Journey to the Microcosmos - Season 5 Episode 23 What Even Is A Species?
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7
Season 7 May 29, 2023
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7 - 1The Complicated Sex Lives of Hydra May 29, 2023 -
7 - 2When Is A Fungus Not A Fungus? Jun 05, 2023
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7 - 3The Cryptic Origins of Yogurt Jun 12, 2023
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7 - 4Why Beggiatoa Are Stuffed Full Of Sulfur Jun 19, 2023
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7 - 5We Don't Know Why Moth Wings Glow Jul 10, 2023
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7 - 6Avoid These Tiny Bits of Killer Fluff (If You Can) Jul 17, 2023
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7 - 7This Neon World Is Inside Your Fruit Jul 24, 2023
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7 - 8Up Close With The World's Deadliest Animal Jul 31, 2023
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7 - 9Falling In Love With Microscopy Aug 07, 2023
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7 - 10The Tiny Worlds Inside of Puddles Aug 14, 2023
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7 - 11Why Are Some Birds Blue? Aug 21, 2023
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7 - 12The Electric Relationship Between Plants And Bees Aug 28, 2023
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7 - 13Floating Cities of Scum Sep 04, 2023
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7 - 14Liverworts Use The Rain To Make Their Clones Sep 11, 2023
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7 - 15Bacteria That Survive In Gelatinous Colonies Sep 18, 2023
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7 - 16Is It Possible To Photosynthesize In The Dark? Sep 25, 2023
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7 - 17This Predator Is A Shape-Shifter Oct 02, 2023
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7 - 18Blood-Sucking Escape Artists Oct 09, 2023
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7 - 19This Microscopic Killer Wears Its Victims Oct 16, 2023
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7 - 20These Dancing Worms Are Surprisingly Useful Oct 23, 2023
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7 - 21Some Ciliates Are Hiding a Secret Weapon Oct 30, 2023
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7 - 22Can Microbes Just Appear Out Of Nowhere? Nov 06, 2023
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7 - 23Trying To Solve Some Micro Mysteries Nov 13, 2023
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7 - 24What Do These Algae Do With Four Genomes? Nov 20, 2023
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7 - 25The History of Red Algae Dec 11, 2023
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7 - 26These Mites Give Cheese Its Flavor Dec 18, 2023
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7 - 27Why Picocyanobacteria Might Just Outlast All Of Us Jan 09, 2024
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7 - 28We Built A Tardigrade Trap, And It Worked Jan 15, 2024
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7 - 29The Microbial Universe That Makes Kombucha Jan 22, 2024
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7 - 30This Microbe Hasn't Been Seen Since The 1930s Jan 29, 2024
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7 - 31What Makes A Microbe Rare? Feb 12, 2024
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7 - 32These Tiny Crustaceans Hate Change Feb 19, 2024
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7 - 33This special diatom is having a very bad day Feb 28, 2024
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7 - 34We Fed Our Microbes Blood So You Don't Have To Mar 04, 2024
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7 - 35
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7 - 36How Do We Find Cancer? Mar 25, 2024
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7 - 37Watch a Stentor Fix Itself Apr 15, 2024
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7 - 38This Amoeba Made Armor From Its Dead Enemies Apr 22, 2024
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7 - 39We Found Something Strange in Portugal Apr 29, 2024
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7 - 40
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7 - 41
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7 - 42Tiny Mysteries from the Black Sea May 28, 2024
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7 - 43We Found a Very, Very Tiny Kraken Jun 10, 2024
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7 - 44How Does The Microcosmos Change With the Seasons? Jun 24, 2024
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7 - 45Why Are Ciliates So Hairy? Jul 09, 2024
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7 - 46What These Microbes Teach Us About Free Will Jul 22, 2024
