https://explain.film/2026-11-09T16:12:42+02:00 https://explain.film/privacy2026-11-04T14:06:31+02:00 https://explain.film/terms2026-10-26T14:49:12+02:00 https://explain.film/films2026-11-05T16:15:03+02:00 https://explain.film/films/fieldline-q3-quarter-in-panels2026-11-05T16:15:03+02:00 https://explain.film/assets/clips/fieldline-q3.jpg Fieldline Comics #Q3: The Quarter in Panels A 34-second quarterly recap for a company all-hands, drawn as a pop comic book. Three wins, one miss and one bet for next quarter, each in its own panel, ending on “On to Q4.” https://explain.film/assets/clips/fieldline-q3-full.mp4 34 2026-09-29 https://explain.film/films/northwind-three-steps-back2026-11-05T16:15:03+02:00 https://explain.film/assets/clips/northwind-return.jpg Three Steps Back A 33-second vertical how-to in bold flat vector: returning an order from Northwind Outfitters in three steps, from Start a return to a QR code to any pickup point, with the refund in three days. https://explain.film/assets/clips/northwind-return-full.mp4 33 2026-09-29 https://explain.film/films/fieldline-seed-pitch2026-11-05T16:15:03+02:00 https://explain.film/assets/clips/fieldline-pitch.jpg Fieldline — Take the whiteboard off the wall A 47-second seed-round pitch film in isometric low-poly. One dispatcher, forty jobs and a whiteboard; a burst pipe breaks the plan; Fieldline re-plans every crew in seconds. It ends on the ask: $3M to launch in ten cities. https://explain.film/assets/clips/fieldline-pitch-full.mp4 47 2026-09-29 https://explain.film/films/how-does-a-rainbow-form2026-11-05T16:15:03+02:00 https://explain.film/assets/clips/rainbow.jpg How does a rainbow form? A 33-second science explainer in a Risograph print style. Dot the raindrop shows how white sunlight splits into colours inside a raindrop, and why you only see a rainbow with the sun behind you. https://explain.film/assets/clips/rainbow-full.mp4 33 2026-09-29 https://explain.film/films/why-cant-we-just-print-more-money2026-11-05T16:15:03+02:00 https://explain.film/assets/clips/money.jpg Why can’t we just print more money? A 56-second economics explainer in an editorial collage style. From a 200-billion-mark loaf of bread in 1923 Berlin to a town with a hundred loaves, it shows why printing money does not make anyone richer. https://explain.film/assets/clips/money-full.mp4 56 2026-09-29 https://explain.film/films/say-it-once-product-promo2026-11-05T16:15:03+02:00 https://explain.film/assets/clips/promo.jpg Say it once A 55-second product promo in kinetic typography, made by explain.film about itself. Bold type on flat colour carries the pitch: one sentence in, a finished film out. https://explain.film/assets/clips/promo-full.mp4 55 2026-09-29 https://explain.film/films/tell-me-more-leadership-training2026-11-05T16:15:03+02:00 https://explain.film/assets/clips/lead.jpg Tell Me More A 49-second leadership training film in an editorial collage style. It shows why answering every question fast ends the conversation, and how asking first brings the bad news early, while it is still small. https://explain.film/assets/clips/lead-full.mp4 49 2026-09-29 https://explain.film/films/rest-is-part-of-the-job-booking-time-off2026-11-05T16:15:03+02:00 https://explain.film/assets/clips/good-corp-time-off.jpg Rest Is Part of the Job A 54-second internal HR explainer in bold flat vector for The Good Corp, a made-up company: how to book time off in the right order, from a request in GoodTime to approval, and only then the flights. https://explain.film/assets/clips/good-corp-time-off-full.mp4 54 2026-09-29 https://explain.film/films/what-is-cortisol-your-bodys-alarm2026-11-05T16:15:03+02:00 https://explain.film/assets/clips/cortisol.jpg What Is Cortisol? Your Body’s Alarm A 49-second health explainer drawn as a pop comic book: what cortisol is, why it peaks after you wake, how nonstop stress keeps it on, and why a real “moon face” comes from Cushing syndrome, not a stressful week. https://explain.film/assets/clips/cortisol-full.mp4 49 2026-09-29 https://explain.film/films/kursiu-nerija-curonian-spit2026-11-05T16:15:03+02:00 https://explain.film/assets/clips/neringa.jpg Kuršių nerija A 69-second explainer in Lithuanian about the Curonian Spit, the 98-kilometre strip of sand between the Baltic Sea and the Curonian Lagoon: the legend of the giantess Neringa, the dunes that buried whole villages, and the forest people planted to hold them. https://explain.film/assets/clips/neringa-full.mp4 69 2026-09-29 https://explain.film/films/why-do-dogs-eat-grass2026-11-05T16:15:03+02:00 https://explain.film/assets/clips/dogs-grass.jpg Why Do Dogs Eat Grass? A 51-second animal explainer in a mid-century cartoon style. A survey of 1,500 dog owners shows most grass-eating dogs are not sick, and the best theory is a worm-sweeping habit handed down from wolves. https://explain.film/assets/clips/dogs-grass-full.mp4 51 2026-10-13 https://explain.film/films/why-do-dogs-lick-you2026-11-05T16:15:03+02:00 https://explain.film/assets/clips/dogs-lick.jpg Why Do Dogs Lick You? A 49-second editorial-collage explainer: a dog’s lick began as a wolf pup asking an adult for dinner, a puppy habit dogs never grew out of and turned on us. https://explain.film/assets/clips/dogs-lick-full.mp4 49 2026-10-16 https://explain.film/films/what-colors-can-dogs-see2026-11-05T16:15:03+02:00 https://explain.film/assets/clips/dog-colors.jpg What Colors Can Dogs See? A 49-second Risograph explainer: our eyes print the world in three inks, a dog’s in two, blue and