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We Upgraded Our Microscope!
Differential interference contrast is not a microscope, but rather a method that enhances contrast, and thanks to our new microscope we are able to share some amazing DIC images with you!
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Colorless Euglenoids Structure and Function (and Food)
Colorless Euglenoids Structure and Function (and Food)
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The Colors of the Microcosmos
We see the colors of the microcosmos every single week, but let's stop and ask why our some microbes are bright green, while others are a golden brown.
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The Complicated Legacy of Lynn Margulis
The world of microscopy is not without its own controversial figures, today we’re discussing Lynn Margulis and her contributions to the world of science as well as some of her more harmful beliefs.
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What Microscope Do We Use (And Other Frequently Asked Questions)
We get a lot of questions about how we do what we do here on Journey to the Microcosmos. So, we thought that we'd answer a handful of frequently asked questions this week!
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Making Decisions Without a Brain
Making decisions can be pretty hard, but imagining trying to do it without a brain!
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Water Fleas: Look Weird, Adapt Weirder
Water Fleas: Look Weird, Adapt Weirder
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Mysterious Jiggly Crystals and Other Intracellular Structures
Let's journey deep into the cells themselves to take a look at some of the structures that keep cells alive and others that do... something... that we'll figure out someday... probably.
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Life Without Oxygen Challenge Accepted
Slimy, a little smelly, maybe even a little gross, but to many organisms, the oxic-anoxic transition is a shifting chemical boundary that has created a challenge for life...a challenge it conquered.
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Euglenoids Single-Celled Shapeshifters
Euglenoids have had a very, very long time to evolve, and that has led to the things they have evolved into being extremely diverse—so diverse that, combined with the varied shape-shifting abilities of its member species, euglenoids have...
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Preserving the History of the Microcosmos With Prepared Slides
Sometimes, pictures and videos aren’t enough. Sometimes the best way to share what you’ve seen under the microscope is, well, to share the actual thing you’re looking at.
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Bacillaria Distractingly Beautiful Crystal Colonies
Bacillaria Distractingly Beautiful Crystal Colonies
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This Ciliate Is About to Die
It's time to explore a big question while we watch a ciliate go through its last moments.
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Peritrich Ciliates Masters of Long-Range Snacking
Peritrich Ciliates Masters of Long-Range Snacking
Brave Wilderness
Viper Venom vs. Human Blood!
Get ready as Coyote and the crew take science to the next level with microbiologist Dr. Hunter Hines! They're showing you what happens when Coyote's blood is combined with the viper venom from the Fer-de-Lance in a scientific experiment....
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The Highs and Lows of Tardigrade Pregnancy
The Highs and Lows of Tardigrade Pregnancy
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What Are These Vorticella up To
It’s not technically a colony. Think of it more as a community of like-minded individuals. And today, we are going to join them.
Curated Video
Investigating the Effects of Light on Plant Growth: A Biology Practical Experiment
The video discusses a required biology practical activity that involves investigating the effects of light on plant growth. The presenter explains how to develop a hypothesis related to the growth of mustard seedlings based on the...
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Heliozoa: Round, Sticky, and Covered in Spikes
Heliozoa: Round, Sticky, and Covered in Spikes
Tumble Science Podcast for Kids
Whales and Snot from their Blowholes
A whale inhales and exhales air through the blowhole at the top of its head. The plume that rises when the whale exhales is made up of blow, a scientific term for whale snot. Whale snot can reveal important information about whale...
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Do Microscopic Immortals Actually Exist
Are you immortal if you never age? Defying death is not as clear-cut as it might initially seem. What we define as immortality depends a bit on what you think it means to die.