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7 - 47Microscopic Beauty from a Nuclear Test Site Aug 05, 2024
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7 - 48
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7 - 49A Collection of Tiny Universes Sep 03, 2024
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7 - 50Some Microbes Also Take Naps Sep 16, 2024
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7 - 51We Answer Your Questions! Sep 30, 2024
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7 - 52
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7 - 53The Future of Microscopy (and end of our Journey) Oct 28, 2024
6
Season 6 Mar 28, 2022
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6 - 1Giant Microscopic Cannibals Mar 28, 2022
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6 - 2How Many Cells Are in a Microscopic Animal? Apr 04, 2022
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6 - 3The Remarkable Mystery of Land Plants Apr 11, 2022
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6 - 4There's More Than Coral at the Coral Farm Apr 25, 2022
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6 - 5We Finally Found the Elusive Bristle Worm! May 02, 2022
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6 - 6Putting Coral Under the Microscope May 09, 2022
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6 - 7
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6 - 8How to Not Kill an Extremely Rare Microbe May 23, 2022
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6 - 9
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6 - 10
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6 - 11
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6 - 12Getting to the Root of Nitrogen Fixation Jul 04, 2022 -
6 - 13
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6 - 14The Aquatic Snails That Leave a Path of Destruction Jul 18, 2022
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6 - 15These Squishy Dots Move So Fast You Might Miss Them Jul 25, 2022
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6 - 16Our Tardigrades Got Stuck in a German Post Office Aug 08, 2022
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6 - 17These Walking Ciliates Are Frustrating Aug 15, 2022
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6 - 18Water Mites: Sticky Dancers with Crystal Poop Aug 22, 2022
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6 - 19We Accidentally Grew Crystals Aug 29, 2022
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6 - 20Ghost Fleas: Tiny See Through Cyclopses Sep 05, 2022
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6 - 21Bacteria That Only Want To Head North Sep 12, 2022
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6 - 22The Shared Doom of Microscopic Hitchhikers Sep 26, 2022
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6 - 23
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6 - 24These Rotifers Glue Themselves Together Oct 10, 2022
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6 - 25Why Are These Single-Celled Organisms So Large? Oct 17, 2022
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6 - 26Sand Is Full of Life and Death Nov 07, 2022
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6 - 27The 18th Century Tardigrade Debate Nov 14, 2022
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6 - 28
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6 - 29
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6 - 30How We Got The DNA From This Extremely Rare Ciliate Dec 05, 2022
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6 - 31A Microscopic Tour Through A Norwegian Fjord Dec 12, 2022
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6 - 32The Illuminating Reason Perenema Curl Up Into a Ball Dec 19, 2022
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6 - 33The Collotheca Doesn’t Mind Eating Its Own Babies Jan 16, 2023
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6 - 34The Indecisive Evolution of Gastrotrichs Jan 23, 2023
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6 - 35How Electricity Brings Order To Chaos Jan 30, 2023
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6 - 36The Microcosmos Is Made of Star Stuff Feb 06, 2023
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6 - 37Your Mouth Is A Cave For Microbes Feb 13, 2023
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6 - 38Microscopic Space Travelers Feb 20, 2023
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6 - 39These Microbes Wear Chain Mail Made From DNA Feb 27, 2023
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6 - 40How Does Yeast Make Bread? Mar 06, 2023
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6 - 41How Do Microbes Make Decisions? Mar 13, 2023
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6 - 42How Your Blood Keeps You Alive Mar 20, 2023
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6 - 43Can Bacteria Eat Plastic? Apr 03, 2023