yellow, which is why a red ball vanishes on green grass. https://explain.film/assets/clips/dog-colors-full.mp4 49 2026-10-16 https://explain.film/films/what-is-catnip2026-11-05T16:15:03+02:00 https://explain.film/assets/clips/catnip.jpg What Is Catnip, and What Does It Do to Cats? A 49-second collage explainer: catnip is a mint whose scent sets off a cat’s own endorphins, and the blissed-out roll may really be insect repellent the cat paints onto its fur. https://explain.film/assets/clips/catnip-full.mp4 49 2026-10-16 https://explain.film/films/why-do-cats-knead2026-11-05T16:15:03+02:00 https://explain.film/assets/clips/cats-knead.jpg Why Do Cats Knead? A 49-second collage explainer: kneading is a newborn kitten’s milk reflex that never switched off, so a soft lap brings back the feeling of its mother, and scent glands in the paws mark it as claimed. https://explain.film/assets/clips/cats-knead-full.mp4 49 2026-10-16 https://explain.film/films/why-do-cats-hate-water2026-11-05T16:15:03+02:00 https://explain.film/assets/clips/cats-water.jpg Why Do Cats Hate Water? A 49-second collage explainer: a tiger swims rivers while a house cat flees a bath, because desert-built fur turns heavy, cold and scentless when it is soaked. https://explain.film/assets/clips/cats-water-full.mp4 49 2026-10-16 https://explain.film/films/squid-vs-octopus2026-11-05T16:15:03+02:00 https://explain.film/assets/clips/squid-octopus.jpg Squid vs. Octopus: What’s the Difference? A 50-second archival-documentary explainer: an octopus has eight arms, a squid eight arms and two tentacles, and both come from one shelled, ten-armed ancestor that made two opposite bets. https://explain.film/assets/clips/squid-octopus-full.mp4 50 2026-10-16 https://explain.film/films/moth-vs-butterfly2026-11-05T16:15:03+02:00 https://explain.film/assets/clips/moth-butterfly.jpg Moth vs. Butterfly: What’s the Difference? A 50-second archival-documentary explainer: the rules of thumb for telling a moth from a butterfly, antennae, wings at rest, night or day, and the family tree that shows a butterfly is a moth that came out into the sun. https://explain.film/assets/clips/moth-butterfly-full.mp4 50 2026-10-16 https://explain.film/films/how-do-cows-make-milk2026-11-05T16:15:03+02:00 https://explain.film/assets/clips/cow-milk.jpg How Does a Cow Turn Blood Into Milk? A 50-second collage explainer: every litre of milk starts with about 400 litres of blood, and the udder builds milk from scratch rather than straining it, with a sugar, lactose, deciding how much flows. https://explain.film/assets/clips/cow-milk-full.mp4 50 2026-10-14 https://explain.film/films/what-happens-when-you-drink-too-much-water2026-11-05T16:15:03+02:00 https://explain.film/assets/clips/too-much-water.jpg What Happens When You Drink Too Much Water? A 54-second Risograph explainer: water turns dangerous only when you drink it faster than your kidneys can drain it, about a litre an hour, and the brain, boxed in by the skull, is where it hurts. https://explain.film/assets/clips/too-much-water-full.mp4 54 2026-10-08 https://explain.film/films/what-happens-when-you-stop-drinking-alcohol2026-11-05T16:15:03+02:00 https://explain.film/assets/clips/stop-drinking-alcohol.jpg What Happens When You Stop Drinking Alcohol? A 55-second Risograph explainer: the brain balances a brake and an accelerator, so when a regular drinker stops, the first days feel worse before the balance, the liver and blood pressure recover. https://explain.film/assets/clips/stop-drinking-alcohol-full.mp4 55 2026-10-12 https://explain.film/films/what-happens-when-you-quit-smoking2026-11-05T16:15:03+02:00 https://explain.film/assets/clips/quit-smoking.jpg What Happens When You Quit Smoking? A 55-second Risograph explainer: quitting starts a repair schedule, blood in hours, airways in weeks, and lungs that rebuild from a reserve of cells smoke never touched. https://explain.film/assets/clips/quit-smoking-full.mp4 55 2026-10-12 https://explain.film/films/what-is-sleep-paralysis2026-11-05T16:15:03+02:00 https://explain.film/assets/clips/sleep-paralysis.jpg What Is Sleep Paralysis? A 52-second ink-noir explainer: sleep paralysis is waking up before the lock your brain puts on your muscles during dreams has opened. About one person in thirteen has had it, and it is harmless. https://explain.film/assets/clips/sleep-paralysis-full.mp4 52 2026-10-14 https://explain.film/films/is-vaping-safer-than-smoking2026-11-05T16:15:03+02:00 https://explain.film/assets/clips/vaping.jpg Is Vaping Safer Than Smoking? A 55-second data-journalism explainer: vaping is safer than smoking but not safe. It sets a 2026 Australian review on cancer risk beside the Cochrane review of 80 quitting trials. https://explain.film/assets/clips/vaping-full.mp4 55 2026-10-16 https://explain.film/films/do-ice-baths-actually-work2026-11-05T16:15:03+02:00 https://explain.film/assets/clips/ice-baths.jpg Do Ice Baths Actually Work? A 41-second vertical explainer in 16-bit pixel art: five ice-bath claims scored one by one. Two wins, one draw, one loss and one unknown, and a rule: cold for sore legs, not for bigger muscles. https://explain.film/assets/clips/ice-baths-full.mp4 41 2026-10-16 https://explain.film/films/tornado-watch-vs-tornado-warning2026-11-05T16:15:03+02:00 https://explain.film/assets/clips/tornado.jpg Tornado Watch vs. Tornado Warning: What’s the Difference? A 51-second data-journalism explainer: a tornado watch is a huge box around the weather, hours ahead; a warning is a small shape