Kurzgesagt explains an economic idea called egoistic altriusm. It argues that it’s in an individual’s best interest for those around him to be well off. You’ll have more people capable of solving your problems, and more people able to afford the solutions you offer.

Primitive Technology tried to make a block of lime. His hardcore playground barely has any limestone, coral or sea shells, so he had to settle for a handful of empty snail shells. The lime can be used as a mortar for bricks and tiles.

Kurzgesagt explores string theory, and how it attempts to explain the nature of the universe. It’s supposed to solve the incompatibilities between quantum and gravitational physics by describing particles as “strings” rather than points. Yeah, we’re still confused.

“This figure skating sucks!” Comedy Central presents a spot-on lampoon of I, Tonya, in which Margot Robbie plays America’s most infamous Olympic curling athlete. The parody of the scene between Jeff Gillooly and Shawn Eckhardt is priceless.

“Faith can move mountains, but sugar water can’t cure cancer.” Kurzgesagt explains the basics and origins of homeopathy. It’s often touted as an alternative to expensive treatments, even though it often does nothing except make you think it’s doing something.

(PG-13: Language) Sit down and enjoy a delicious serving of mom’s spaghetti, courtesy of vocalist Robyn Adele Anderson, as she and six talented jazz musicians turn in a totally unconventional take on Eminem’s 2002 classic Lose Yourself.

Techmoan takes a look at another fascinating bit of retro technology, an alternative approach to portable audio tapes that was being developed by Sanyo at the same time that Philips was working on the cassette tape. We love the heft of that old player.

Kurzgesagt sums up the Great Filter – a possible answer to why we’ve never detected the presence of aliens. It could be something that prevents life from developing. Or something that ends civilizations before they have a chance to expand beyond their planet.

Esther Bellido’s animated short summary of Breaking Bad is more than a bit derivative of the work of 1A4 Studio, but we do have to hand it to her for summing up the core plot points for all five seasons of the series in just 77 seconds. Also, we want to play this as a side-scroller.

Primitive Technology wanted to have a work space for large projects. So he built an A-frame hut – a roof built into the ground – complete with a tool shelf and a cot. But first he had to make the tools. And before that, gather materials. Laziness was fatal back in the day.

Acer’s Swift 7 claims the title of world’s thinnest laptop for the second year in a row. The 2018 edition is just 0.35″ thick and weighs around 2.5lb. It has a 14″ 1080p touchscreen, 7th gen Intel Core CPU and eSim and nano SIM support for LTE connectivity.

“You’re gonna want to do one big round eye, and then one smaller, squashed eye – for a free-D effect on your feces.” Oliver Age 24 presents a brief instructional video to help you advance your portrait illustration skills. Or not.

For his latest archeotechnological dig, Techmoan rewinds back to 2004 to show off the Bandai 8-ban – a collectible from Japan which plays tiny 3″ vinyl records. Unfortunately, the one-sided recordings only could hold 4 minutes of lo-fi monophonic sound.

Redditor rrizing’s girlfriend stumbled onto some video of her old middle school teacher, Steve Messenger, who turned in what might be the greatest performance of Snoop Dogg’s Gin and Juice ever made. His YouTube channel is packed with more perfect covers.

Now in his second playthrough, our favorite YouTuber tested the clay in his new area by making several pieces of pottery. All that and, well, not much else in the latest episode of Clay, Coal and Cargo Shorts Primitive Technology.

Kurzgesagt wraps up 2017 with a follow up to its fascinating clip about the relationship between an organism’s size and the way it evolves. This time out, we learn how we might actually explode if we weren’t the size we were meant to be. Say, was that Barb at 1:30?