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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Air Date: 2019-06-24
Join us on the first episode of Journey to the Microcosmos as we take a dive into the tiny, unseen world that surroun...
Air Date: 2019-07-01
On this week's journey, we explore the ways things eat in the microcosmos, from Stentors filter feeding to Dileptus h...
Air Date: 2019-07-08
It's time to meet a single-celled organism that is bigger than a tardigrade! We'll learn how Stentors reproduce, why ...
Air Date: 2019-07-15
How do stentors make more stentors? Does Paramecium reproduce sexually or asexually? Find out on this week's journey ...
Air Date: 2019-07-22
1.8 billion years ago, a cell ate another cell, but it didn't digest it, and without that happening, we would not exi...
Air Date: 2019-07-29
We know these cute little water bears can survive the vacuum of space but are they actually immortal? We'll explore t...
Air Date: 2019-08-05
If you were a protozoan, how would you zoom zoom zoom all around the microcosmos? From false feet to microtubules, fi...
Air Date: 2019-08-12
We owe so much to diatoms! They help us make beer, paint, and kitty litter, and they're responsible for some of the a...
Air Date: 2019-08-20
Let's journey deep into the cells themselves to take a look at some of the structures that keep cells alive and other...
Air Date: 2019-08-26
In the microcosmos, it's dangerous to go alone. This week we go on a journey into colonies to find out why sticking t...
Air Date: 2019-09-02
Death is inevitable and mysterious, even in the microcosmos. Stentors, heliozoans, and yes, even tardigrades, experie...
Air Date: 2019-09-09
Euglenoids have had a very, very long time to evolve, and that has led to the things they have evolved into being ext...
Air Date: 2019-09-16
The 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 ...
Air Date: 2019-09-23
This 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 l...
Air Date: 2019-10-01
Slimy, a little smelly, maybe even a little gross, but to many organisms, the oxic-anoxic transition is a shifting ch...
Air Date: 2019-10-07
We also don't really know what rotifers are... but we'll try to tell you as much as we know!
Air Date: 2019-10-14
Life is chemistry. From diatom to Diana, life is not a magical imbued trait, is a process of the physics of our unive...
Air Date: 2019-10-21
Yes, they might eat your brain, but there's a lot more to amoebas than that!
Air Date: 2019-10-28
We see the colors of the microcosmos every single week, but let's stop and ask why our some microbes are bright green...
Air Date: 2019-11-04
This week, the microcosmos meet the cosmos as we explore even more fascinating things about our friend, the tardigrad...
Air Date: 2019-11-11
Where is the line between good and bad microorganisms and why do we seem to know so much more about the bad ones?
Air Date: 2019-11-18
These world travelers might be, well, almost everywhere, but there is a still a lot we don't know about the famous pa...
Air Date: 2019-11-25
Microbes are used for everything from baking to brewing, but wastewater treatment is where they do some of their most...
Air Date: 2019-12-03
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Air Date: 2019-12-09
This week, we're diving back into the world of Stentors to find out what humans and Stentors have in common!
Air Date: 2019-12-16
These little hairy-bellied friends lead a very interesting life, albeit a short one.
Air Date: 2019-12-23
This week's journey comes to you unedited and in real-time as we explore a mysterious infection.
Air Date: 2019-12-31
In a world without microbes, this channel wouldn't exist. But there are other, more important things that would stop ...
Air Date: 2020-01-06
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Air Date: 2020-01-14
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