Journey to the Microcosmos
5
2019
Documentary
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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- Cast:
- Hank Green
Episode 30 : Microbes Don’t Actually Look Like Anything
January. 14,2020
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Episode 29 : Desmids: The Symmetrical Algae That's Full of Crystals
January. 06,2020
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Episode 28 : What If All the Microbes Disappeared?
December. 31,2019
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.
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Episode 27 : We Recorded Some Strange Goop. What Is It?
December. 23,2019
This week's journey comes to you unedited and in real-time as we explore a mysterious infection.
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Episode 26 : Gastrotrichs: Four Day Old Grandmothers
December. 16,2019
These little hairy-bellied friends lead a very interesting life, albeit a short one.
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Episode 25 : What Humans and Stentors Have in Common
December. 09,2019
This week, we're diving back into the world of Stentors to find out what humans and Stentors have in common!
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Episode 24 : What Microscope Do We Use? (And Other Frequently Asked Questions)
December. 03,2019
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Episode 23 : Microorganisms Are Cleaning the Water You Drink
November. 25,2019
Microbes are used for everything from baking to brewing, but wastewater treatment is where they do some of their most important work.
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Episode 22 : Paramecium: The White Rat of Ciliates
November. 18,2019
These world travelers might be, well, almost everywhere, but there is a still a lot we don't know about the famous paramecium.
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Episode 21 : Are Microbes Good or Bad for Humans?
November. 11,2019
Where is the line between good and bad microorganisms and why do we seem to know so much more about the bad ones?
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Episode 20 : Eating, Hatching, and Crashing into the Moon: More About Tardigrades
November. 04,2019
This 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.
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Episode 19 : The Colors of the Microcosmos
October. 28,2019
We 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.
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Episode 18 : Amoebas: Occasional Brain-Eaters
October. 21,2019
Yes, they might eat your brain, but there's a lot more to amoebas than that!
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Episode 17 : The Microscopic Circle of Life
October. 14,2019
Life 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.
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Episode 16 : Rotifers: Charmingly Bizarre & Often Ignored
October. 07,2019
We also don't really know what rotifers are... but we'll try to tell you as much as we know!
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Episode 15 : Life Without Oxygen? Challenge Accepted
October. 01,2019
Slimy, 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.
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Episode 14 : Relax and Enjoy the View
September. 23,2019
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 look at our lovely little friends while we take a breath and enjoy Andrew Huang's amazing music.
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Episode 13 : Hydra: Stretchy, Speedy, & Probably Immortal
September. 16,2019
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 tentacled, regenerating friends!
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Episode 12 : Euglenoids: Single-Celled Shapeshifters
September. 09,2019
Euglenoids 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.
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Episode 11 : Death in the Microcosmos
September. 02,2019
Death is inevitable and mysterious, even in the microcosmos. Stentors, heliozoans, and yes, even tardigrades, experience death in many different ways.
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Episode 10 : How Do Colonies Help Microorganisms Survive?
August. 26,2019
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!
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Episode 9 : Mysterious Jiggly Crystals and Other Intracellular Structures
August. 20,2019
Let'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.
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Episode 8 : Diatoms: Tiny Factories You Can See From Space
August. 12,2019
We 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!
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Episode 7 : How Do Protozoa Get Around?
August. 05,2019
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.
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Episode 6 : Tardigrades: Chubby, Misunderstood, & Not Immortal
July. 29,2019
We 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!
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Episode 5 : Where Did Eukaryotic Cells Come From? - A Journey Into Endosymbiotic Theory
July. 22,2019
1.8 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?"
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Episode 4 : How Do Microorganisms Reproduce?
July. 15,2019
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!
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Episode 3 : Stentors: Single-Celled Giants
July. 08,2019
It'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!
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Episode 2 : How Microscopic Hunters Get Their Lunch
July. 01,2019
On 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.
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Episode 1 : Meet the Microcosmos
June. 24,2019
Join 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!
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