Category Archives: Animation

Films in the ‘Animation’ Category

Apollo 15
Animation, Short
Jim Capobianco | 2 min | USA | 2010 A tribute to Galileo on the 400th anniversary of the telescope. Using the actual NASA audio, Apollo 15 Cmdr. Dave Scott proves Galileo’s theory of falling bodies at the only place […]
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Archaeology Experts
Animation, Short
Joris Clerté| 2 min | France | 2010 The traceologist’s speciality is to find traces of wear and tear on tools. Archeology experts explain how it is possible to reconstruct a past era from elements that an inexperienced person would […]
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Breast Stem Cells
Animation, Fiction, Short
Etsuko Uno & Drew Barry | 3 mins | Australia | 2010 WORLD PREMIERE An overview of the human mammary gland with a focus on the role of breast stem cells during pregnancy. SCREENING SCHEDULE Controlled Experiment 8:00pm Monday, October […]
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Creature Cast: Footage from the Deep
Animation, Short
Sophia Tintori | 2 min | USA | 2010 WORLD PREMIERE In this episode, Dr. Phil Pugh talks about studying jellyfish that cannot be collected in nets, and about his first times seeing live ones. These jellyfish are called siphonophores. […]
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Creature Cast: Hollow Trees
Animation, Short
Sophia Tintori | 2 min | USA | 2010 Here is a little plant that starts it’s life high up in the tree tops, where it can find more light than the dark understory of the rainforest. As it grows […]
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Creature Cast: Tangled String
Animation, Short
Sophia Tintori | 1 min | USA | 2010 A problem that all living things have — how long and thin DNA is, and how easy it would be to get it all tangled. SCREENING SCHEDULE Science for Nanos 2:00pm […]
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Denmark
Animation, Fiction, Short
Daniel Fickle | 11 mins | USA| 2010 “Denmark” takes place above and below the waterline of Oregon’s Willamette River. It’s a story about Pily, a lovable crustacean of mixed origin, who builds a rocket ship to escape the contagion […]
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Dinosaur Ballet
Animation, Fiction, Short
Ross Butter | 1 min | UK/Scotland | 2010 EAST COAST PREMIERE The art of ballet is performed by a collection of tutu-wearing dinosaurs in this short and simple, child-like animation. SCREENING SCHEDULE Science for Nanos 2:00pm Sunday, October 16, […]
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Do You Know What Nano Means?
Animation, Short
Daniel Gies | 3 min | USA | 2010 Small, Very Small, But When It Comes To Making Your Body Work It Is Big, Very Big. SCREENING SCHEDULE Science for Nanos 2:00pm Sunday, October 16, 2011 New York Hall of […]
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Eagleman Stag
Animation, Comedy, Short
Mikey Please | 9 mins | England | 2010 Peter’s life has been spent in both fascination and fear of his quickening perception of time with age. As he nears the end of his days, his interest turns to obsession […]
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Video Pick of the Week

Dr Andrew Gillis explains how an elephant fish embryo lives off a large yellow yolk sack for 7 to 10 months before hatching out as a fish.

Under the Microscope is a collection of videos that show glimpses of the natural and man-made world in stunning close-up. They are released every Monday and Thursday and you can see them here.