Journey to the Microcosmos
Overview:
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.
The Complicated Sex Lives of Hydra
Season 7 · Episode 1
When Is A Fungus Not A Fungus?
Season 7 · Episode 2
The Cryptic Origins of Yogurt
Season 7 · Episode 3
Why Beggiatoa Are Stuffed Full Of Sulfur
Season 7 · Episode 4
We Don't Know Why Moth Wings Glow
Season 7 · Episode 5
Avoid These Tiny Bits of Killer Fluff (If You Can)
Season 7 · Episode 6
This Neon World Is Inside Your Fruit
Season 7 · Episode 7
Up Close With The World's Deadliest Animal
Season 7 · Episode 8
Falling In Love With Microscopy
Season 7 · Episode 9
The Tiny Worlds Inside of Puddles
Season 7 · Episode 10
Why Are Some Birds Blue?
Season 7 · Episode 11
The Electric Relationship Between Plants And Bees
Season 7 · Episode 12
Floating Cities of Scum
Season 7 · Episode 13
Liverworts Use The Rain To Make Their Clones
Season 7 · Episode 14
Bacteria That Survive In Gelatinous Colonies
Season 7 · Episode 15
Is It Possible To Photosynthesize In The Dark?
Season 7 · Episode 16
This Predator Is A Shape-Shifter
Season 7 · Episode 17
Blood-Sucking Escape Artists
Season 7 · Episode 18
This Microscopic Killer Wears Its Victims
Season 7 · Episode 19
These Dancing Worms Are Surprisingly Useful
Season 7 · Episode 20
Some Ciliates Are Hiding a Secret Weapon
Season 7 · Episode 21
Can Microbes Just Appear Out Of Nowhere?
Season 7 · Episode 22
Trying To Solve Some Micro Mysteries
Season 7 · Episode 23
What Do These Algae Do With Four Genomes?
Season 7 · Episode 24
The History of Red Algae
Season 7 · Episode 25
These Mites Give Cheese Its Flavor
Season 7 · Episode 26
Why Picocyanobacteria Might Just Outlast All Of Us
Season 7 · Episode 27
We Built A Tardigrade Trap, And It Worked
Season 7 · Episode 28
The Microbial Universe That Makes Kombucha
Season 7 · Episode 29
This Microbe Hasn't Been Seen Since The 1930s
Season 7 · Episode 30
What Makes A Microbe Rare?
Season 7 · Episode 31
These Tiny Crustaceans Hate Change
Season 7 · Episode 32
This special diatom is having a very bad day
Season 7 · Episode 33
We Fed Our Microbes Blood So You Don't Have To
Season 7 · Episode 34
These Slugs Led Us to the Last Good Place on the Internet
Season 7 · Episode 35
How Do We Find Cancer?
Season 7 · Episode 36
Watch a Stentor Fix Itself
Season 7 · Episode 37
This Amoeba Made Armor From Its Dead Enemies
Season 7 · Episode 38
We Found Something Strange in Portugal
Season 7 · Episode 39
We've Been Looking For This Purple Amoeba for 6 Years!
Season 7 · Episode 40
You Have Something in Common With This Horrifying Tube Worm
Season 7 · Episode 41
Tiny Mysteries from the Black Sea
Season 7 · Episode 42
We Found a Very, Very Tiny Kraken
Season 7 · Episode 43
How Does The Microcosmos Change With the Seasons?
Season 7 · Episode 44
Why Are Ciliates So Hairy?
Season 7 · Episode 45
What These Microbes Teach Us About Free Will
Season 7 · Episode 46
Microscopic Beauty from a Nuclear Test Site
Season 7 · Episode 47
Why Do Planarians Have Those Triangles on their Heads?
Season 7 · Episode 48
A Collection of Tiny Universes
Season 7 · Episode 49
Some Microbes Also Take Naps
Season 7 · Episode 50
We Answer Your Questions!
Season 7 · Episode 51
We Spilled Ink On Our Slides to See What Would Happen
Season 7 · Episode 52
The Future of Microscopy (and end of our Journey)
Season 7 · Episode 53
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