Journey to the Microcosmos
Season 4
202125 episodes
Episodes
E1Can Algae Fuel Our Cars?
2021-02-22 · 10m
As the search for alternative energy sources continues, scientists are looking to the microcosmos and wondering: Can we use algae oil to power our cars, our airplanes, and maybe even our spaceships?
E2How Do Microorganisms Pee?
2021-03-01 · 10m
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E3Becoming Your Own Baby Through Conjugation
2021-03-08 · 10m
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E4Getting to Know Our Single-Celled Ancestors
2021-03-15 · 10m
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E5Your Screen Is Covered In Human Blood
2021-03-22 · 10m
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E6Heliozoa: Round, Sticky, and Covered in Spikes
2021-03-29 · 10m
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E7How Diatoms Build Their Beautiful Shells
2021-04-05 · 10m
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E8Leeuwenhoek: The First Master of Microscopes
2021-04-12 · 10m
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E9The Fantastic Feet of the Microcosmos
2021-04-19 · 10m
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E10The Chaotic Life of Seashore Ciliates
2021-04-26 · 10m
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E11We Found a Super Rare Microbe!
2021-05-03 · 10m
After over three years of searching for it, our Master of Microscopes has found a Spirostomum semivirescens!
E12Bursaria: Giant Gravity-Sensing Vacuums
2021-05-11 · 10m
The big Roomba of the microcosmos is fascinating to watch as it lives its sink or swim life.
E13The Diversity of Shapes in the Microcosmos
2021-05-17 · 10m
From trumpets and spirals to floral arrangements, single cell organisms take on many strange and unique shapes. But they don't look like that just for fun, their shapes can help them with movement, hunting, and even defending themselves.
E14Looking at Tardigrade Sperm and Other Reproducing Swimmers
2021-05-31 · 10m
Original Title: Tardigrade Sperm and Other Reproducing Swimmers Not all hypotheses need to be good. In fact, many of them are terrible. It’s just that when you’re trying to understand the world, you might find yourself believing that there are tiny humans living inside the heads of sperm, and we're here to tell you, that's not how it works.
E15Flinching Saves Lives in the Microcosmos
2021-06-07 · 10m
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E16Some Eggs Don't Need Sperm to Make Babies
2021-06-14 · 10m
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E17We Upgraded Our Microscope... Again!
2021-06-21 · 10m
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E18Unsolved Mysteries of the Microcosmos
2021-06-28 · 10m
Sometimes we come across microbes that we just can't learn much about, or that don't fit into a larger story. So, this week we're sharing a few of those mysterious microbes with you.
E19The Beautiful, Brutal Tentacles of Hydra
2021-07-05 · 10m
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E20We Dipped Our Lens in Oil to See More Detail
2021-07-13 · 10m
Oil immersion is an interesting and complex microscopy tool.
E21The Secret Things Living In Your Drains
2021-07-19 · 10m
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E22Revealing the Hidden Colors of the Microcosmos
2021-07-26 · 10m
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E23These Algae Curl Up Into a Ball When They Get Stressed Out
2021-08-02 · 10m
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E24Where Is This Anemone Really From?
2021-08-10 · 10m
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E25The Gruesome Tale of the Hitchhiking Parasite
2021-08-16 · 10m
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