• The Universe and Space Stuff
  • How Far Can We Go? Limits of Humanity.
    • Is there a border we will never cross? Are there places we will never be able to reach, no matter what? It turns out there are. Far, far more than you might have thought…
  • The Last Star in the Universe – Red Dwarfs Explained
    • The last star in the universe will be a red dwarf. Red dwarfs in general might be great places to look for aliens – or planets for humans to find a new home after our solar system has died.
  • The Fermi Paradox — Where Are All The Aliens? (1/2)
    • The universe is unbelievably big – trillions of stars and even more planets. Soo… there just has to be life out there, right? But where is it? Why don’t we see any aliens? Where are they? And more importantly, what does this tell us about our own fate in this gigantic and scary universe?
  • The Fermi Paradox II — Solutions and Ideas – Where Are All The Aliens?
    • Where are all the aliens? The universe is too big and too old, why have we not met aliens yet? Do they live in computers? Were they wiped out by an ancient super intelligence? Or are we just to primitive to understand their motives? Whatever the answer is, it is incredibly important for our own future.
  • Black Holes Explained – From Birth to Death
    • Black holes. Lets talk about them.
  • What if there was a black hole in your pocket?
    • What would happen to you if a black hole the size of a coin suddenly appeared in your pocket? Lets find out!

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• Human Stuff
  • Why The War on Drugs Is a Huge Failure
    • The war against drugs has been a terrible disaster for everybody involved. Why? And can we do something differently?
  • Addiction
    • What causes addiction? Easy, right? Drugs cause addiction. But maybe it is not that simple.

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• Technology
  • Quantum Computers Explained – Limits of Human Technology
    • Where are the limits of human technology? And can we somehow avoid them? This is where quantum computers become very interesting.
  • Nuclear Energy Explained: How does it work? 1/3
    • Nuclear Energy is a controversial subject. The pro- and anti-nuclear lobbies fight furiously, and it's difficult to decide who is right. So we're trying to clear up the issue - in this video we discuss how we got to where we are today, as the basis for discussion. Next week we'll be looking at the arguments for and against nuclear power in detail.
  • 3 Reasons Why Nuclear Energy Is Terrible! 2/3
    • Nuclear energy might be a failed experiment. In over sixty years the technology has not only failed to keep its promise of cheap, clean and safe energy, it also caused major catastrophes and enabled more nuclear weapons while the nuclear waste problem is still not solved.
  • 3 Reasons Why Nuclear Energy Is Awesome! 3/3
    • Nuclear energy might have a lot of unused potential. Not only is it one of the best mid term solutions for global warming bit despite what gut feeling tells us, it has saved millions of lives. By investing more into better technologies we might be able to make nuclear energy finally save and clean forever.
  • Space Elevator – Science Fiction or the Future of Mankind?
    • So. Space elevators. Are they are thing that we should talk about?

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• Putting Stuff in Perspective
  • The Death Of Bees Explained – Parasites, Poison and Humans
    • In 2015 the bees are still dying in masses. Which at first seems not very important until you realize that one third of all food humans consume would disappear with them. Millions could starve. The foes bees face are truly horrifying – some are a direct consequence of human greed. We need to help our small buzzing friends or we will face extremely unpleasant consequences.
  • What Is Something?
    • What is something? On the most fundamental level thinkable, what are things? Why are things? And why do things behave the way they do?

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• Medical Stuff
  • The Antibiotic Apocalypse Explained
    • What is the Antibiotic Apocalypse? What is it all about? And how dangerous is it?