around one storm, with about ten minutes to act. https://explain.film/assets/clips/tornado-full.mp4 51 2026-10-16 https://explain.film/films/what-is-el-nino2026-11-05T16:15:03+02:00 https://explain.film/assets/clips/el-nino.jpg What Is El Niño? A 52-second layered-papercut explainer: the trade winds hold the Pacific tilted, and El Niño is the moment they let go, so the warm water and the rain roll back east. https://explain.film/assets/clips/el-nino-full.mp4 52 2026-10-16 https://explain.film/films/what-is-heat-lightning2026-11-05T16:15:03+02:00 https://explain.film/assets/clips/heat-lightning.jpg What Is Heat Lightning? A 53-second layered-papercut explainer: heat lightning is an ordinary thunderstorm too far away to hear, its light carrying a hundred miles while its thunder fades after ten. https://explain.film/assets/clips/heat-lightning-full.mp4 53 2026-10-16 https://explain.film/films/what-are-shooting-stars2026-11-05T16:15:03+02:00 https://explain.film/assets/clips/shooting-stars.jpg What Are Shooting Stars? A 52-second layered-papercut explainer: a shooting star is a crumb of comet dust the size of a grain of sand, hitting the air 100 km up so fast that the air itself glows. https://explain.film/assets/clips/shooting-stars-full.mp4 52 2026-10-16 https://explain.film/films/what-happens-when-the-climate-clock-runs-out2026-11-05T16:15:03+02:00 https://explain.film/assets/clips/climate-clock.jpg What Happens When the Climate Clock Runs Out? A 55-second Risograph explainer: the climate clock counts carbon, not time. On the day it hits zero nothing happens, but the bath keeps filling, and every tonne still counts. https://explain.film/assets/clips/climate-clock-full.mp4 55 2026-10-16 https://explain.film/films/baking-soda-vs-baking-powder2026-11-05T16:15:03+02:00 https://explain.film/assets/clips/baking-soda.jpg Baking Soda vs. Baking Powder: What’s the Difference? A 51-second collage explainer: baking soda is a base that needs an acid from the recipe, and baking powder is the same soda packed with its own acid, often two. https://explain.film/assets/clips/baking-soda-full.mp4 51 2026-10-16 https://explain.film/films/what-is-dry-ice2026-11-05T16:15:03+02:00 https://explain.film/assets/clips/dry-ice.jpg What Is Dry Ice? A 49-second nature-documentary explainer: dry ice is frozen carbon dioxide that turns straight into gas, and the white fog is not dry ice at all but the room’s own water, made visible. https://explain.film/assets/clips/dry-ice-full.mp4 49 2026-10-16 https://explain.film/films/cement-vs-concrete2026-11-05T16:15:03+02:00 https://explain.film/assets/clips/cement-concrete.jpg Cement vs. Concrete: What’s the Difference? A 50-second blueprint explainer: concrete is mostly stone, and cement is the eighth of grey glue that holds it, a baked powder that does not dry but grows crystals. https://explain.film/assets/clips/cement-concrete-full.mp4 50 2026-10-16 https://explain.film/films/automatic-vs-manual-transmission2026-11-05T16:15:03+02:00 https://explain.film/assets/clips/transmission.jpg Automatic vs. Manual Transmission: What’s the Difference? A 53-second blueprint explainer: a manual and an automatic gearbox solve the same two jobs, letting go of the engine and picking a gear, by locking one part. The difference is who does the locking. https://explain.film/assets/clips/transmission-full.mp4 53 2026-10-16 https://explain.film/films/modem-vs-router2026-11-05T16:15:03+02:00 https://explain.film/assets/clips/modem-router.jpg Modem vs. Router: What’s the Difference? A 51-second isometric explainer: in one tiny home, the modem brings the internet to the door and the router shares it with every room, with Wi-Fi as the router’s radio. https://explain.film/assets/clips/modem-router-full.mp4 51 2026-10-16 https://explain.film/films/what-is-a-qr-code2026-11-05T16:15:03+02:00 https://explain.film/assets/clips/qr-code.jpg What Is a QR Code? A 29-second Swiss-modernist explainer made for the curious people who scan their own ticket: a QR code is writing, not a picture, and at the door it is the way in. https://explain.film/assets/clips/qr-code-full.mp4 29 2026-10-14 https://explain.film/films/what-caused-world-war-12026-11-05T16:15:03+02:00 https://explain.film/assets/clips/ww1-causes.jpg What Caused World War 1? A 53-second archival-documentary explainer: a driver’s wrong turn in Sarajevo fired the shot, but promises between countries and war plans built for speed turned one murder into a world war in 37 days. https://explain.film/assets/clips/ww1-causes-full.mp4 53 2026-10-16 https://explain.film/films/why-did-the-us-enter-world-war-12026-11-05T16:15:03+02:00 https://explain.film/assets/clips/ww1-us.jpg Why Did the US Enter World War 1? A 53-second archival-documentary explainer: in 1917 Germany chose unrestricted U-boat war knowing it would bring America in, betting it could starve Britain out first, and lost. https://explain.film/assets/clips/ww1-us-full.mp4 53 2026-10-16 https://explain.film/films/what-happens-when-a-player-gets-a-red-card2026-11-05T16:15:03+02:00 https://explain.film/assets/clips/red-card.jpg What Happens When a Player Gets a Red Card? A 55-second Risograph explainer: a red card is less a punishment than a price set by the match clock. A team down to ten concedes more, and a ban sends a second bill. https://explain.film/assets/clips/red-card-full.mp4 55 2026-10-16 https://explain.film/films/what-is-total-compensation2026-11-05T16:15:03+02:00 https://explain.film/assets/clips/total-compensation.jpg What