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6 - 44Lichen: The Mysterious Love Child of Fungi and Algae Apr 10, 2023
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6 - 45The Microcosmos Is A Very Stressful Place Apr 17, 2023
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6 - 46These Mites Are Probably On Your Face Right Now Apr 24, 2023
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6 - 47The Incredible World of Bacterial Communities May 01, 2023
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6 - 48The Tube-dwelling Architects Of The Microcosmos May 08, 2023
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6 - 49How To Kick Off Your Microscopic Journey May 15, 2023
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6 - 50Unboxing Our Microcosmos Microscope! May 22, 2023
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6 - 51The Complicated Sex Lives of Hydra Jan 01, 1970
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6 - 52When Is A Fungus Not A Fungus? Jan 01, 1970
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6 - 53The Cryptic Origins of Yogurt Jan 01, 1970
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6 - 54Why Beggiatoa Are Stuffed Full Of Sulfur Jan 01, 1970
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6 - 55We Don't Know Why Moth Wings Glow Jan 01, 1970
5
Season 5 Aug 30, 2021
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5 - 1The Dark History of Sea Monkeys Aug 30, 2021 -
5 - 2What Is Mold and Why Does It Love Bread? Sep 06, 2021 -
5 - 3Why Do Microbes Explode Under UV Light? Sep 13, 2021 -
5 - 4The Purple Bacteria That Are Afraid of Oxygen Sep 20, 2021 -
5 - 5Slime Tubes in Search of Sunlight Oct 11, 2021
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5 - 6Journey Through the Body of a Rotifer Oct 19, 2021 -
5 - 7The Fish Sucking Lice That Aren’t Lice Oct 25, 2021 -
5 - 8Tumbling Down Invisible Highways Nov 02, 2021 -
5 - 9The Arachnid Whose Poop Is Making You Sneeze Nov 08, 2021
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5 - 11Copepods: The Diatom-Devouring King of Plankton Nov 22, 2021 -
5 - 12Microbes in Slow Motion Nov 30, 2021
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5 - 13The Tiny Crustacean With the Oldest Penis Dec 07, 2021 -
5 - 14Looking for Answers in the Skull of a Zebrafish Dec 13, 2021
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5 - 15Creepy Crawly Close-Ups Dec 27, 2021 -
5 - 16Adventures in Being Eaten Jan 03, 2022
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5 - 17The Complicated Relationships of the Microcosmos Jan 11, 2022
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5 - 18The Double Life of a Fake Jellyfish Jan 17, 2022
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5 - 19The Tiny Worlds Inside of Single-Celled Organisms Jan 25, 2022 -
5 - 20Microbe Hunting in Antarctica Jan 31, 2022 -
5 - 21Nematodes: The Worm That Sculpted The World Feb 14, 2022 -
5 - 22Aeolosoma: Polka-Dotted Vacuum Worms Feb 21, 2022 -
5 - 23What Even Is A Species? Feb 28, 2022 -
5 - 24The Spatula-Shaped Ciliate Family Mar 07, 2022
4
Season 4 Feb 22, 2021
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4 - 1Can Algae Fuel Our Cars? Feb 22, 2021 -
4 - 2How Do Microorganisms Pee? Mar 01, 2021 -
4 - 3Becoming Your Own Baby Through Conjugation Mar 08, 2021 -
4 - 4Getting to Know Our Single-Celled Ancestors Mar 15, 2021 -
4 - 5Your Screen Is Covered In Human Blood Mar 22, 2021 -
4 - 6Heliozoa: Round, Sticky, and Covered in Spikes Mar 29, 2021 -
4 - 7How Diatoms Build Their Beautiful Shells Apr 05, 2021 -
4 - 8Leeuwenhoek: The First Master of Microscopes Apr 12, 2021 -
4 - 9The Fantastic Feet of the Microcosmos Apr 19, 2021 -
4 - 10The Chaotic Life of Seashore Ciliates Apr 26, 2021 -
4 - 11We Found a Super Rare Microbe! May 03, 2021 -
4 - 12Bursaria: Giant Gravity-Sensing Vacuums May 11, 2021 -
4 - 13The Diversity of Shapes in the Microcosmos May 17, 2021 -
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4 - 15Flinching Saves Lives in the Microcosmos Jun 07, 2021 -
4 - 16Some Eggs Don't Need Sperm to Make Babies Jun 14, 2021 -
4 - 17We Upgraded Our Microscope... Again! Jun 21, 2021 -
4 - 18Unsolved Mysteries of the Microcosmos Jun 28, 2021 -
4 - 19The Beautiful, Brutal Tentacles of Hydra Jul 05, 2021 -
4 - 20We Dipped Our Lens in Oil to See More Detail Jul 13, 2021 -
4 - 21The Secret Things Living In Your Drains Jul 19, 2021 -
4 - 22Revealing the Hidden Colors of the Microcosmos Jul 26, 2021 -
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4 - 24Where Is This Anemone Really From? Aug 10, 2021 -
4 - 25The Gruesome Tale of the Hitchhiking Parasite Aug 16, 2021
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Season 3 Aug 10, 2020
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3 - 1We Upgraded Our Microscope! Aug 10, 2020
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3 - 2How Do Microorganisms Poop? Aug 17, 2020
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3 - 3Flatworms: Simple Wiggly Tubes Aug 24, 2020
