Journey to the Microcosmos

  • Première: Jun 2019
  • Épisodes: 169
  • Abonnés: 1
  • En cours
  • YouTube
  • Lundi à 12
  • Documentary

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Meet the Microcosmos
Episode overview
Date de diffusion
Jun 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 .. show full overview
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How Microscopic Hunters Get Their Lunch
Episode overview
Date de diffusion
Juil 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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Stentors: Single-Celled Giants
Episode overview
Date de diffusion
Juil 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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How Do Microorganisms Reproduce?
Episode overview
Date de diffusion
Juil 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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Where Did Eukaryotic Cells Come From? - A Journey Into Endosymbiotic Theory
Episode overview
Date de diffusion
Juil 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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Tardigrades: Chubby, Misunderstood, & Not Immortal
Episode overview
Date de diffusion
Juil 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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How Do Protozoa Get Around?
Episode overview
Date de diffusion
Août 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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Diatoms: Tiny Factories You Can See From Space
Episode overview
Date de diffusion
Août 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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Mysterious Jiggly Crystals and Other Intracellular Structures
Episode overview
Date de diffusion
Août 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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How Do Colonies Help Microorganisms Survive?
Episode overview
Date de diffusion
Août 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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Death in the Microcosmos
Episode overview
Date de diffusion
Sept 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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Euglenoids: Single-Celled Shapeshifters
Episode overview
Date de diffusion
Sept 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 .. show full overview
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Hydra: Stretchy, Speedy, & Probably Immortal
Episode overview
Date de diffusion
Sept 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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Relax and Enjoy the View
Episode overview
Date de diffusion
Sept 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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Life Without Oxygen? Challenge Accepted
Episode overview
Date de diffusion
Oct 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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Rotifers: Charmingly Bizarre & Often Ignored
Episode overview
Date de diffusion
Oct 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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The Microscopic Circle of Life
Episode overview
Date de diffusion
Oct 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 .. show full overview
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Amoebas: Occasional Brain-Eaters
Episode overview
Date de diffusion
Oct 21, 2019
Yes, they might eat your brain, but there's a lot more to amoebas than that!
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The Colors of the Microcosmos
Episode overview
Date de diffusion
Oct 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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Eating, Hatching, and Crashing into the Moon: More About Tardigrades
Episode overview
Date de diffusion
Nov 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 .. show full overview
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Are Microbes Good or Bad for Humans?
Episode overview
Date de diffusion
Nov 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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Paramecium: The White Rat of Ciliates
Episode overview
Date de diffusion
Nov 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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Microorganisms Are Cleaning the Water You Drink
Episode overview
Date de diffusion
Nov 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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What Microscope Do We Use? (And Other Frequently Asked Questions)
Episode overview
Date de diffusion
Déc 03, 2019
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What Humans and Stentors Have in Common
Episode overview
Date de diffusion
Déc 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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Gastrotrichs: Four Day Old Grandmothers
Episode overview
Date de diffusion
Déc 16, 2019
These little hairy-bellied friends lead a very interesting life, albeit a short one.
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We Recorded Some Strange Goop. What Is It?
Episode overview
Date de diffusion
Déc 23, 2019
This week's journey comes to you unedited and in real-time as we explore a mysterious infection.
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What If All the Microbes Disappeared?
Episode overview
Date de diffusion
Déc 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 .. show full overview

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