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Play S1 E1Take a dive into the tiny, unseen world that surrounds us! With music by Andrew Huang, footage from James Weiss, and narration by Hank Green, we want to take you on a fascinating, reflective journey through the microcosmos.
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30 episodes
- 1. Meet the MicrocosmosJoin us on the first episode of Journey to the Microcosmos as we take a dive into the tiny, unseen world that surrounds us! With music by Andrew Huang, footage from James Weiss, and narration by Hank Green, we hope to take you on a fascinating, reflective journey!CC10minJun 24, 2019
- 2. How Microscopic Hunters Get Their LunchOn this week's journey, we explore the ways things eat in the microcosmos, from Stentors filter feeding to Dileptus hunting down and absorbing its prey.CC10minJul 1, 2019
- 3. Stentors: Single-Celled GiantsIt's time to meet a single-celled organism that is bigger than a tardigrade! We'll learn how Stentors reproduce, why they look like trumpets, and why some of them are just SO BLUE!CC10minJul 8, 2019
- 4. How Do Microorganisms Reproduce?How do stentors make more stentors? Does Paramecium reproduce sexually or asexually? Find out on this week's journey as we explore the ways the microcosmos reproduce!CC10minJul 15, 2019
- 5. Where Did Eukaryotic Cells Come From? - A Journey Into Endosymbiotic Theory1.8 billion years ago, a cell ate another cell, but it didn't digest it, and without that happening, we would not exist. This week we explore the origins of eukaryotic cells and ask the question, "Are our cells more than ourselves?"CC10minJul 22, 2019
- 6. Tardigrades: Chubby, Misunderstood, & Not ImmortalWe know these cute little water bears can survive the vacuum of space but are they actually immortal? We'll explore that and other misconceptions about tardigrades in this week's journey!CC10minJul 29, 2019
- 7. How Do Protozoa Get Around?If you were a protozoan, how would you zoom zoom zoom all around the microcosmos? From false feet to microtubules, find out how these single-celled eukaryotes make their way through the universe.CC10minAug 5, 2019
- 8. Diatoms: Tiny Factories You Can See From SpaceWe owe so much to diatoms! They help us make beer, paint, and kitty litter, and they're responsible for some of the air you're breathing right now!CC10minAug 12, 2019
- 9. Mysterious Jiggly Crystals and Other Intracellular StructuresLet's journey deep into the cells themselves to take a look at some of the structures that keep cells alive and others that do... something... that we'll figure out someday... probably.CC10minAug 20, 2019
- 10. How Do Colonies Help Microorganisms Survive?In the microcosmos, it's dangerous to go alone. This week we go on a journey into colonies to find out why sticking together is such a great strategy!CC10minAug 26, 2019
- 11. Death in the MicrocosmosDeath is inevitable and mysterious, even in the microcosmos. Stentors, heliozoans, and yes, even tardigrades, experience death in many different ways.CC10minSep 2, 2019
- 12. Euglenoids: Single-Celled ShapeshiftersEuglenoids have had a very, very long time to evolve, and that has led to the things they have evolved into being extremely diverse—so diverse that, combined with the varied shape-shifting abilities of its member species, euglenoids have proven challenging to both identify and classify.CC10minSep 9, 2019
- 13. Hydra: Stretchy, Speedy, & Probably ImmortalThe hydra of mythology may not be as far off from reality as you think! Let's take a journey to the mall to meet our tentacled, regenerating friends!CC10minSep 16, 2019
- 14. Relax and Enjoy the ViewThis week, we're taking a bit of a break, but we thought you might also like one. So, today, let's all just sit and look at our lovely little friends while we take a breath and enjoy Andrew Huang's amazing music.CC10minSep 23, 2019
- 15. Life Without Oxygen? Challenge AcceptedSlimy, a little smelly, maybe even a little gross, but to many organisms, the oxic-anoxic transition is a shifting chemical boundary that has created a challenge for life...a challenge it conquered.CC10minOct 1, 2019
- 16. Rotifers: Charmingly Bizarre & Often IgnoredWe also don't really know what rotifers are... but we'll try to tell you as much as we know!CC10minOct 7, 2019
- 17. The Microscopic Circle of LifeLife is chemistry. From diatom to Diana, life is not a magical imbued trait, is a process of the physics of our universe. The precise and convoluted chemistry of life requires specific physical and chemical situations. And this planet has a dizzying variety of such circumstances that, over millions or even billions of years, living chemical systems have evolved to thrive in.CC10minOct 14, 2019
- 18. Amoebas: Occasional Brain-EatersYes, they might eat your brain, but there's a lot more to amoebas than that!CC10minOct 21, 2019
- 19. The Colors of the MicrocosmosWe see the colors of the microcosmos every single week, but let's stop and ask why our some microbes are bright green, while others are a golden brown.CC10minOct 28, 2019
- 20. Eating, Hatching, and Crashing into the Moon: More About TardigradesThis week, the microcosmos meet the cosmos as we explore even more fascinating things about our friend, the tardigrade. We'll discuss their weird weird mouths, how we take care of our tardigrades, and what's going to happen to those tardigrades that crashed into the moon.CC10minNov 4, 2019
- 21. Are Microbes Good or Bad for Humans?Where is the line between good and bad microorganisms and why do we seem to know so much more about the bad ones?CC10minNov 11, 2019
- 22. Paramecium: The White Rat of CiliatesThese world travelers might be, well, almost everywhere, but there is a still a lot we don't know about the famous paramecium.CC10minNov 18, 2019
- 23. Microorganisms Are Cleaning the Water You DrinkMicrobes are used for everything from baking to brewing, but wastewater treatment is where they do some of their most important work.CC10minNov 25, 2019
- 24. What Microscope Do We Use? (And Other Frequently Asked Questions)No synopsis available yet.CC10minDec 3, 2019
- 25. What Humans and Stentors Have in CommonThis week, we're diving back into the world of Stentors to find out what humans and Stentors have in common!CC10minDec 9, 2019
- 26. Gastrotrichs: Four Day Old GrandmothersThese little hairy-bellied friends lead a very interesting life, albeit a short one.CC10minDec 16, 2019
- 27. We Recorded Some Strange Goop. What Is It?This week's journey comes to you unedited and in real-time as we explore a mysterious infection.CC10minDec 23, 2019
- 28. What If All the Microbes Disappeared?In a world without microbes, this channel wouldn't exist. But there are other, more important things that would stop existing as well, and today we're going to explore just what could survive a world without our little micro friends, and for how long.CC10minDec 31, 2019
- 29. Desmids: The Symmetrical Algae That's Full of CrystalsNo synopsis available yet.CC10minJan 6, 2020
- 30. Microbes Don’t Actually Look Like AnythingNo synopsis available yet.CC10minJan 14, 2020
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Take a dive into the tiny, unseen world that surrounds us! With music by Andrew Huang, footage from James Weiss, and narration by Hank Green, we want to take you on a fascinating, reflective journey through the microcosmos.
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