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Making Yoghurt
I’m sure you know that yoghurt comes from milk But did you know that bacteria are also a key ingredient? Yes – bacteria! But don’t worry, these are good bacteria and are often called probiotics. Your gut has thousands of types of...
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The Microbe That's Big Enough to Pet
The Microbe That's Big Enough to Pet
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Lacrymaria: Vicious Long-Necked Predators
Lacrymaria: Vicious Long-Necked Predators
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Suctorians: The Ugly Duckling of Ciliates
Suctorians The Ugly Duckling of Ciliates
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We Recorded Too Much Slow Motion Footage So Here's a Bonus Video
We Recorded Too Much Slow Motion Footage So Here's a Bonus Video
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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...
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Actinobolina: A Tiny Predatory Porcupine
It may not be the super rare tentacled ciliate we were looking for, but it's still a really cool super rare tentacled ciliate!
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Bacteria That Only Want To Head North
When James first saw these bacteria, all he knew is that they came from a sample taken from a Portuguese beach. And on the slide, the bacteria were swimming in a stark line. And that gave James an idea. He took out his phone and opened...
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The Terrifying Viruses of the Microcosmos
Even in the microcosmos, it's important to stay inside if you want to avoid a virus.
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Microorganisms and making alcohol
What are microorganisms? They are microscopic organisms or tiny living things. Microorganisms can cause diseases, but in this video we are going to learn about how they are useful to us, specifically in making alcohol.
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How Do Microorganisms Poop Without a Butthole?
Everybody poops, but how does one poop when one does not have a butthole?
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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.
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The Spatula-Shaped Ciliate Family
The family Spathidiidae is made up of around 20 genera, which encompass around 250 known species. And there’s a lot of variety in the Spathidiid family to sort through.
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The Many Ways Microbes Eat, Get Eaten, and Poop | Compilation
This is a world where microbes are both residents and food, which means that occasionally, we’ll have to spend our time together watching organisms, whose bodies are fractions upon fractions upon fractions of a millimeter in size, turn...
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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!
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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!
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How Many Cells Are in a Microscopic Animal?
We’re starting this episode out with a question that we’re never going to have a good answer for: how many cells do animals have? How could we ever hope to count all those cells in each of those animals? And how could we even begin to...
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Trying to Make Sense of This Overwhelming World
The goal of phylogenetic trees is to track the organisms we know of through their place in evolution.
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The Remarkable Mystery of Land Plants
Somewhere around 470 million years ago, something happened that shouldn’t have been particularly striking. An algae found its way onto land. This algae turned the lands of this earth green, altered the chemistry of our atmosphere, and...
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How We Got The DNA From This Extremely Rare Ciliate
To study organisms at the genetic level, we need their DNA. Which means that we need to be able to wade through all the bits and pieces lying within their tiny bodies to pick out something even tinier—something we can’t just dig out with...
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How to Identify Microbes
When there are over one trillion species, it can be hard to determine what you're looking at on your microscope. Thankfully we've got some helpful tips for you!
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We Finally Found the Elusive Bristle Worm!
We’ve spent most of our journey through the microcosmos seeking out the organisms that are too small to see with just the human eye. The bacteria, the ciliates, the tardigrades. Part of what makes them so exciting to find is that they...