#1 | Big Bang, Metaphysics & Life on Earth with Raafae, Aged 10

Raafae, aged 10, asks the nerds about the big bang, the universe, stars, planets, the origins and history of life, dinosaurs and mass extinctions. What was the big bang before? What happened before it? How did the stars and planets form? What was the first life on Earth? What are mass extinctions? What causes them? And are we living in the sixth mass extinction? The conversation gets philosophical very quickly as we start discussing metaphysics, with answers like, "There is no time before the Big Bang.", "There is space outside the universe." and "There is no such thing as nothing.". Then we move on to the cosmos, star formation and what Carl Sagan meant when he said we are made of star stuff. Raafae then asks the nerds about the origins, history and future of life on Earth. Were trees first? Or was it the dinosaurs? Or was it something else altogether? What is a mass extinction? How many have there been? Are we living in the sixth extinction? What is causing the sixth mass extinction? Is it climate change? Is it habitat loss? That's pretty much 13.8 billion years covered in just over 40 minutes! If you would like to see what the nerds look like, check us out on YouTube at: https://www.youtube.com/c/BetweenTwoNerds And for more information about Curiosity Lab, how we make kids fall in love with science, check out: https://www.curiositylab.ae