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.
Showing Season 4 of 8
Season 4
2021
No overview available.
01. Can Algae Fuel Our Cars?
2021-02-22
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?
02. How Do Microorganisms Pee?
2021-03-01
No overview available.
03. Becoming Your Own Baby Through Conjugation
2021-03-08
No overview available.
04. Getting to Know Our Single-Celled Ancestors
2021-03-15
No overview available.
05. Your Screen Is Covered In Human Blood
2021-03-22
No overview available.
06. Heliozoa: Round, Sticky, and Covered in Spikes
2021-03-29
No overview available.
07. How Diatoms Build Their Beautiful Shells
2021-04-05
No overview available.
08. Leeuwenhoek: The First Master of Microscopes
2021-04-12
No overview available.
09. The Fantastic Feet of the Microcosmos
2021-04-19
No overview available.
10. The Chaotic Life of Seashore Ciliates
2021-04-26
No overview available.
11. We Found a Super Rare Microbe!
2021-05-03
After over three years of searching for it, our Master of Microscopes has found a Spirostomum semivirescens!
12. Bursaria: Giant Gravity-Sensing Vacuums
2021-05-11
The big Roomba of the microcosmos is fascinating to watch as it lives its sink or swim life.
13. The Diversity of Shapes in the Microcosmos
2021-05-17
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.
14. Looking at Tardigrade Sperm and Other Reproducing Swimmers
2021-05-31
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.
15. Flinching Saves Lives in the Microcosmos
2021-06-07
No overview available.
16. Some Eggs Don't Need Sperm to Make Babies
2021-06-14
No overview available.
17. We Upgraded Our Microscope... Again!
2021-06-21
No overview available.
18. Unsolved Mysteries of the Microcosmos
2021-06-28
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.
19. The Beautiful, Brutal Tentacles of Hydra
2021-07-05
No overview available.
20. We Dipped Our Lens in Oil to See More Detail
2021-07-13
Oil immersion is an interesting and complex microscopy tool.
21. The Secret Things Living In Your Drains
2021-07-19
No overview available.
22. Revealing the Hidden Colors of the Microcosmos
2021-07-26
No overview available.
23. These Algae Curl Up Into a Ball When They Get Stressed Out
2021-08-02
No overview available.
24. Where Is This Anemone Really From?
2021-08-10
No overview available.
25. The Gruesome Tale of the Hitchhiking Parasite
2021-08-16
No overview available.