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The Best Episodes of Kurzgesagt - In a Nutshell Season 5

Every episode of Kurzgesagt - In a Nutshell Season 5 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Kurzgesagt - In a Nutshell Season 5!

Kurzgesagt (German for "in a nutshell") is a Munich based design studio with a distinctive perspective on design and animation within the fields of education,...
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Season 5 Ratings Summary

"Why Earth Is a Prison and How to Escape It" is the best rated episode of "Kurzgesagt - In a Nutshell" season 5. It scored 8.3/10 based on 28 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 2/1/2017. This episode is rated 0.4 points higher than the second-best, "Do Robots Deserve Rights? What If Machines Become Conscious?".

  • Why Earth Is a Prison and How to Escape It
    8.3/1028 votes

    #1 - Why Earth Is a Prison and How to Escape It

    Season 5 Episode 1 - Aired 2/1/2017

    We are trapped on Earth. Controlled by an ancient debt to the universe...

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Do Robots Deserve Rights? What If Machines Become Conscious?
    7.9/1028 votes

    #2 - Do Robots Deserve Rights? What If Machines Become Conscious?

    Season 5 Episode 2 - Aired 2/23/2017

    What shall we do once machines become conscious? Do we need to grant them rights?

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Are GMOs Good or Bad? Genetic Engineering & Our Food
    8.0/1022 votes

    #3 - Are GMOs Good or Bad? Genetic Engineering & Our Food

    Season 5 Episode 3 - Aired 3/30/2017

    Are GMOs bad for your health? Or is this fear unfounded?

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Is the European Union Worth It or Should We End It?
    7.0/1021 votes

    #4 - Is the European Union Worth It or Should We End It?

    Season 5 Episode 4 - Aired 4/13/2017

    Should we double down or give up and go our separate ways?

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Last Light Before Eternal Darkness — White Dwarfs & Black Dwarfs
    8.1/1027 votes

    #5 - The Last Light Before Eternal Darkness — White Dwarfs & Black Dwarfs

    Season 5 Episode 5 - Aired 5/4/2017

    Everything will end. Even the universe. But in a future so far away that it defies description, there will still be light and therefore a chance for life. It will be around white dwarfs, the corpses of stars. But even they will fade one day...

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Rise of the Machines — Why Automation Is Different This Time
    8.1/1022 votes

    #6 - The Rise of the Machines — Why Automation Is Different This Time

    Season 5 Episode 6 - Aired 6/8/2017

    Automation in the Information Age is different.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Optimistic Nihilism
    8.5/1040 votes

    #7 - Optimistic Nihilism

    Season 5 Episode 7 - Aired 7/26/2017

    No description available

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • What Happens If We Throw an Elephant From a Skyscraper? (The Size of Life #1)
    7.7/1024 votes

    #8 - What Happens If We Throw an Elephant From a Skyscraper? (The Size of Life #1)

    Season 5 Episode 8 - Aired 8/10/2017

    Size is the most under appreciated regulator of living things. Let us demonstrate that by throwing animals from buildings.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Why Black Holes Could Delete the Universe — The Information Paradox
    8.3/1029 votes

    #9 - Why Black Holes Could Delete the Universe — The Information Paradox

    Season 5 Episode 9 - Aired 8/24/2017

    Black holes are scary things. But they also might reveal the true nature of the universe to us.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • What Happens If We Bring the Sun to Earth?
    7.7/1025 votes

    #10 - What Happens If We Bring the Sun to Earth?

    Season 5 Episode 10 - Aired 9/7/2017

    What happens if we bring the sun to earth? No, seriously.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Is Reality Real? The Simulation Argument
    7.4/1029 votes

    #11 - Is Reality Real? The Simulation Argument

    Season 5 Episode 11 - Aired 9/21/2017

    No description available

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • How Bacteria Rule Over Your Body — The Microbiome
    8.2/1025 votes

    #12 - How Bacteria Rule Over Your Body — The Microbiome

    Season 5 Episode 12 - Aired 10/5/2017

    What happens when microbes talk to your brain?

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Why Age? Should We End Aging Forever?
    6.1/1018 votes

    #13 - Why Age? Should We End Aging Forever?

    Season 5 Episode 13 - Aired 10/20/2017

    If you could decide today... how long do you want to live?

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • How to Cure Aging — During Your Lifetime?
    7.7/1025 votes

    #14 - How to Cure Aging — During Your Lifetime?

    Season 5 Episode 14 - Aired 11/3/2017

    What if we could stop aging forever?

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Emergence — How Stupid Things Become Smart Together
    8.0/1023 votes

    #15 - Emergence — How Stupid Things Become Smart Together

    Season 5 Episode 15 - Aired 11/16/2017

    How can many stupid things combine to form smart things? How can proteins become living cells? How become lots of ants a colony? What is emergence?

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Universal Basic Income Explained — Free Money for Everybody?
    8.0/1025 votes

    #16 - Universal Basic Income Explained — Free Money for Everybody?

    Season 5 Episode 16 - Aired 12/7/2017

    What is UBI? How would free money change our lives.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • How to Make an Elephant Explode (The Size of Life #2)
    7.5/1024 votes

    #17 - How to Make an Elephant Explode (The Size of Life #2)

    Season 5 Episode 17 - Aired 12/21/2017

    No description available

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A