Is Total Compensation? A 56-second blueprint explainer: two job offers, and why the higher salary is not always the better one. It takes an offer apart into five layers, from base salary to benefits, and shows how to compare them. https://explain.film/assets/clips/total-compensation-full.mp4 56 2026-10-16 https://explain.film/films/how-does-a-hybrid-car-work2026-11-05T16:15:03+02:00 https://explain.film/assets/clips/hybrid-car.jpg How Does a Hybrid Car Work? A 31-second Memphis pop explainer: a hybrid that never plugs in keeps its battery charged two ways. The petrol engine tops it up with spare power, and braking turns the electric motor into a generator. https://explain.film/assets/clips/hybrid-car-full.mp4 31 2026-10-27 https://explain.film/explainer-video-styles2026-10-29T16:19:17+02:00 https://explain.film/explainer-video-styles/editorial-collage2026-11-05T16:15:03+02:00 https://explain.film/explainer-video-styles/risograph2026-11-05T16:15:03+02:00 https://explain.film/explainer-video-styles/pixel-art2026-11-05T16:15:03+02:00 https://explain.film/explainer-video-styles/watercolor2026-11-05T16:15:03+02:00 https://explain.film/explainer-video-styles/swiss-modernist2026-11-05T16:15:03+02:00 https://explain.film/explainer-video-styles/archival-documentary2026-11-05T16:15:03+02:00 https://explain.film/explainer-video-styles/claymation2026-11-05T16:15:03+02:00 https://explain.film/explainer-video-styles/neon-synthwave2026-11-05T16:15:03+02:00 https://explain.film/explainer-video-styles/liquid-glass2026-11-05T16:15:03+02:00 https://explain.film/explainer-video-styles/product-launch2026-11-05T16:15:03+02:00 https://explain.film/explainer-video-styles/memphis-design2026-11-05T16:15:03+02:00 https://explain.film/explainer-video-styles/ukiyo-e2026-11-05T16:15:03+02:00 https://explain.film/explainer-video-styles/kinetic-typography2026-11-05T16:15:03+02:00 https://explain.film/explainer-video-styles/product-ui2026-11-05T16:15:03+02:00 https://explain.film/explainer-video-styles/felt-and-yarn2026-11-05T16:15:03+02:00 https://explain.film/explainer-video-styles/comic-book2026-11-05T16:15:03+02:00 https://explain.film/explainer-video-styles/blueprint2026-11-05T16:15:03+02:00 https://explain.film/explainer-video-styles/oil-painting2026-11-05T16:15:03+02:00 https://explain.film/explainer-video-styles/oil-sketch2026-11-05T16:15:03+02:00 https://explain.film/explainer-video-styles/isometric2026-11-05T16:15:03+02:00 https://explain.film/explainer-video-styles/ink-noir2026-11-05T16:15:03+02:00 https://explain.film/explainer-video-styles/dithered-1-bit2026-11-05T16:15:03+02:00 https://explain.film/explainer-video-styles/papercut2026-11-05T16:15:03+02:00 https://explain.film/explainer-video-styles/mid-century-cartoon2026-11-05T16:15:03+02:00 https://explain.film/explainer-video-styles/data-journalism2026-11-05T16:15:03+02:00 https://explain.film/explainer-video-styles/whiteboard-animation2026-11-05T16:15:03+02:00 https://explain.film/explainer-video-styles/nature-documentary2026-11-05T16:15:03+02:00 https://explain.film/explainer-video-styles/flat-vector2026-11-05T16:15:03+02:00 https://explain.film/explainer-video-styles/chalkboard2026-11-05T16:15:03+02:00 https://explain.film/explainer-video-styles/cave-painting2026-11-05T16:15:03+02:00 https://explain.film/explainer-video-styles/egyptian-wall-painting2026-11-05T16:15:03+02:00 https://explain.film/explainer-video-styles/greek-vase2026-11-05T16:15:03+02:00 https://explain.film/explainer-video-styles/roman-mosaic2026-11-05T16:15:03+02:00 https://explain.film/explainer-video-styles/silk-road-mural2026-11-05T16:15:03+02:00 https://explain.film/explainer-video-styles/shadow-puppet2026-11-05T16:15:03+02:00 https://explain.film/explainer-video-styles/illuminated-manuscript2026-11-05T16:15:03+02:00 https://explain.film/explainer-video-styles/renaissance-painting2026-11-05T16:15:03+02:00 https://explain.film/explainer-video-styles/chiaroscuro2026-11-05T16:15:03+02:00 https://explain.film/explainer-video-styles/chinese-ink-wash2026-11-05T16:15:03+02:00 https://explain.film/explainer-video-styles/impressionism2026-11-05T16:15:03+02:00 https://explain.film/explainer-video-styles/pointillism2026-11-05T16:15:03+02:00 https://explain.film/explainer-video-styles/expressionism2026-11-05T16:15:03+02:00 https://explain.film/explainer-video-styles/art-nouveau-poster2026-11-05T16:15:03+02:00 https://explain.film/explainer-video-styles/monet-water-garden2026-11-05T16:15:03+02:00 https://explain.film/explainer-video-styles/blue-period2026-11-05T16:15:03+02:00 https://explain.film/explainer-video-styles/klimt-gold2026-11-05T16:15:03+02:00 https://explain.film/explainer-video-styles/cubism2026-11-05T16:15:03+02:00 https://explain.film/explainer-video-styles/constructivist-poster2026-11-05T16:15:03+02:00 https://explain.film/explainer-video-styles/rubber-hose-cartoon2026-11-05T16:15:03+02:00 https://explain.film/explainer-video-styles/surrealist-dreamscape2026-11-05T16:15:03+02:00 https://explain.film/explainer-video-styles/quiet-realism2026-11-05T16:15:03+02:00 https://explain.film/explainer-video-styles/paper-cut-outs2026-11-05T16:15:03+02:00 https://explain.film/explainer-video-styles/infinity-dots2026-11-05T16:15:03+02:00 https://explain.film/explainer-video-styles/cosmic-comic2026-11-05T16:15:03+02:00 https://explain.film/explainer-video-styles/radiant-line-pop2026-11-05T16:15:03+02:00 https://explain.film/explainer-video-styles/hand-painted-anime2026-11-05T16:15:03+02:00 