These three online features show how nature and our past informs the science of today and of tomorrow. Digital storytelling techniques bring to life the struggles of Stone Age toolmakers who found a way to survive the last period of rapid global warming, the travails of Civil War field surgeons who turned to Native American plant remedies when medical supplies ran out, and the challenges of modern-day chemists—helped by chameleons in a quest to design a futuristic, color-changing “smart skin.”
From the Judges
Great visuals, fascinating story topics, wonderful overall presentation.