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3 - 4Our Paramecia Are Infected Aug 31, 2020
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3 - 5Lacrymaria: Vicious Long-Necked Predators Sep 07, 2020
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3 - 6The Fungus That Traps and Kills Nematodes Sep 14, 2020
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3 - 7Ophyroglena: The Tricky Transforming Ciliate Sep 21, 2020
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3 - 8Can Microbes See Without Eyes? Sep 29, 2020
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3 - 9Do Microscopic Immortals Actually Exist? Oct 05, 2020
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3 - 10Water Is Thicker When You’re Smaller Oct 12, 2020
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3 - 11Didinium: The Paramecium Hunter Nov 02, 2020
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3 - 12Some Water Bears Live on Land Nov 09, 2020
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3 - 13The Case of the Mistaken Amoeba Nov 16, 2020
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3 - 14This Ciliate Is About to Die Nov 23, 2020
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3 - 15Strange Stentor Stories Nov 30, 2020
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3 - 16The Schoolteacher Who Discovered 700 Ciliates Dec 08, 2020
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3 - 17How Did Multicellularity Evolve? Dec 14, 2020
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3 - 18Actinobolina: A Tiny Predatory Porcupine Dec 21, 2020
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3 - 19
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3 - 20Why Do Bacteria Move Like Vibrating Chaos Snakes? Jan 04, 2021
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3 - 21Dinoflagellates: The Algae That Saved an Astronaut Jan 12, 2021
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3 - 22Moss & Lichen: Which One Is Actually a Plant? Jan 18, 2021
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3 - 23Suctorians: The Ugly Duckling of Ciliates Jan 25, 2021
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3 - 24Pelomyxa: The Microbe That's Big Enough to Pet Feb 01, 2021
2
Season 2 Jan 27, 2020
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2 - 1We Filmed Tardigrade Sex! Jan 27, 2020
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2 - 2The Highs and Lows of Tardigrade Pregnancy Feb 03, 2020
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2 - 3Slime Molds: When Micro Becomes Macro Feb 10, 2020
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2 - 4How to Identify Microbes Feb 17, 2020
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2 - 5How Cyanobacteria Took Over The World Feb 24, 2020
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2 - 6Bacillaria: Distractingly Beautiful Crystal Colonies Mar 02, 2020
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2 - 7
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2 - 8How We Find Our Microbes Mar 16, 2020
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2 - 9The Secret Things Living in Your Aquarium Mar 23, 2020
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2 - 10Synura: Smelly, Flowery Confetti Mar 30, 2020
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2 - 11How to Survive the Microcosmos Apr 07, 2020
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2 - 12What Is the Point of Sex? Apr 13, 2020
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2 - 13What Are These Vorticella up To? Apr 20, 2020
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2 - 14Water Fleas: Look Weird, Adapt Weirder Apr 28, 2020
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2 - 15Making Decisions Without a Brain May 04, 2020
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2 - 16Peritrich Ciliates: Masters of Long-Range Snacking May 11, 2020
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2 - 17The Terrifying Viruses of the Microcosmos May 18, 2020
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2 - 18The Micro World Right Under Your Feet May 25, 2020
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2 - 19Testate Amoebas: Blobby, Modest Shell Dwellers Jun 01, 2020
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2 - 20
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2 - 21The Complicated Legacy of Lynn Margulis Jun 23, 2020
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2 - 22The Microbe You Eat All The Time Jun 29, 2020
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2 - 23How to Name a Microbe Jul 06, 2020
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2 - 24
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2 - 25Trying to Make Sense of This Overwhelming World Jul 20, 2020
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Season 1 Jun 24, 2019
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1 - 1Meet the Microcosmos Jun 24, 2019
