Journey to the Microcosmos
S1 · E8 — Diatoms: Tiny Factories You Can See From Space
S1:E8 · Diatoms: Tiny Factories You Can See From Space
30 episodes in this season
Meet the Microcosmos
10 min
How Microscopic Hunters Get Their Lunch
Stentors: Single-Celled Giants
How Do Microorganisms Reproduce?
Where Did Eukaryotic Cells Come From? - A Journey Into Endosymbiotic Theory
Tardigrades: Chubby, Misunderstood, & Not Immortal
How Do Protozoa Get Around?
Diatoms: Tiny Factories You Can See From Space
Mysterious Jiggly Crystals and Other Intracellular Structures
How Do Colonies Help Microorganisms Survive?
Death in the Microcosmos
Euglenoids: Single-Celled Shapeshifters
Hydra: Stretchy, Speedy, & Probably Immortal
Relax and Enjoy the View
Life Without Oxygen? Challenge Accepted
Rotifers: Charmingly Bizarre & Often Ignored
The Microscopic Circle of Life
Amoebas: Occasional Brain-Eaters
The Colors of the Microcosmos
Eating, Hatching, and Crashing into the Moon: More About Tardigrades
Are Microbes Good or Bad for Humans?
Paramecium: The White Rat of Ciliates
Microorganisms Are Cleaning the Water You Drink
What Microscope Do We Use? (And Other Frequently Asked Questions)
What Humans and Stentors Have in Common
Gastrotrichs: Four Day Old Grandmothers
We Recorded Some Strange Goop. What Is It?
What If All the Microbes Disappeared?
Desmids: The Symmetrical Algae That's Full of Crystals
Microbes Don’t Actually Look Like Anything
