Hank Green
Self - Host
Series SeasonSeason 1 episodes2019
Journey to the Microcosmos
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Episode 110 min2019-06-24
Meet the Microcosmos
Join us on the first episode of Journey to the Microcosmos as we take a dive into the tiny, unseen world that surrounds us! With music by Andrew Huang, footage from James Weiss, and narration by Hank Green, we hope to take you on a fascinating, reflective journey!
Episode 210 min2019-07-01
How Microscopic Hunters Get Their Lunch
On this week's journey, we explore the ways things eat in the microcosmos, from Stentors filter feeding to Dileptus hunting down and absorbing its prey.
Episode 310 min2019-07-08
Stentors: Single-Celled Giants
It's time to meet a single-celled organism that is bigger than a tardigrade! We'll learn how Stentors reproduce, why they look like trumpets, and why some of them are just SO BLUE!
Episode 410 min2019-07-15
How Do Microorganisms Reproduce?
How do stentors make more stentors? Does Paramecium reproduce sexually or asexually? Find out on this week's journey as we explore the ways the microcosmos reproduce!
Episode 510 min2019-07-22
Where Did Eukaryotic Cells Come From? - A Journey Into Endosymbiotic Theory
1.8 billion years ago, a cell ate another cell, but it didn't digest it, and without that happening, we would not exist. This week we explore the origins of eukaryotic cells and ask the question, "Are our cells more than ourselves?"
Episode 610 min2019-07-29
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!
Episode 710 min2019-08-05
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.
Episode 810 min2019-08-12
Diatoms: Tiny Factories You Can See From Space
We owe so much to diatoms! They help us make beer, paint, and kitty litter, and they're responsible for some of the air you're breathing right now!
Episode 910 min2019-08-20
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.
Episode 1010 min2019-08-26
How Do Colonies Help Microorganisms Survive?
In the microcosmos, it's dangerous to go alone. This week we go on a journey into colonies to find out why sticking together is such a great strategy!
Episode 1110 min2019-09-02
Death in the Microcosmos
Death is inevitable and mysterious, even in the microcosmos. Stentors, heliozoans, and yes, even tardigrades, experience death in many different ways.
Episode 1210 min2019-09-09
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 proven challenging to both identify and classify.
Episode 1310 min2019-09-16
Hydra: Stretchy, Speedy, & Probably Immortal
The hydra of mythology may not be as far off from reality as you think! Let's take a journey to the mall to meet our tentacled, regenerating friends!
Episode 1410 min2019-09-23
Relax and Enjoy the View
This week, we're taking a bit of a break, but we thought you might also like one. So, today, let's all just sit and look at our lovely little friends while we take a breath and enjoy Andrew Huang's amazing music.
Episode 1510 min2019-10-01
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.
Episode 1610 min2019-10-07
Rotifers: Charmingly Bizarre & Often Ignored
We also don't really know what rotifers are... but we'll try to tell you as much as we know!
Episode 1710 min2019-10-14
The Microscopic Circle of Life
Life is chemistry. From diatom to Diana, life is not a magical imbued trait, is a process of the physics of our universe. The precise and convoluted chemistry of life requires specific physical and chemical situations. And this planet has a dizzying variety of such circumstances that, over millions or even billions of years, living chemical systems have evolved to thrive in.
Episode 1810 min2019-10-21
Amoebas: Occasional Brain-Eaters
Yes, they might eat your brain, but there's a lot more to amoebas than that!
Episode 1910 min2019-10-28
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.
Episode 2010 min2019-11-04
Eating, Hatching, and Crashing into the Moon: More About Tardigrades
This week, the microcosmos meet the cosmos as we explore even more fascinating things about our friend, the tardigrade. We'll discuss their weird weird mouths, how we take care of our tardigrades, and what's going to happen to those tardigrades that crashed into the moon.
Episode 2110 min2019-11-11
Are Microbes Good or Bad for Humans?
Where is the line between good and bad microorganisms and why do we seem to know so much more about the bad ones?
Episode 2210 min2019-11-18
Paramecium: The White Rat of Ciliates
These world travelers might be, well, almost everywhere, but there is a still a lot we don't know about the famous paramecium.
Episode 2310 min2019-11-25
Microorganisms Are Cleaning the Water You Drink
Microbes are used for everything from baking to brewing, but wastewater treatment is where they do some of their most important work.
Episode 2410 min2019-12-03
What Microscope Do We Use? (And Other Frequently Asked Questions)
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Episode 2510 min2019-12-09
What Humans and Stentors Have in Common
This week, we're diving back into the world of Stentors to find out what humans and Stentors have in common!
Episode 2610 min2019-12-16
Gastrotrichs: Four Day Old Grandmothers
These little hairy-bellied friends lead a very interesting life, albeit a short one.
Episode 2710 min2019-12-23
We Recorded Some Strange Goop. What Is It?
This week's journey comes to you unedited and in real-time as we explore a mysterious infection.
Episode 2810 min2019-12-31
What If All the Microbes Disappeared?
In a world without microbes, this channel wouldn't exist. But there are other, more important things that would stop existing as well, and today we're going to explore just what could survive a world without our little micro friends, and for how long.
Episode 2910 min2020-01-06
Desmids: The Symmetrical Algae That's Full of Crystals
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Episode 3010 min2020-01-14
Microbes Don’t Actually Look Like Anything
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