Journey to the Microcosmos
A Two-Headed Ciliate and Other Adorable, Dead, and Extinct Things
The theme of today's episode is pretty simple: things we never thought we’d be showing you, but here we are.
Journey to the Microcosmos
There's More Than Coral at the Coral Farm
When you’re in the business of hunting for microbes, sometimes you have to send some weird emails. That’s why James, our master of microscopes, sat down one day to send his own strange request to the people at Coralaxy, a coral farm in...
Journey to the Microcosmos
Microbes Don’t Actually Look Like Anything
Microbes Don’t Actually Look Like Anything
Journey to the Microcosmos
How to Not Kill an Extremely Rare Microbe
For an activity that mostly involves sitting and staring, microscopy is a surprisingly high stakes task. On the other side of the lens are drops full of potential, a multitude of worlds to unravel and examine. But they’re also fragile...
Food Farmer Earth
Symphony of the Soil: Interview with Deborah Koons Garcia
Deborah Koons Garcia's exceptional, new film, Symphony of the Soil, pays loving homage to the beauty and the wondrous mystery of soil, celebrating not just the incredible soil diversity found on four of the world's continents, it also...
Food Farmer Earth
The Art of Fermentation Sandor Katz Interview
In his most recent book, The Art of Fermentation, Sandor Ellix Katz considers himself a "fermentation experimentalist". That would appear to be an apt description for his evangelistic passion and encyclopedic knowledge of the...
Journey to the Microcosmos
Tardigrades: Chubby, Misunderstood, & Not Immortal
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!
Journey to the Microcosmos
Tumbling Down Invisible Highways
When we look at bacteria under a microscope, they appear to be tumbling around chaotically, but over the centuries we realized that their pathways have a purpose.
Journey to the Microcosmos
Our Paramecia Are Infected
We recently discovered some Holospora infecting one of our Paramecium samples. How does that happen? How does the Holospora get in there? And how are they so successful at infecting?
Let's Tute
Introduction to Ecosystem Structure and Composition
In this video, we learn about the components of an ecosystem, including biotic (living) and abiotic (non-living) factors. We also learn about the different types of biotic components, including producers, consumers, and decomposers.
Journey to the Microcosmos
Slime Tubes in Search of Sunlight
There are only a few groups of bacteria that do this kind of gliding, but they’re found across a plethora of environments, including ponds, soil, and, surprise, in our own mouths.
Journey to the Microcosmos
The Microcosmos of the 1800s: The Story of Christian Gottfried Ehrenberg
The Microcosmos of the 1800s The Story of Christian Gottfried Ehrenberg
Journey to the Microcosmos
The Diversity of Shapes in the Microcosmos
From trumpets and spirals to floral arrangements, single cell organisms take on many strange and unique shapes. But they don't look like that just for fun, their shapes can help them with movement, hunting, and even defending themselves.
Catalyst University
Lab Exercise 1: Introduction to Microbiology
Lab Exercise 1: Introduction to Microbiology
Journey to the Microcosmos
The Complicated Relationships of the Microcosmos
The Complicated Relationships of the Microcosmos
Journey to the Microcosmos
Your Screen Is Covered In Human Blood
Your Screen Is Covered In Human Blood
Journey to the Microcosmos
Getting to Know Our Single-Celled Ancestors
Getting to Know Our Single-Celled Ancestors
Next Animation Studio
Dark patches on Venus could be signs of microbial life
A new study theorizes that the dark patches on Venus may be a sign that there's microbial life in the planet's lower atmosphere. According to a paper published in the journal Astrobiology, climate models suggest Venus had a habitable...
Journey to the Microcosmos
Leeuwenhoek: The First Master of Microscopes
Leeuwenhoek: The First Master of Microscopes
Journey to the Microcosmos
How Do Protozoa Get Around?
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.
Journey to the Microcosmos
Amoebas Occasional Brain-Eaters
Yes, they might eat your brain, but there's a lot more to amoebas than that!
Professor Dave Explains
Microorganisms and Humans Commensal and Pathogenic Flora
Did you know that there are more microbes inside of you than there are cells that belong to your own body? There are tons of those critters all over the place! But don't freak out, most of them are actually helping you. They protect you...