Science SHORTS (30 mins). A collection of bite-sized science stories including: 

The Bee Farmers

A one-of-a-kind program based in the Pacific Northwest that rents bees to residential customers which in turn are used to pollinate farms around the US. (7 mins)

The Unseen

Timo, the songbird, is busy making his nest, when he hears a reply to his mating call. Desperate to find his mate, he takes flight, only to find the source of the reply is not what he had hoped. (3 mins)

Directed by Francesco Guarini

Gravitational Lensing

A 2024 worldwide finalist in the Breakthrough Junior Challenge, Robinson High School student, Mathew Ruggieri sheds light on this complex topic.  “I was just fascinated with the concept of light, you know a massless particle, being influenced by the gravitational pull of objects in space, specifically how the gravity interacts with the spacetime grid and that’s what causes the light to bend.” (2 mins)

Directed by Mathew Ruggieri

The Urban Rescue Ranch

Just over four years ago, Ben Christie was a senior at Baylor University studying professional selling and had a job lined up at Oracle in Austin. Now, he runs The Urban Rescue Ranch, a farm sanctuary and wildlife rescue in Waco, Texas with dozens of wild animals ranging from kangaroos to emus to capybaras. Online, he creates half-comedic, half-educational videos featuring the different animals on the farm. He has amassed millions of followers and hundreds of millions of views across his TikTok, YouTube, and Instagram pages. He is continuing to grow both his following and rescue capabilities. (8 mins)

Directed by Mathew Ruggieri

Women In Aviation

Four Michigan female pilots tell the history of the courageous women that flew before them and reveal a bright future of possibilities for aspiring young girls in aviation. (10 min)

Directed by Keith Famie