Kurzgesagt - In a Nutshell
Season 8 Episode 4 - The Coronavirus Explained & What You Should Do
A huge thanks to the experts who helped us on short notice with the video. Especially “Our World in Data”, the online publication for research and data on the world’s largest problems – and how to make progress solving them. Check out their site. It also includes a constantly updated page on the Corona Pandemic. In December 2019 the Chinese authorities notified the world that a virus was spreading through their communities. In the following months it spread to other countries, with cases doubling within days. This virus is the “Severe acute respiratory syndrome-related coronavirus 2”, that causes the disease called COVID19, and that everyone simply calls Coronavirus. What actually happens when it infects a human and what should we all do?
Episodes in Season 8
Milk. White Poison or Healthy Drink?
10 min
How to Make a Kurzgesagt Video in 1200 Hours
7 min
Why Blue Whales Don't Get Cancer - Peto's Paradox
8 min
The Coronavirus Explained & What You Should Do
8 min
Why Are You Alive – Life, Energy & ATP
12 min
The Past We Can Never Return To – The Anthropocene Reviewed
9 min
Could Solar Storms Destroy Civilization? Solar Flares & Coronal Mass Ejections
10 min
Who Is Responsible For Climate Change? – Who Needs To Fix It?
11 min
What Is Intelligence? Where Does it Begin?
10 min
What Do Alien Civilizations Look Like? The Kardashev Scale
12 min
Unlimited Resources From Space – Asteroid Mining
8 min
The Warrior Kingdoms of the Weaver Ant
9 min
The Largest Star in the Universe – Size Comparison
12 min
Is It Too Late To Stop Climate Change? Well, it's Complicated.
10 min
When Time Became History - The Human Era
11 min
Geoengineering: A Horrible Idea We Might Have to Do
9 min
How Large Can a Bacteria get? Life & Size 3
11 min
What If Earth got Kicked Out of the Solar System? Rogue Earth
10 min
Can You Upload Your Mind & Live Forever?
14 min
What if We Nuke the Moon?
9 min