https://explain.film/explainer-video-styles/ray-traced-3d2026-11-05T16:15:03+02:00 https://explain.film/explainer-video-styles/vaporwave2026-11-05T16:15:03+02:00 https://explain.film/explainer-video-styles/anime-skies2026-11-05T16:15:03+02:00 https://explain.film/use-cases2026-11-05T16:15:03+02:00 https://explain.film/use-cases/lessons-and-courses2026-11-05T16:15:03+02:00 https://explain.film/use-cases/product-explainers2026-11-05T16:15:03+02:00 https://explain.film/use-cases/team-training2026-11-05T16:15:03+02:00 https://explain.film/use-cases/talks-and-presentations2026-11-05T16:15:03+02:00 https://explain.film/explainer-video-cost2026-10-15T10:59:21+03:00 https://explain.film/pricing2026-10-29T16:19:17+02:00 https://explain.film/agents2026-10-27T09:24:29+02:00 https://explain.film/films/what-is-love-bombing 2026-11-07T19:19:35.853Z https://explain.film/films/what-is-love-bombing/poster.jpg?v=1794079014570 What is love bombing? Love bombing can look like a dream start. It means over-the-top attention and affection, used to influence someone. The term goes back to cult recruiting in the 1970s. Signs can include early soulmate talk, lavish gifts, and nonstop messages. Compliments and gifts can be perfectly normal; the concern is pressure, or strings attached. Some researchers see it as a way to gain control. If it feels overwhelming, a support service can help. In the US, the National Domestic Violence Hotline offers support by phone, chat or text. Next: Asteroid vs meteor? Sources: National Domestic Violence Hotline, Strutzenberg et al. 2017 (Discovery), Lesiak & Gelsthorpe 2025 (Violence Against Women). https://explain.film/films/what-is-love-bombing/video.mp4?v=1794079019862 37 2026-11-07T19:19:35.853Z https://explain.film/films/what-is-gaslighting 2026-11-06T07:36:51.825Z https://explain.film/films/what-is-gaslighting/poster.jpg?v=1793950477577 What is gaslighting? The name comes from a 1938 play, Gaslight, where a husband dims the lamps, then says his wife imagined it. Today gaslighting usually means a pattern of manipulation that makes someone doubt their own memory or perception. Tactics can include denying events, brushing feelings off, or rewriting what was said. One disagreement, or a faulty memory, isn't gaslighting on its own. If it keeps happening, talking to someone you trust, or a support service, can help. In the US, the National Domestic Violence Hotline offers support by phone or chat, day or night. Next: What is love bombing? Sources: APA Dictionary of Psychology, National Domestic Violence Hotline, Adair 2025 (Trauma, Violence, & Abuse), Sweet 2019 (American Sociological Review). https://explain.film/films/what-is-gaslighting/video.mp4?v=1793950480179 38 2026-11-06T07:36:51.825Z https://explain.film/films/what-is-msg 2026-11-05T08:03:34.426Z https://explain.film/films/what-is-msg/poster.jpg?v=1793865702141 What is MSG? MSG is glutamate, the savoury taste in tomatoes and parmesan, with a little sodium. A Japanese chemist found it in seaweed broth in 1908. It has about a third of table salt's sodium. And "Chinese restaurant syndrome"? Blinded studies found no consistent reaction to MSG eaten with food. So far, regulators call it safe in normal amounts. Next: What is gaslighting? Sources: US FDA, FSANZ, EFSA, Geha et al. 2000 (J Nutr), Obayashi & Nagamura 2016 (J Headache Pain), Science History Institute. https://explain.film/films/what-is-msg/video.mp4?v=1793865704615 29 2026-11-05T08:03:34.426Z https://explain.film/films/nuclear-fusion-vs-fission 2026-11-03T11:44:35.820Z https://explain.film/films/nuclear-fusion-vs-fission/poster.jpg?v=1793706222819 Nuclear fusion vs nuclear fission Fission and fusion both release energy from an atom's tiny core, the nucleus. Fission splits a heavy nucleus, like uranium: a neutron hits it, it breaks apart, and out come heat and more neutrons. Those neutrons split more atoms, a chain reaction that powers nuclear plants today. Fusion does the reverse: two light nuclei, like hydrogen, join into a heavier one. That's how the Sun shines; on Earth, it takes over a hundred million degrees. Labs have done it, but so far no fusion plant powers the grid. Fission splits, fusion joins. Next: why do cats hate water? Simplified: nuclear plants split uranium-235, and fusion on Earth uses deuterium and tritium, two kinds of hydrogen. Sources: US Department of Energy (Fission and Fusion: What is the Difference?), IAEA, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (National Ignition Facility) and ITER. https://explain.film/films/nuclear-fusion-vs-fission/video.mp4?v=1793706217620 50 2026-11-03T11:44:35.820Z https://explain.film/films/what-happens-1-year-after-you-quit-smoking 2026-11-02T07:22:35.102Z https://explain.film/films/what-happens-1-year-after-you-quit-smoking/poster.jpg?v=1793604127693 What happens 1 year after you quit smoking? Day 365 without cigarettes: one year. The early days were about withdrawal; a year in, it's about risk. Your added risk of heart disease is about half that of someone who still smokes. Half, not zero: it keeps falling for years. Coughing and shortness of breath usually ease within the first year. Cravings mostly fade, but an old trigger, a place or a person, can still spark an urge. Part 5 of the quit series (Day 1, Day 3, Day 7, Day 30, Day 365). Next: nuclear fusion vs fission. https://explain.film/films/what-happens-1-year-after-you-quit-smoking/video.mp4?v=1793604123402 46 2026-11-02T07:22:35.102Z https://explain.film/films/how-does-an-automatic-gearbox-work 2026-11-01T07:54:09.026Z