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Journey to the Microcosmos
Season 4 · Episode 18
Unsolved Mysteries of the Microcosmos
0.010mJune 28, 2021
Sometimes we come across microbes that we just can't learn much about, or that don't fit into a larger story. So, this week we're sharing a few of those mysterious microbes with you.
Episodes
- Episode 1Can Algae Fuel Our Cars?
- Episode 2How Do Microorganisms Pee?
- Episode 3Becoming Your Own Baby Through Conjugation
- Episode 4Getting to Know Our Single-Celled Ancestors
- Episode 5Your Screen Is Covered In Human Blood
- Episode 6Heliozoa: Round, Sticky, and Covered in Spikes
- Episode 7How Diatoms Build Their Beautiful Shells
- Episode 8Leeuwenhoek: The First Master of Microscopes
- Episode 9The Fantastic Feet of the Microcosmos
- Episode 10The Chaotic Life of Seashore Ciliates
- Episode 11We Found a Super Rare Microbe!
- Episode 12Bursaria: Giant Gravity-Sensing Vacuums
- Episode 13The Diversity of Shapes in the Microcosmos
- Episode 14Looking at Tardigrade Sperm and Other Reproducing Swimmers
- Episode 15Flinching Saves Lives in the Microcosmos
- Episode 16Some Eggs Don't Need Sperm to Make Babies
- Episode 17We Upgraded Our Microscope... Again!
- Episode 18Unsolved Mysteries of the Microcosmos
- Episode 19The Beautiful, Brutal Tentacles of Hydra
- Episode 20We Dipped Our Lens in Oil to See More Detail
- Episode 21The Secret Things Living In Your Drains
- Episode 22Revealing the Hidden Colors of the Microcosmos
- Episode 23These Algae Curl Up Into a Ball When They Get Stressed Out
- Episode 24Where Is This Anemone Really From?
- Episode 25The Gruesome Tale of the Hitchhiking Parasite