Journey to the Microcosmos Episode Rating Graph
Jun 2019 - present
Jun 2019 - present
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S1 Ep1
6.0
24th Jun 2019
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!
S1 Ep2
8.0
1st Jul 2019
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.
S1 Ep3
8th Jul 2019
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!
S1 Ep4
15th Jul 2019
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!
S1 Ep5
22nd Jul 2019
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?"
S1 Ep6
29th Jul 2019
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!
S1 Ep7
5th Aug 2019
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.
S1 Ep8
12th Aug 2019
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!
S1 Ep9
20th Aug 2019
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.
S1 Ep10
26th Aug 2019
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!
S1 Ep11
2nd Sep 2019
Death is inevitable and mysterious, even in the microcosmos. Stentors, heliozoans, and yes, even tardigrades, experience death in many different ways.
S1 Ep12
9th Sep 2019
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.
S1 Ep13
16th Sep 2019
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!
S1 Ep14
23rd Sep 2019
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.
S1 Ep15
1st Oct 2019
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.
S1 Ep16
7th Oct 2019
We also don't really know what rotifers are... but we'll try to tell you as much as we know!
S1 Ep17
14th Oct 2019
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.
S1 Ep18
21st Oct 2019
Yes, they might eat your brain, but there's a lot more to amoebas than that!
S1 Ep19
28th Oct 2019
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.
S1 Ep20
4th Nov 2019
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.
S1 Ep21
11th Nov 2019
Where is the line between good and bad microorganisms and why do we seem to know so much more about the bad ones?
S1 Ep22
18th Nov 2019
These world travelers might be, well, almost everywhere, but there is a still a lot we don't know about the famous paramecium.
S1 Ep23
25th Nov 2019
Microbes are used for everything from baking to brewing, but wastewater treatment is where they do some of their most important work.
S1 Ep25
9th Dec 2019
This week, we're diving back into the world of Stentors to find out what humans and Stentors have in common!
S1 Ep26
16th Dec 2019
These little hairy-bellied friends lead a very interesting life, albeit a short one.
S1 Ep27
23rd Dec 2019
This week's journey comes to you unedited and in real-time as we explore a mysterious infection.
S1 Ep28
31st Dec 2019
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.
The first episode of Journey to the Microcosmos aired on June 24, 2019.
The last episode of Journey to the Microcosmos aired on March 25, 2024.
There are 219 episodes of Journey to the Microcosmos.
There are 7 seasons of Journey to the Microcosmos.
Yes.
Journey to the Microcosmos is set to return for future episodes.