Journey to the Microcosmos
S4 · E7 — How Diatoms Build Their Beautiful Shells
S4:E7 · How Diatoms Build Their Beautiful Shells
25 episodes in this season
Can Algae Fuel Our Cars?
10 min
How Do Microorganisms Pee?
Becoming Your Own Baby Through Conjugation
Getting to Know Our Single-Celled Ancestors
Your Screen Is Covered In Human Blood
Heliozoa: Round, Sticky, and Covered in Spikes
How Diatoms Build Their Beautiful Shells
Leeuwenhoek: The First Master of Microscopes
The Fantastic Feet of the Microcosmos
The Chaotic Life of Seashore Ciliates
We Found a Super Rare Microbe!
Bursaria: Giant Gravity-Sensing Vacuums
The Diversity of Shapes in the Microcosmos
Looking at Tardigrade Sperm and Other Reproducing Swimmers
Flinching Saves Lives in the Microcosmos
Some Eggs Don't Need Sperm to Make Babies
We Upgraded Our Microscope... Again!
Unsolved Mysteries of the Microcosmos
The Beautiful, Brutal Tentacles of Hydra
We Dipped Our Lens in Oil to See More Detail
The Secret Things Living In Your Drains
Revealing the Hidden Colors of the Microcosmos
These Algae Curl Up Into a Ball When They Get Stressed Out
Where Is This Anemone Really From?
The Gruesome Tale of the Hitchhiking Parasite
