Although everyone probably has some rough idea of the story of King Midas, it’s still hard to imagine what would—literally—happen if the ol’ Au propagator went around touching stuff. Like, say, Earth ...

Kurzgesagt has a neat new explainer: “How small is an atom?” I watched it. It does a great job at giving you an idea of how small atoms are and how they work. But it doesn’t matter, because my brain ...

(via Kurzgesagt) Atoms are very weird. Wrapping your head around exactly how weird, is close to impossible – how can you describe something that is SO removed from humans experience? But then again, ...

photons in the laser beam must have exactly the same frequency. Kurzgesagt describes this as 'something like a' light choir 'with the same tone.' How are the photons that form the basis of lasers ...

Black holes are famous for sucking, and they can tear you into a stream of atoms without even breaking a sweat. NASA When the universe comes to an end and everything we knew and loved is gone, black ...

Die Sache mit dem Namen ist kompliziert. Irgendwie heißt Philipp Dettmers Youtube-Kanal "In a Nutshell", irgendwie aber auch "Kurzgesagt", das ist die deutsche ...