Journey to the Microcosmos
S7 · E49 — A Collection of Tiny Universes
S7:E49 · A Collection of Tiny Universes
53 episodes in this season
The Complicated Sex Lives of Hydra
12 min
When Is A Fungus Not A Fungus?
11 min
The Cryptic Origins of Yogurt
10 min
Why Beggiatoa Are Stuffed Full Of Sulfur
We Don't Know Why Moth Wings Glow
Avoid These Tiny Bits of Killer Fluff (If You Can)
This Neon World Is Inside Your Fruit
Up Close With The World's Deadliest Animal
9 min
Falling In Love With Microscopy
The Tiny Worlds Inside of Puddles
7 min
Why Are Some Birds Blue?
The Electric Relationship Between Plants And Bees
8 min
Floating Cities of Scum
Liverworts Use The Rain To Make Their Clones
Bacteria That Survive In Gelatinous Colonies
Is It Possible To Photosynthesize In The Dark?
This Predator Is A Shape-Shifter
Blood-Sucking Escape Artists
This Microscopic Killer Wears Its Victims
These Dancing Worms Are Surprisingly Useful
Some Ciliates Are Hiding a Secret Weapon
Can Microbes Just Appear Out Of Nowhere?
Trying To Solve Some Micro Mysteries
What Do These Algae Do With Four Genomes?
The History of Red Algae
These Mites Give Cheese Its Flavor
Why Picocyanobacteria Might Just Outlast All Of Us
We Built A Tardigrade Trap, And It Worked
The Microbial Universe That Makes Kombucha
This Microbe Hasn't Been Seen Since The 1930s
What Makes A Microbe Rare?
These Tiny Crustaceans Hate Change
This special diatom is having a very bad day
We Fed Our Microbes Blood So You Don't Have To
These Slugs Led Us to the Last Good Place on the Internet
13 min
How Do We Find Cancer?
Watch a Stentor Fix Itself
This Amoeba Made Armor From Its Dead Enemies
We Found Something Strange in Portugal
We've Been Looking For This Purple Amoeba for 6 Years!
You Have Something in Common With This Horrifying Tube Worm
Tiny Mysteries from the Black Sea
We Found a Very, Very Tiny Kraken
How Does The Microcosmos Change With the Seasons?
Why Are Ciliates So Hairy?
What These Microbes Teach Us About Free Will
Microscopic Beauty from a Nuclear Test Site
Why Do Planarians Have Those Triangles on their Heads?
A Collection of Tiny Universes
Some Microbes Also Take Naps
We Answer Your Questions!
We Spilled Ink On Our Slides to See What Would Happen
The Future of Microscopy (and end of our Journey)
