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Journey to the Microcosmos
Season 1 · Episode 8
Diatoms: Tiny Factories You Can See From Space
0.010mAugust 12, 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!
Episodes
- Episode 1Meet the Microcosmos
- Episode 2How Microscopic Hunters Get Their Lunch
- Episode 3Stentors: Single-Celled Giants
- Episode 4How Do Microorganisms Reproduce?
- Episode 5Where Did Eukaryotic Cells Come From? - A Journey Into Endosymbiotic Theory
- Episode 6Tardigrades: Chubby, Misunderstood, & Not Immortal
- Episode 7How Do Protozoa Get Around?
- Episode 8Diatoms: Tiny Factories You Can See From Space
- Episode 9Mysterious Jiggly Crystals and Other Intracellular Structures
- Episode 10How Do Colonies Help Microorganisms Survive?
- Episode 11Death in the Microcosmos
- Episode 12Euglenoids: Single-Celled Shapeshifters
- Episode 13Hydra: Stretchy, Speedy, & Probably Immortal
- Episode 14Relax and Enjoy the View
- Episode 15Life Without Oxygen? Challenge Accepted
- Episode 16Rotifers: Charmingly Bizarre & Often Ignored
- Episode 17The Microscopic Circle of Life
- Episode 18Amoebas: Occasional Brain-Eaters
- Episode 19The Colors of the Microcosmos
- Episode 20Eating, Hatching, and Crashing into the Moon: More About Tardigrades
- Episode 21Are Microbes Good or Bad for Humans?
- Episode 22Paramecium: The White Rat of Ciliates
- Episode 23Microorganisms Are Cleaning the Water You Drink
- Episode 24What Microscope Do We Use? (And Other Frequently Asked Questions)
- Episode 25What Humans and Stentors Have in Common
- Episode 26Gastrotrichs: Four Day Old Grandmothers
- Episode 27We Recorded Some Strange Goop. What Is It?
- Episode 28What If All the Microbes Disappeared?
- Episode 29Desmids: The Symmetrical Algae That's Full of Crystals
- Episode 30Microbes Don’t Actually Look Like Anything