Driving Toward a Green Future: Hydrogen Electric Vehicles
Hydrogen electric vehicles are an upcoming alternative to traditional electric vehicles. In this animated short, Nicholas Capuano explains how hydrogen electric vehicles work and some of the obstacles yet to be overcome in making these vehicles more accessible and affordable.
Seven Sustainable and Eco-Friendly Brands to Support
Environmental issues come in overwhelming sizes but can be solved with smaller, individual solutions. In this animated short, Zoe Malen provides 7 sustainable and environmental alternatives to solve the environmental crisis and stop damaging consumer habits.
What Would Happen if the Yellowstone Supervolcano Were to Erupt?
Could Earth’s next massive volcanic eruption happen closer to home than you might think? In this animated short, Madison Lloyd explores how Yellowstone’s calderas form — as well as the potential impacts of such an eruption to life as we know it.
Enforced Obsolescence In Fashion Helps Make The Environment Obsolete
“Fast fashion” is the industry of manufacturing cheap clothing inspired by fleeting trends, which is rapidly distributed to stores and intended to be sold in a matter of days. In this animated short, Kayla Crowley tears these threads to threads, explaining the environmental harm brought about by fast fashion, as well as how to avoid supporting it.
How Fish Use Smell And Magnetic Fields to Navigate
Instead of using Google Maps, imagine how cool it would be to smell your way home — and while we’re at it, imagine “home” is thousands of miles away! In this animated short, Jordan Buxton explains how fish rely on their noses, as well as their sensitivity to Earth’s magnetic fields, to navigate long distances.
Can This Shade Of Pink Reduce Hostile Behavior? Or Make It Worse?
Baker-Miller Pink was once celebrated for its (presumed) ability reduce hostility and aggression in its beholders. In this animated short, Shelly Suh bursts this bubblegum-hued bubble and explains Baker-Miller’s influence on the human psyche.
Electromagnetic Music: Guitar Pickups Explained
When you plug a guitar into an amp, what actually happens inside that strange black box to broadcast and distort the sound? In this animated short, Stone Suess demonstrates how the same law of electromagnetism that explains how wind turbines can generate electricity can also explain groovy sonic pickups!
Reading Fiction Can Make You Kinder And More Accepting
Though reading fiction is broadly understood to be something people do to escape from the “real world,” studies have shown that it can foster benevolent social behaviors — and there might be an evolutionary reason for this.
Life Finds a Way: How Scientists Could Revive Extinct Animals
Bringing back the wooly mammoth? It’s not just fodder for speculative fiction! In this animated short, Luis Martinez walks us through the theoretical process of restoring an extinct species with the scattered remains of its genetic material.
The Unique Biology Of The Panda From Pixar’s ‘Turning Red’
Red pandas were actually called “pandas” long before their more popular black-and-white cousins. But they aren’t actually closely related to pandas.
