Worldbuilding. Speculative Biology. Science Fiction.
Welcome to Curious Archive, a place to stay up to date on all things curious. Speculative biology, worldbuilding, history, mythology, paleontology, archeology, and literature are the most common topics covered on the channel. I strive to entertain and educate — and hope you’ll leave every video having learned something new.
Enjoy the curiosities of The Archive…
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From Curious Archive. I mean it wouldn’t be good obviously — There are many stories in which divine beings fall to madness. Likewise, the notion that humans are insects to the divine appears across mythology. So what happens after a god decides to squash us? After mercy turns to cruelty? Sanity to inane destruction? What…
From Curious Archive. It’s time someone finally SAID IT! (this video is a joke science is real have a nice day) — Big Ol List of Sources: “Leidenfrost Effect,” Seppo Louhenkilpi, Treatise on Process Metallurgy: Industrial Processes, 2014, https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/engineering/leidenfrost-effect “Relativity Verses Quantum Mechanics,” Corey S. Powell, Nautilus https://www.theguardian.com/news/2015/nov/04/relativity-quantum-mechanics-universe-physicists “Wave-Particle Duality,” Artika Singh, Tu Quach, https://chem.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Physical_and_Theoretical_Chemistry_Textbook_Maps/Supplemental_Modules_(Physical_and_Theoretical_Chemistry)/Quantum_Mechanics/02._Fundamental_Concepts_of_Quantum_Mechanics/Wave-Particle_Duality…
From Curious Archive. Maybe I do fear the banana. — Creators Featured: Yeti Dynamics – https://www.youtube.com/@yetidynamics Christian Szczerba – https://www.youtube.com/@MoonProds Alex Howard – https://www.youtube.com/@alexhowardxx Payayesaurio – https://www.youtube.com/@papayesauriooficial3870 Lights Are Off – https://www.instagram.com/lights.are.off/ Doomsday would probably be a huge bummer… you and everyone you know annihilated — every human achievement, every memory, every cone of gelato…
From Curious Archive. Greetings from Planet Altamira — a spectacular alien world from creator Simon Roy. Support the Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/grizgrobus/refugium-a-hardcover-graphic-novel — If you’re receiving this signal, count yourself lucky, because the folks on our research team have put together a special presentation on the charming creatures native to this jewel of the cosmos. And if…
From Curious Archive. "Dragons aren’t real in the same way that fish aren’t real" – JRR Tolkien — The problem started with a book. Actually, I suppose it started with a show, “Dragons: A Fantasy Made Real,” that I watched, enraptured, late one school-night. And you could say it made me a little… obsessed —…
From Curious Archive. From the moment I understood the weakness of my flesh… it disgusted me. A new exploration of Callum Stephen Diggle’s incredible ‘Humanity Lost.’ AVAILAIBLE HERE: https://linktr.ee/c.s.diggle — First Entry: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MxVjFYi-9JU Once you’ve become a shambling mass of flesh… there’s really no cure. Not in science fiction, anyway. Whether a character is mutated…
From Curious Archive. My battery is low, and it’s getting dark. — The saddest piece of art I’ve ever seen is about a robot. Actually, it is a robot. It’s a mechanical arm by artists Sun Yuan and Peng Yu that must continually push a leaking liquid back into its body to function. And here’s…
From Curious Archive. I promise this is an interesting question. — There are many stories in which divine beings come to an end. But what happens after a deity perishes? Would they… decompose, their holy forms rotting away to nothing? Or would they linger, their figures forever changing the surrounding environment, or even becoming an…
From Curious Archive. The wildest era yet comes to a world of birds. A breakdown of the Hothouse Age from Dylan Bajda’s speculative biology project ‘Serina.’ (Full Playlist: https://youtu.be/pDtpEiMyGT4) — Dylan Bajda Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/sheatherius/ Dylan Bajda Website: https://sites.google.com/site/worldofserina/ Dylan Bajda Deviantart: https://www.deviantart.com/sheather888 Troll Man Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/Troll_Man Troll Man Deviantart: https://www.deviantart.com/trollmans This video is a new…
From Curious Archive. Two possibilities exist: either we are alone in the universe or we are not. Both are equally terrifying. — Arthur C. Clarke Play Under a Star Called Sun: https://haraiva.itch.io/under-a-star-called-sun Play The Anglerfish Project: https://selkieharbour.itch.io/the-anglerfish-project If the world was ending, and you could save only one hundred and sixteen images as the final…
From Curious Archive. “Monsters are tragic beings. They are born too tall, too strong, too heavy… They are not evil by choice. That is their tragedy.” – Ishirō Honda, director of Godzilla — To empathize with a monster is to go against thousands of years of storytelling precedent. The traditional mythic role of a monster…
From Curious Archive. Why is it that some game ecosystems feel like they exist long before you press play? A meditation on fictional worlds that seem to have a life of their own. — There’s a mod for Red Dead Redemption II… that lets you play as any animal in the game’s ecosystem. And it…
From Curious Archive. Calling a world ‘dead’ usually isn’t a compliment. But maybe it should be. A meditation on games with stunning and creative worlds that have, in their own way, died. — When we think of dead worlds, we typically don’t think of beauty. This is especially true for video games — where the…
From Curious Archive. "How do you know I’m mad?" said Alice. "You must be," said the Cat, "or you wouldn’t have come here.” — Typically, fictional worlds strive for immersion: limiting themselves to certain parameters — even if those limits are more fantastical than reality. But there’s another kind of fictional world, the kind that…
From Curious Archive. What mysteries do the ecosystems of Pikmin hold? A deep dive into the biology of the world PNF-404 – better known to us as planet Earth. — In the miniature environments beneath our feet, vast dramas unfold, often without us ever realizing it. But what if we could become part of these…
From Curious Archive. Discover the virtual ecosystems that make you part of the food chain. A meditation on games with worlds designed to make you feel like a small player in a much wider environment. — It’s a unique experience when a game makes you feel truly unimportant — like you’re just a tiny part…
From Curious Archive. The journey of a lifetime is about to begin. An exploration of “South Scrimshaw,” a sad documentary about the life of an alien whale in the deep sea. — Play Game – https://store.steampowered.com/app/2443110/South_Scrimshaw_Part_One/ Support N. O. Marsh – https://ko-fi.com/nomarsh Follow N. O. Marsh – https://twitter.com/n_o_marsh Beneath the waves, the story of a…