Who we are
Real numbers, drawn with code.
QuirkScience is a small, independent team that makes animated science films. We take one real question at a time, like how deep the ocean goes or how the Sun will die, and answer it with a cartoon worth watching twice. Every number comes from a published source. Every frame is drawn with code.
Our story
Our first film went up on September 28, 2026: a sticker look, a cast who act the science out, one question per film.
Season 1 went from Earth's core to the Great Attractor. Season 2 is diving to the bottom of the ocean. A new film goes up every day at 6 PM Central.
14 films so far, 154 published sources
Mission
Teach real science through animation that's fun to watch, for anyone who's curious.
Vision
A world where people have fun while they learn, and the facts hold up.
What we believe
We never need to exaggerate. The real numbers are already ridiculous.
What we're working toward
- Answer the questions people actually ask, one film at a time.
- Pair every season of Shorts with long films that go deeper.
- Build a cast people come back for.
- Make films teachers can trust: sourced, short and honest about what they simplify.
Our principles
Every number has a source.
If we can't find it in a published source, it doesn't go in the film. Each film's page links every one.
The characters do something.
The Sun eats planets. Pressure squeezes. Gravity arm wrestles a star. We think a fact sticks better when someone acts it out.
We say what we simplify.
Cartoons round things off. Every film page lists what we rounded, skipped or drew just for fun. Nobody knows yet if the Sun will swallow Earth, so in our film the coin never lands.
Tell us if we got it wrong.
Say so in the comments, or write to hello@quirkscience.com with the film and your source. We check it and fix the film's page. Scientists: if we got your field wrong, tell us first.
Every frame is code.
Every character, background and frame is drawn by a program, fresh for each frame. A film doesn't load a single picture file, and we don't generate images or video.
Short when it can be. Long when it has to be.
A Short answers one question in about a minute. A long film follows the question as far as it goes.
This site doesn't follow you.
We don't set cookies or ask you to sign up. We only count how many times a page was opened, and videos load from YouTube only when you press play.
How we make a film
Pick a question.
We start with questions people really ask, in the words they type.
Read the science.
Every number in the script is checked against a published source before anything is drawn. Each film's page links every one.
Write the story.
Each film gets a cast and a plot. Someone wants something, and the science gets in the way. In a Short, the answer lands in about a minute.
Draw it in code.
Every character is a small program: shapes, ink lines and flat colors, worked out fresh for every frame.
Shapes drawn: 0 of 0 · Picture files: 0
Score it.
The music is written for each film, in code, and the big moments land on the beat.
Check every shot.
Before a film goes up we look for anything wrong, from a number that doesn't match its source to an eye that blinks at the wrong moment.
Our Great Attractor Short passed all 16 of our automated checks. A frame by frame review still found about 240 things to fix. Now every Short is checked frame by frame, and every long film shot by shot.
Post, then listen.
We read the comments, check anything you tell us we got wrong, and put the best questions on our list for future films.
Why "Quirk"?
Because the best questions are a little odd. How heavy is a neutron star? A teaspoon would weigh about a billion tons on Earth. Would Mount Everest fit in the Mariana Trench? Yes, with about two kilometers to spare.
Found us through a Short? The long films take the same cast further. Start with We Searched the Universe for a Safer Planet Than Earth (11 minutes).
Work with us
Museums, schools, science organizations and brands: write to hello@quirkscience.com. Sponsors are labeled in the film, out loud and on screen, and they never pick a number.