Journey to the Microcosmos (季节 1)

Meet the Microcosmos (集 1)

播出日期: 2019-06-24

运行时间: 10 min

概述: 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!

How Microscopic Hunters Get Their Lunch (集 2)

播出日期: 2019-07-01

运行时间: 10 min

概述: 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.

Stentors: Single-Celled Giants (集 3)

播出日期: 2019-07-08

运行时间: 10 min

概述: 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!

How Do Microorganisms Reproduce? (集 4)

播出日期: 2019-07-15

运行时间: 10 min

概述: 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!

Where Did Eukaryotic Cells Come From? - A Journey Into Endosymbiotic Theory (集 5)

播出日期: 2019-07-22

运行时间: 10 min

概述: 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?"

Tardigrades: Chubby, Misunderstood, & Not Immortal (集 6)

播出日期: 2019-07-29

运行时间: 10 min

概述: 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!

How Do Protozoa Get Around? (集 7)

播出日期: 2019-08-05

运行时间: 10 min

概述: 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.

Diatoms: Tiny Factories You Can See From Space (集 8)

播出日期: 2019-08-12

运行时间: 10 min

概述: 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!

Mysterious Jiggly Crystals and Other Intracellular Structures (集 9)

播出日期: 2019-08-20

运行时间: 10 min

概述: 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.

How Do Colonies Help Microorganisms Survive? (集 10)

播出日期: 2019-08-26

运行时间: 10 min

概述: 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!

Death in the Microcosmos (集 11)

播出日期: 2019-09-02

运行时间: 10 min

概述: Death is inevitable and mysterious, even in the microcosmos. Stentors, heliozoans, and yes, even tardigrades, experience death in many different ways.

Euglenoids: Single-Celled Shapeshifters (集 12)

播出日期: 2019-09-09

运行时间: 10 min

概述: 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.

Hydra: Stretchy, Speedy, & Probably Immortal (集 13)

播出日期: 2019-09-16

运行时间: 10 min

概述: 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!

Relax and Enjoy the View (集 14)

播出日期: 2019-09-23

运行时间: 10 min

概述: 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.

Life Without Oxygen? Challenge Accepted (集 15)

播出日期: 2019-10-01

运行时间: 10 min

概述: 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.

Rotifers: Charmingly Bizarre & Often Ignored (集 16)

播出日期: 2019-10-07

运行时间: 10 min

概述: We also don't really know what rotifers are... but we'll try to tell you as much as we know!

The Microscopic Circle of Life (集 17)

播出日期: 2019-10-14

运行时间: 10 min

概述: 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.

Amoebas: Occasional Brain-Eaters (集 18)

播出日期: 2019-10-21

运行时间: 10 min

概述: Yes, they might eat your brain, but there's a lot more to amoebas than that!

The Colors of the Microcosmos (集 19)

播出日期: 2019-10-28

运行时间: 10 min

概述: 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.

Eating, Hatching, and Crashing into the Moon: More About Tardigrades (集 20)

播出日期: 2019-11-04

运行时间: 10 min

概述: 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.

Are Microbes Good or Bad for Humans? (集 21)

播出日期: 2019-11-11

运行时间: 10 min

概述: Where is the line between good and bad microorganisms and why do we seem to know so much more about the bad ones?

Paramecium: The White Rat of Ciliates (集 22)

播出日期: 2019-11-18

运行时间: 10 min

概述: These world travelers might be, well, almost everywhere, but there is a still a lot we don't know about the famous paramecium.

Microorganisms Are Cleaning the Water You Drink (集 23)

播出日期: 2019-11-25

运行时间: 10 min

概述: Microbes are used for everything from baking to brewing, but wastewater treatment is where they do some of their most important work.

What Microscope Do We Use? (And Other Frequently Asked Questions) (集 24)

播出日期: 2019-12-03

运行时间: 10 min

What Humans and Stentors Have in Common (集 25)

播出日期: 2019-12-09

运行时间: 10 min

概述: This week, we're diving back into the world of Stentors to find out what humans and Stentors have in common!

Gastrotrichs: Four Day Old Grandmothers (集 26)

播出日期: 2019-12-16

运行时间: 10 min

概述: These little hairy-bellied friends lead a very interesting life, albeit a short one.

We Recorded Some Strange Goop. What Is It? (集 27)

播出日期: 2019-12-23

运行时间: 10 min

概述: This week's journey comes to you unedited and in real-time as we explore a mysterious infection.

What If All the Microbes Disappeared? (集 28)

播出日期: 2019-12-31

运行时间: 10 min

概述: 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.

Desmids: The Symmetrical Algae That's Full of Crystals (集 29)

播出日期: 2020-01-06

运行时间: 10 min

Microbes Don’t Actually Look Like Anything (集 30)

播出日期: 2020-01-14

运行时间: 10 min