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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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Colorless Euglenoids: Structure and Function (and Food)
There’s something you probably heard a lot in biology class. And no, it's not “mitochondria is the powerhouse of the cell”
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Looking for Answers in the Skull of a Zebrafish
Looking for Answers in the Skull of a Zebrafish
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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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The Tiny Worlds Inside of Single-Celled Organisms
We often focus on the organisms, but what about the even smaller world inside of them?
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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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Classifying Waste: Understanding the Different Types of Wastes and Their Properties
This video explains the various ways in which waste can be classified, such as solid, liquid, gaseous, hazardous, biodegradable, and non-biodegradable. It also introduces the concept of e-waste and its proper management.
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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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Foraminifera: Hard on The Outside, Squishy on the Inside
We're going fossil hunting for Foraminifera! From beaches, to the ocean floor, to the foundation of the Egyptian pyramids, Forams are everywhere!
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The Tiny Crustacean With the Oldest Penis
The Tiny Crustacean With the Oldest Penis
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Prevention of Infection and Spoilage of Food
It explains infections caused by disease-causing microbes and describes methods of food preservation.
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Peritrich Ciliates Masters of Long-Range Snacking
Peritrich Ciliates Masters of Long-Range Snacking
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The Highs and Lows of Tardigrade Pregnancy
The Highs and Lows of Tardigrade Pregnancy
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The Secret Things Living In Your Drains
The Secret Things Living In Your Drains
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Bursaria: Giant Gravity-Sensing Vacuums
The big Roomba of the microcosmos is fascinating to watch as it lives its sink or swim life.
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Microbes in Slow Motion
While our journeys are often enjoyed at a slow pace, when we go just a little bit slower and look a little bit deeper there’s always something new to find.
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10 Extraterrestrial Discoveries That Could Prove Aliens Exist
Is there life on Mars? Could the newly discovered planets around Trappist-1 be home to aliens? Alltime 10s investigates, with 10 Biggest Discoveries In The Search For Alien Life.