Kurzgesagt - In a Nutshell · SEASON 8
Why Are You Alive – Life, Energy & ATP
Episode 5 · 2020-05-10
- Documentary
- Animation
Episode overview
At this very second, you are on a narrow ledge between life and death. You probably don’t feel it, but there is an incredible amount of activity going on inside you. And this activity can never stop. Picture yourself as a slinky falling down an escalator moving upwards – the falling part represents the self replicating processes of your cells, the escalator represents the laws of physics, driving you forwards. To be alive is to be in motion but never arriving anywhere. If you reach the top of the escalator there is no more falling possible and you are dead forever. Somewhat unsettlingly, the universe wants you to reach the top. How do you avoid that and why are you alive?
12 minutes
Season 8 episodes
1. Milk. White Poison or Healthy Drink?2020-01-26
2. How to Make a Kurzgesagt Video in 1200 Hours2020-02-16
3. Why Blue Whales Don't Get Cancer - Peto's Paradox2020-03-01
4. The Coronavirus Explained & What You Should Do2020-03-19
5. Why Are You Alive – Life, Energy & ATP2020-05-10
6. The Past We Can Never Return To – The Anthropocene Reviewed2020-05-24
7. Could Solar Storms Destroy Civilization? Solar Flares & Coronal Mass Ejections2020-06-07
8. Who Is Responsible For Climate Change? – Who Needs To Fix It?2020-06-21
9. What Is Intelligence? Where Does it Begin?2020-07-12
10. What Do Alien Civilizations Look Like? The Kardashev Scale2020-08-02
11. Unlimited Resources From Space – Asteroid Mining2020-08-16
12. The Warrior Kingdoms of the Weaver Ant2020-08-30
13. The Largest Star in the Universe – Size Comparison2020-09-22
14. Is It Too Late To Stop Climate Change? Well, it's Complicated.2020-09-29
15. When Time Became History - The Human Era2020-10-06
16. Geoengineering: A Horrible Idea We Might Have to Do2020-10-27
17. How Large Can a Bacteria get? Life & Size 32020-11-10
18. What If Earth got Kicked Out of the Solar System? Rogue Earth2020-12-01
19. Can You Upload Your Mind & Live Forever?2020-12-10
20. What if We Nuke the Moon?2020-12-15
