After years of war, the world’s kingdoms have come to an agreement. Every five years, teams representing the elves, goblins, and treefolk will compete in a grand tournament of dragon jousting...
Primitive Technology: Brick Firing Kiln
AdultsCreativityMediaNature...Primitive Technology: Brick Firing Kiln – building a brink firing kiln from scratch.
Why Don't We Have Water Powered Cars Yet?
AdultsCreativityIndustryScience...Today we're dipping our toes into the engineering and physics behind water-powered cars!
Engineering with Origami
AdultsConstructionCreativityScience...Origami is inspiring a plethora of new engineering designs.
Why should you read “The God of Small Things” by Arundhati Roy?
AdultsCreativityHumanWriting...Dig into Arundhati Roy’s “The God of Small Things,” and follow the story of fraternal twins whose lives are destroyed by society’s “Love Laws.”
The Bizarre Behavior of Rotating Bodies, Explained
AdultsConstructionCreativityScience...Spinning objects have strange instabilities known as The Dzhanibekov Effect or Tennis Racket Theorem - this video offers an intuitive explanation.
Primitive Technology: Adobe wall (dry stacked)
AdultsConstructionCreativityNature...I made clay bricks, air dried them and then built a dry stacked (no mortar) wall from those bricks. Brick making is a time consuming process...
Transforming a Studio Apartment | National Geographic
AdultsCitiesCreativityHumor...Research shows an organized living space can increase productivity and help you sleep better. Partner content for IKEA.
The Egg - A Short Story
AdultsCreativityEducationScience...A Big Thanks to Andy Weir for allowing us to use his story.
1950s vs. NOW: Did Mid-Century Futurism Flop?
AdultsCreativityFutureScience...What kind of future did the people of the 1950s predict? Did people get the tech they wanted?
Primitive Technology: Hut burned down, built new one
AdultsCreativityEducationNature...Primitive Technology: My hut burned down, so I built new one - Building a hut from scratch.
Why the Future of Cars is Electric
AdultsCreativityTechnologyWorld...Electric cars are now ready to take over thanks to advances in battery technology and their inherent benefits: torque, handling, maintenance.
Insane Way El Chapo Escaped Prison
AdultsCreativityHistoryHumanHow did Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán manage to escape the Mexican prison? How long did his men dig the tunnel?
The Romans flooded the Colosseum for sea battles
AdultsConstructionCreativityHistory...Dig in to the history of the Roman Empire’s staged gladiatorial naval battles and how they flooded the Colosseum to reenact famous battles.
Primitive Technology
AdultsCreativityHumanNature...Primitive Technology: Polynesian Arrowroot Flour
How do self-driving cars “see”?
AdultsCreativityScienceTechnology...Take a look at the LIDAR and integrated photonics technologies that help self-driving cars navigate obstacles, no matter the environment, weather or light.
Why is this painting so shocking?
AdultsArtCreativityCulture...Discover the history and symbolism of Pablo Picasso’s powerful anti-war mural, “Guernica,” rendered in his signature Cubist style.
Primitive Technology: Fired Clay Bricks
AdultsConstructionCreativityNature...Creating fired clay bricks from scratch.
Magnetic Micro-Robots
AdultsCreativityScienceTechnology...Tiny robots activated by magnetic fields may be used in future biomedical procedures.