Big questions, simply drawn.
MightBeTrue turns the science you've always wondered about into short, hand-drawn explainers — clear enough to follow, fun enough to finish.
MightBeTrue turns the science you've always wondered about into short, hand-drawn explainers — clear enough to follow, fun enough to finish.
Two million years as prey wired a fear circuit into your brain — and the dark still flips the switch. We trace the predators that hunted us at night, the "low road" shortcut your brain takes before you can think, and why you never grew out of it. You just learned to ignore it.
The numbers you thought you understood — until you actually look at them. Each episode takes one mind-bending number and follows it to the edge of what math can explain.
A journey into the strangest third of your life — what your brain is up to, what happens when you skip it, how to actually fall asleep, and why eight hours still isn't always enough.
You spend a third of your life unconscious — but your brain is anything but idle. We trace a single night through its sleep stages and the quiet work happening behind your closed eyes.
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This is your brain without sleep. From foggy focus to a body running on fumes, we unpack what really happens when the hours add up — and why it catches up with everyone.
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It's 1:00 AM and you're still staring at the ceiling. Here are the simple, science-backed habits that help you drift off sooner — no gimmicks, no expensive gadgets.
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You slept the full eight hours — so why do you still feel wrecked? It turns out when you sleep, and how your cycles line up, can matter as much as how long. Here's what's really going on.
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It's 3:00 AM and your brain is wide awake — and that glowing screen is part of why. We break down what late-night scrolling actually does to your sleep, and how to take your nights back.
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Is there a single best time to go to bed and wake up? We look at what actually makes a sleep schedule work — consistency, your body clock, and how to find the rhythm that fits you.
Watch nowMightBeTrue started with a simple idea: the most fascinating things in science get buried under complicated words. So we draw them instead — stick figures, scribbled brains, and all.
Every video takes a question worth being curious about and answers it in a few honest, well-researched minutes. No hype, no filler. Just the good part.
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