https://explain.film/films/how-does-an-automatic-gearbox-work/poster.jpg?v=1793519609774 How does an automatic gearbox work? In a manual, you work the clutch and the lever; an automatic does it for you. Power flows from the engine, through a torque converter and the gearbox, to the wheels. The engine keeps turning at a stop, so the converter links it through oil: one fan spins the oil, the oil turns a second fan, and at a stop the oil just slips. The wheels still need different speeds, so the gearbox uses planetary gears. A brake band holds the outer ring, and the output turns slower, with more force; release the band and lock the gears together, and they turn as one, faster. A computer picks the moment, and oil pressure does the shifting. Next: what happens 1 year after you quit smoking? This shows a classic torque-converter automatic, simplified to one planetary set; CVT and dual-clutch gearboxes work differently. Sources: Wikipedia (Automatic transmission, Torque converter, Epicyclic gearing) and How a Car Works (How automatic gearboxes work). https://explain.film/films/how-does-an-automatic-gearbox-work/video.mp4?v=1793519605000 59 2026-11-01T07:54:09.026Z https://explain.film/films/why-does-being-scared-feel-good 2026-10-30T18:16:27.491Z https://explain.film/films/why-does-being-scared-feel-good/poster.jpg?v=1793384036248 Why does being scared feel good? A floorboard creaks, a shadow slides up the wall, and your heart jumps before you know why. A fast alarm in your brain fires first, and adrenaline follows: a racing heart, sharper senses. Then the slower, thinking part catches up: it's only a mask. Alarm, then all clear, and that swing may be the fun part. In a Danish haunted house, fun rose with fear, up to a point: too little was dull, too much stopped being fun. At one in Pittsburgh, many visitors left in a better mood. Fear can feel good in the right dose, when you know you're safe. https://explain.film/films/why-does-being-scared-feel-good/video.mp4?v=1793384041593 45 2026-10-30T18:16:27.491Z https://explain.film/films/how-does-a-manual-transmission-work 2026-10-30T13:29:06.635Z https://explain.film/films/how-does-a-manual-transmission-work/poster.jpg?v=1793351151103 How does a manual transmission work? Power flows from the engine, through the clutch and the gearbox, to the wheels. The engine spins fast, but the wheels need different speeds, so the gearbox uses gears of different sizes: a small gear turning a big one gives a slower turn with more pulling force. The gear lever slides a collar that locks one gear to the output shaft, while the other gears spin free. Pressing the clutch parts the engine from the gearbox, so the collar can slide in without grinding; release it, and the discs grip again. Next: how does an automatic gearbox work? https://explain.film/films/how-does-a-manual-transmission-work/video.mp4?v=1793351154443 53 2026-10-30T09:06:24.456Z https://explain.film/films/hybrid-car-explained 2026-10-30T13:35:07.328Z https://explain.film/films/hybrid-car-explained/poster.jpg?v=1793268457237 How does a hybrid car work? Car engines are least efficient at low speeds, so a hybrid adds a second power source: an electric motor and a battery. Ordinary brakes turn the car's motion into heat; a hybrid can turn some of it back into electricity. The car picks which to use: at low speeds it can run on electricity alone, and when speeding up the engine and motor can push together. A regular hybrid never plugs in: the engine and the brakes charge it. It reuses some energy other cars waste. Next: automatic vs manual? https://explain.film/films/hybrid-car-explained/video.mp4?v=1793268450559 43 2026-10-29T10:12:21.875Z https://explain.film/films/hurricane-vs-typhoon 2026-10-30T13:34:57.354Z https://explain.film/films/hurricane-vs-typhoon/poster.jpg?v=1793174800593 Hurricane vs typhoon: what's the difference? A hurricane and a typhoon are the same kind of storm: the general name is tropical cyclone. It draws its heat from warm water at the ocean's surface. Once its steady winds reach 74 mph, it gets a new name. The name depends on where it forms: a hurricane in the Atlantic and the eastern Pacific, a typhoon in the northwest Pacific, and a cyclone in the Indian Ocean and near Australia. Same storm, different ocean. Next: how does a hybrid car work? https://explain.film/films/hurricane-vs-typhoon/video.mp4?v=1793174793614 42 2026-10-28T08:07:02.228Z https://explain.film/films/gelato-vs-ice-cream 2026-10-31T08:59:54.165Z https://explain.film/films/gelato-vs-ice-cream/poster.jpg?v=1793086498782 Gelato vs ice cream: what's the difference? Ice cream is made with cream: in the US, it must be at least ten percent milk fat. Gelato usually uses more milk and less cream. Ice cream is churned fast, whipping in air; gelato is churned slowly, so it's denser. US law sets a minimum weight of four and a half pounds a gallon, which caps the air at about half the tub. And gelato is served warmer, so it's softer. Next: hurricane vs typhoon? https://explain.film/films/gelato-vs-ice-cream/video.mp4?v=1793086502499 38 2026-10-27T07:35:51.667Z https://explain.film/films/why-do-onions-make-you-cry 2026-10-31T09:00:49.862Z https://explain.film/films/why-do-onions-make-you-cry/poster.jpg?v=1792943932087 Why do onions make you cry? Your onion isn't trying to make you cry. It's defending itself. Cut it, and its broken cells make a stinging gas. Scientists think the gas keeps hungry animals away. But the gas floats up to your eyes: they feel the