See how far controlled animation can travel
Fifty-four questions, from sunflower spirals to the selfish gene. Every one comes as a laptop version and a phone version.
All examples
Why do sunflower seeds grow in perfect spirals?
Why is a rainbow always an arc?
What is a transformer?
How can spinning circles draw any shape?
How do you fit a giant telescope in a rocket?
Why do astronauts float if gravity still pulls them?
What happens if farmers stop producing?
How did silk reach Rome when nobody walked the whole road?
How does the internet carry a photo?
Why don’t 400 m runners start on one line?
Why does a cold night in Brazil raise my coffee price?
How did one machine fill Europe with books?
How did 14,000 people hear an actor without a microphone?
How does an iPhone work?
What do language models and a typing monkey have in common?
What is the Riemann hypothesis?
How does a print make every shade from two inks?
How do headphones cancel noise?
How long did it take to build Rome?
Where does my first mortgage payment actually go?
How does a pendulum clock keep time?
What hidden systems keep a city running?
How does coffee keep you awake?
Why do father, padre and Vater sound alike?
Are some infinities bigger than others?
Is democracy a fair system?
Why do some pairs of notes sound sweet?
What will fusion bring us?
How do you stop forgetting what you learn?
What does a plant need to grow?
Who decides what a melon costs at the market?
How did the Romans build roads that last 2,000 years?
Why is consciousness so hard to explain?
How does one deposit turn into many?
Why is it so hard to see inside a language model?
What is the selfish gene?
How can the party that came second end up governing?
Why does bread rise?
How do you keep a houseplant alive?
Was Google always profitable?
Why do fireworks burn in different colours?
What did Hannah Arendt see at the Eichmann trial?
What did the philosopher Alain say about happiness?
How does soap get grease off a plate?
How did Cauchy put calculus on solid ground?
How did a loom lead to the computer?
Why do traffic jams move backward?
How does a key turn a lock?
What is Conway’s Game of Life?
How does a black hole bend light?
What does a determinant actually measure?
How does your phone know where you are?
Why does light bend when it enters water?
How can you find one name among a million in 20 steps?