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The Best Episodes of Kurzgesagt - In a Nutshell Season 6

Every episode of Kurzgesagt - In a Nutshell Season 6 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Kurzgesagt - In a Nutshell Season 6!

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, science and commerce. Founded in 2012 by Philipp Dettmer & Stephan Rether, the studio engages in information design projects of all kinds. We love science, minimalism, colors and music. But most of all combining them to tell stories.

Genre:Documentary
Network:YouTube

Season 6 Ratings Summary

The best episode of "Kurzgesagt - In a Nutshell" season 6 is "Why Alien Life Would Be Our Doom — The Great Filter", rated 8/10 from 36 user votes. It was directed by N/A and written by N/A. "Why Alien Life Would Be Our Doom — The Great Filter" aired on 2/1/2018 and is rated 0.5 point(s) higher than the second highest rated, "Homeopathy Explained — Gentle Healing or Reckless Fraud?".

  • Why Alien Life Would Be Our Doom — The Great Filter
    8.0/10 36 votes

    #1 - Why Alien Life Would Be Our Doom — The Great Filter

    Season 6 Episode 1 - Aired 2/1/2018

    Finding alien life on a distant planet would be amazing news - or would it? If we are not the only intelligent life in the universe, this probably means our days are numbered and doom is certain.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Homeopathy Explained — Gentle Healing or Reckless Fraud?
    7.5/10 26 votes

    #2 - Homeopathy Explained — Gentle Healing or Reckless Fraud?

    Season 6 Episode 2 - Aired 2/22/2018

    What are the principles behind Homeopathy and does it work?

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • String Theory Explained — What Is the True Nature of Reality?
    8.0/10 30 votes

    #3 - String Theory Explained — What Is the True Nature of Reality?

    Season 6 Episode 3 - Aired 3/1/2018

    Is String Theory the final solution for all of physic’s questions or an over-hyped dead end?

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • A Selfish Argument for Making the World a Better Place — Egoistic Altruism
    8.1/10 27 votes

    #4 - A Selfish Argument for Making the World a Better Place — Egoistic Altruism

    Season 6 Episode 4 - Aired 3/18/2018

    Why should you care about the well-being of people half a globe away?

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Time: The History & Future of Everything — Remastered
    8.3/10 29 votes

    #5 - Time: The History & Future of Everything — Remastered

    Season 6 Episode 5 - Aired 4/8/2018

    No description available

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Black Hole Bomb and Black Hole Civilizations
    8.3/10 33 votes

    #6 - The Black Hole Bomb and Black Hole Civilizations

    Season 6 Episode 6 - Aired 4/22/2018

    No description available

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Deadliest Being on Planet Earth — The Bacteriophage
    8.4/10 30 votes

    #7 - The Deadliest Being on Planet Earth — The Bacteriophage

    Season 6 Episode 7 - Aired 5/13/2018

    A war has been raging for billions of years, killing trillions every single day, while we don’t even notice. This war involves the single deadliest being on our planet: the bacteriophage.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • 3 Arguments Why Marijuana Should Stay Illegal Reviewed
    7.7/10 29 votes

    #8 - 3 Arguments Why Marijuana Should Stay Illegal Reviewed

    Season 6 Episode 8 - Aired 6/10/2018

    We take a fair look at some of the best counter arguments for legalization and see how they hold up in review.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Plastic Pollution: How Humans Are Turning the World Into Plastic
    8.4/10 26 votes

    #9 - Plastic Pollution: How Humans Are Turning the World Into Plastic

    Season 6 Episode 9 - Aired 7/1/2018

    Modern life would be impossible without plastic – but we have long since lost control over our invention. Why has plastic turned into a problem and what do we know about its dangers?

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • What If You Detonated a Nuclear Bomb in the Marianas Trench? (Science, Not Fantasy)
    8.2/10 31 votes

    #10 - What If You Detonated a Nuclear Bomb in the Marianas Trench? (Science, Not Fantasy)

    Season 6 Episode 10 - Aired 7/22/2018

    Did you ever wonder what happened if you detonated a nuclear bomb in the Marianas Trench? No? We neither! Let us find out together!

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Wormholes Explained — Breaking Spacetime
    8.4/10 31 votes

    #11 - Wormholes Explained — Breaking Spacetime

    Season 6 Episode 11 - Aired 8/12/2018

    Are wormholes real or are they just magic disguised as physics and maths? And if they are real how do they work and where can we find them?

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • How We Could Build a Moon Base TODAY (Space Colonization #1)
    7.7/10 24 votes

    #12 - How We Could Build a Moon Base TODAY (Space Colonization #1)

    Season 6 Episode 12 - Aired 9/16/2018

    Did you know that we could start building a Lunar Base today?

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Why Meat Is the Best Worst Thing in the World
    7.5/10 22 votes

    #13 - Why Meat Is the Best Worst Thing in the World

    Season 6 Episode 13 - Aired 9/30/2018

    Meat is a complicated issue. But also a delicious one. Let's talk about it.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Why Beautiful Things Make Us Happy — Beauty Explained
    7.6/10 24 votes

    #14 - Why Beautiful Things Make Us Happy — Beauty Explained

    Season 6 Episode 14 - Aired 10/23/2018

    It’s hard to define what makes something beautiful, but we seem to know beauty when we see it. Why is that and how does beauty affect our subconscious?

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • End of Space — Creating a Prison for Humanity
    6.3/10 23 votes

    #15 - End of Space — Creating a Prison for Humanity

    Season 6 Episode 15 - Aired 11/25/2018

    Space travel is the most exciting adventure for humanity, but in an irony of history we may stop ourselves from going into space the more we do it. With every rocket launched we are creating a deadly trap for mankind.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • How to Build a Dyson Sphere — The Ultimate Megastructure
    7.6/10 28 votes

    #16 - How to Build a Dyson Sphere — The Ultimate Megastructure

    Season 6 Episode 16 - Aired 12/20/2018

    If humans want to expand into space, it will take us incredible amounts of energy. How do we do that? Easy: we will just use the sun’s energy by realizing the most ambitious construction project in history. This is how it works.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Aliens Under the Ice — Life on Rogue Planets
    8.1/10 32 votes

    #17 - Aliens Under the Ice — Life on Rogue Planets

    Season 6 Episode 17 - Aired 12/27/2018

    Out in the vast coldness of outer space, there are planets that travel alone through darkness without the boundaries of a system. Here’s how this can happen – and why these frozen deserts might secretly harbor alien life.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Episode 18
    8.1/10 30 votes

    #18 - Episode 18

    Season 6 Episode 18 - Aired Unknown

    No description available

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A