sting and make tears to wash it out. A sharp knife breaks fewer cells, so it can mean less gas. Next: cement vs concrete? https://explain.film/films/why-do-onions-make-you-cry/video.mp4?v=1792943936706 26 2026-10-25T15:59:58.317Z https://explain.film/films/why-is-the-sky-blue 2026-10-31T09:00:31.435Z https://explain.film/films/why-is-the-sky-blue/poster.jpg?v=1792857941443 Why is the sky blue? On the Moon, the sky is black at noon. Back on Earth it's the same Sun, so the blue comes from our air: air molecules scatter blue light roughly four to five times more than red, so blue reaches you from everywhere. Violet scatters even more, but our eyes see blue better. At sunset, light crosses far more air, so the blue scatters away and red gets through. Next: why do onions make you cry? https://explain.film/films/why-is-the-sky-blue/video.mp4?v=1792857948081 27 2026-10-24T16:06:41.949Z https://explain.film/films/what-happens-30-days-after-you-quit-smoking 2026-10-31T09:00:12.372Z https://explain.film/films/what-happens-30-days-after-you-quit-smoking/poster.jpg?v=1792759001744 What happens 30 days after you quit smoking? Thirty days without cigarettes: one month. Circulation and lung function can start to improve, and your lungs' clean-up crew, tiny hairs called cilia, can get back to work. So you might cough more at first: that's often them clearing the mess. Withdrawal is usually fading by now, but cravings can still show up. Part 4 of the quit series (Day 1, Day 3, Day 7, Day 30). Next: why is the sky blue? https://explain.film/films/what-happens-30-days-after-you-quit-smoking/video.mp4?v=1792759008599 29 2026-10-23T12:37:36.405Z https://explain.film/films/what-is-the-rarest-blood-type 2026-10-31T08:59:04.101Z https://explain.film/films/what-is-the-rarest-blood-type/poster.jpg?v=1792739118841 What is the rarest blood type? Of the eight main blood types, AB negative is the rarest in the US: under one percent of people. O positive is the most common, over a third. Beyond those eight, the rarest in the world is Rh-null, "golden blood": fewer than fifty people are known. Rare blood is hard to match, so blood banks always need donors, and how rare a type is depends on ancestry. Next: what happens 30 days after you quit smoking? https://explain.film/films/what-is-the-rarest-blood-type/video.mp4?v=1792739122025 27 2026-10-23T07:06:34.691Z https://explain.film/films/what-are-the-blood-types 2026-10-22T07:48:02.465Z https://explain.film/films/what-are-the-blood-types/poster.jpg?v=1792655220245 What are the blood types? Everyone has a blood type. There are four main types: A, B, AB and O. The letter tells which markers sit on your red blood cells: A, B, both, or none. A second marker adds a plus if you have it and a minus if you don't, which makes eight types. Donated blood must match. O minus fits almost anyone, so hospitals keep it ready. Your type comes from your parents, and it's worth knowing. Next: what is the rarest blood type? https://explain.film/films/what-are-the-blood-types/video.mp4?v=1792655222460 25 2026-10-22T07:48:02.465Z https://explain.film/films/what-happens-on-day-seven-after-your-last-cigarette 2026-10-22T06:51:59.429Z https://explain.film/films/what-happens-on-day-seven-after-your-last-cigarette/poster.jpg?v=1792651831657 What happens on day seven after your last cigarette? Day seven without cigarettes: one week. The worst of withdrawal usually starts to ease around now. Cravings still show up, but each one usually passes within minutes. Now the habit is often the harder part: coffee, breaks, stress. The verdict: less detox, more unlearning. Next: what are the blood types? https://explain.film/films/what-happens-on-day-seven-after-your-last-cigarette/video.mp4?v=1792651833917 22 2026-10-22T06:51:59.429Z https://explain.film/films/what-causes-hiccups 2026-10-21T13:00:51.568Z https://explain.film/films/what-causes-hiccups/poster.jpg?v=1792587608036 What causes hiccups? A hiccup starts when your diaphragm suddenly twitches. A split second later your vocal cords snap shut, and that is the "hic". The culprit is a nerve reflex, and eating fast, fizzy drinks and excitement can set it off. A scare or holding your breath? Folk remedies, with little evidence. Why hiccups exist at all, nobody really knows. The verdict: usually harmless, and most stop on their own. If they last over two days, see a doctor. Next: what are the blood types? https://explain.film/films/what-causes-hiccups/video.mp4?v=1792587611137 26 2026-10-21T13:00:51.568Z https://explain.film/films/what-happens-on-day-three-after-your-last-cigarette 2026-10-20T13:54:26.518Z https://explain.film/films/what-happens-on-day-three-after-your-last-cigarette/poster.jpg?v=1792565501682 What happens on day three after your last cigarette? Day three without cigarettes is usually the hard one. Withdrawal usually peaks around now: cravings, short temper and bad sleep. The nicotine in your blood is nearly gone, and your brain is readjusting. The good news: taste and smell can start coming back. The verdict: usually the worst stretch, and it doesn't last. Next: day seven. https://explain.film/films/what-happens-on-day-three-after-your-last-cigarette/video.mp4?v=1792565504034 22 2026-10-20T13:54:26.518Z https://explain.film/films/is-an-eye-twitch-dangerous 2026-10-20T12:11:11.835Z https://explain.film/films/is-an-eye-twitch-dangerous/poster.jpg?v=1792498238792 Is an eye twitch dangerous? A jumping eyelid is usually myokymia: a tiny, involuntary eyelid muscle twitch. Common