1,000km Cable to the Stars - The Skyhook Watch on (via Kurzgesagt) A more efficient way to get there is a Skyhook (or Spacetether), an ever rotating cable with a counter weight, that catapults ...

The answer to efficient and cheap space travel might just be simpler than you think; all it requires is a cable and a weight. Above, we have a video from Kurzgesagt - In a Nutshell, and this time ...

‘Kurzgesagt — In a Nutshell’ creator Philipp Dettmer explains how he got into the business of explaining science and philosophy on YouTube, and how the channel continues to evolve. ByDani Di Placido, ...

Humanity is a relatively young species, and we’re used to building structures and dealing with issues that require years, decades, centuries, and, in rare instances, millennia of effort. But in the ...