triggers are too little sleep, stress, caffeine, eye strain and dry eyes. It usually stops on its own in days or weeks. See a doctor if it lasts over two weeks, shuts your eye fully, spreads across your face, or brings drooping or swelling. The verdict: almost never dangerous. https://explain.film/films/is-an-eye-twitch-dangerous/video.mp4?v=1792498240446 26 2026-10-20T12:11:11.835Z https://explain.film/films/is-a-tesla-thruster-just-a-leaf-blower 2026-10-20T06:30:01.611Z https://explain.film/films/is-a-tesla-thruster-just-a-leaf-blower/poster.jpg?v=1792478562691 Is a Tesla thruster just a leaf blower? Point a leaf blower forward and it pushes you back. Let a balloon go and it flies the opposite way from its air. That's Newton's third law. Tesla says the new Roadster's cold-gas thrusters do the same, blowing out compressed air from tanks. At the reveal, they helped it jump over other vehicles. Same physics, much bigger puff. https://explain.film/films/is-a-tesla-thruster-just-a-leaf-blower/video.mp4?v=1792478564712 29 2026-10-20T06:30:01.611Z https://explain.film/films/what-happens-on-day-one-without-cigarettes 2026-10-19T12:09:49.175Z https://explain.film/films/what-happens-on-day-one-without-cigarettes/poster.jpg?v=1792411742039 What happens on day one after your last cigarette? Day one without cigarettes, in three steps. Within about 20 minutes your heart rate starts to drop. Within hours, cravings usually begin. After about a day, the nicotine in your blood is close to zero. So day one is your body clearing the desk. Next: day three, the hard one. https://explain.film/films/what-happens-on-day-one-without-cigarettes/video.mp4?v=1792411744720 21 2026-10-19T12:09:49.175Z https://explain.film/films/why-do-cats-purr 2026-10-19T06:38:44.614Z https://explain.film/films/why-do-cats-purr/poster.jpg?v=1792391880409 Why do cats purr? Not always because they're happy. Cats purr when content, but also when stressed, hurt or giving birth. The sound comes from the voice box, buzzing about 25 times a second. And hungry cats may hide a cry inside the purr that's harder to ignore. So a purr is a signal, not always a smile. https://explain.film/films/why-do-cats-purr/video.mp4?v=1792391883551 25 2026-10-19T06:38:44.614Z https://explain.film/films/is-nicotine-itself-the-dangerous-part 2026-10-18T16:27:10.556Z https://explain.film/films/is-nicotine-itself-the-dangerous-part/poster.jpg?v=1792340790911 Is nicotine itself the dangerous part? Mostly, no. Most of smoking's cancer, lung and heart disease comes from the smoke: the tar and thousands of chemicals from burning tobacco. But nicotine is addictive. It raises heart rate and blood pressure, and it can harm babies in pregnancy and teenage brains. So without smoke, pouches and vapes are less harmful than smoking. Not harmless. https://explain.film/films/is-nicotine-itself-the-dangerous-part/video.mp4?v=1792340796272 27 2026-10-18T16:27:10.556Z https://explain.film/films/does-a-tesla-stick-to-the-road-like-a-window-cleaning-robot 2026-10-18T09:12:54.594Z https://explain.film/films/does-a-tesla-stick-to-the-road-like-a-window-cleaning-robot/poster.jpg?v=1792314715148 Does a Tesla stick to the road like a window-cleaning robot? Yes, it's the same trick. A window robot's fan sucks air from underneath, so the air outside pushes it onto the glass. Tesla says the new Roadster's fans pull air from under the car, so outside air presses it onto the road. At the 15 October reveal, that suction held it upside down on a curved ramp. Thrusters only did the flying. https://explain.film/films/does-a-tesla-stick-to-the-road-like-a-window-cleaning-robot/video.mp4?v=1792314717383 27 2026-10-18T09:12:54.594Z https://explain.film/films/are-nicotine-pouches-safer-than-smoking 2026-10-17T08:29:09.129Z https://explain.film/films/are-nicotine-pouches-safer-than-smoking/poster.jpg?v=1792225695541 Are nicotine pouches safer than smoking? Tobacco-free doesn't mean harmless. A pouch has no tobacco leaf, but the nicotine soaks through your gum into your blood. It is highly addictive: your brain grows more receptors, so you need nicotine just to feel normal. Your heart beats faster, and in a 2024 study the strongest pouches delivered more nicotine than a cigarette. Sore spots, gum irritation and white patches where the pouch sits. No smoke means far fewer harmful chemicals, and the US FDA rates the pouches it reviewed lower risk than cigarettes, but not safe. Long-term data is limited. Never used nicotine? No reason to start. https://explain.film/films/are-nicotine-pouches-safer-than-smoking/video.mp4?v=1792225699422 42 2026-10-17T08:29:09.129Z https://explain.film/films/are-energy-drinks-bad-for-you 2026-10-16T14:11:57.895Z https://explain.film/films/are-energy-drinks-bad-for-you/poster.jpg?v=1792159850227 Are energy drinks bad for you? Energy drinks aren't poison; the trouble is how we drink them. About 400 mg of caffeine a day is fine for most healthy adults, say US and European food safety agencies, and one can is often a coffee's worth. 3: too much, too fast. In one study of young adults who drank a lot in one hour, blood pressure went up and heart rhythm timing changed, and some big cans top a day's sugar limit. 2: mixed with alcohol, caffeine can make you feel less drunk than you are, so people drink more. 1: kids and teens. US pediatricians say none at all. Pregnant or a heart condition? Ask a doctor first. https://explain.film/films/are-energy-drinks-bad-for-you/video.mp4?v=1792159854478 42 2026-10-16T14:11:57.895Z