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1 - 2How Microscopic Hunters Get Their Lunch Jul 01, 2019
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1 - 3Stentors: Single-Celled Giants Jul 08, 2019
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1 - 4How Do Microorganisms Reproduce? Jul 15, 2019
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1 - 5
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1 - 6Tardigrades: Chubby, Misunderstood, & Not Immortal Jul 29, 2019
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1 - 7How Do Protozoa Get Around? Aug 05, 2019
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1 - 8Diatoms: Tiny Factories You Can See From Space Aug 12, 2019
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1 - 9
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1 - 10How Do Colonies Help Microorganisms Survive? Aug 26, 2019
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1 - 11Death in the Microcosmos Sep 02, 2019
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1 - 12Euglenoids: Single-Celled Shapeshifters Sep 09, 2019
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1 - 13Hydra: Stretchy, Speedy, & Probably Immortal Sep 16, 2019
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1 - 14Relax and Enjoy the View Sep 23, 2019
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1 - 15Life Without Oxygen? Challenge Accepted Oct 01, 2019
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1 - 16Rotifers: Charmingly Bizarre & Often Ignored Oct 07, 2019
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1 - 17The Microscopic Circle of Life Oct 14, 2019
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1 - 18Amoebas: Occasional Brain-Eaters Oct 21, 2019
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1 - 19The Colors of the Microcosmos Oct 28, 2019
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1 - 20
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1 - 21Are Microbes Good or Bad for Humans? Nov 11, 2019
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1 - 22Paramecium: The White Rat of Ciliates Nov 18, 2019
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1 - 23Microorganisms Are Cleaning the Water You Drink Nov 25, 2019
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1 - 24
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1 - 25What Humans and Stentors Have in Common Dec 09, 2019
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1 - 26Gastrotrichs: Four Day Old Grandmothers Dec 16, 2019
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1 - 27We Recorded Some Strange Goop. What Is It? Dec 23, 2019
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1 - 28What If All the Microbes Disappeared? Dec 31, 2019
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1 - 29
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1 - 30Microbes Don’t Actually Look Like Anything Jan 14, 2020
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Season 0 Sep 05, 2019
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0 - 1You Can Support The Microcosmos! Sep 05, 2019
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0 - 2Midi-chlorians: Our Connection to the Force Apr 01, 2020
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0 - 3
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0 - 4BONUS VIDEO: The Microcosmos Microscope Jan 07, 2021
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0 - 5Get the Music of the Microcosmos! Feb 10, 2021
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0 - 6500k Celebration Livestream! Apr 02, 2021
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0 - 7Hang out with the Microcosmos team! Jul 28, 2021
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0 - 8BONUS VIDEO: Hold The Microcosmos In Your Hands! Aug 23, 2021
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0 - 9BONUS: Microcosmos and Chill Oct 04, 2021
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0 - 10
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0 - 11A Microscopic Tour of Death | Compilation Apr 18, 2022
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0 - 12We Made A Store! Jun 06, 2022
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0 - 13
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0 - 14You Can Have Your Very Own Microcosmos Calendar! Sep 01, 2022
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0 - 15Microcosmos Livestream Oct 26, 2022
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0 - 16
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0 - 17
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0 - 18Microscopic Butts Are Fascinating | Compilation Jun 26, 2023
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0 - 19You Can't Escape Worms | Compilation Nov 27, 2023
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0 - 20This MITE Be Our Creepiest Episode | Compilation Mar 18, 2024
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0 - 21Thanks For Coming On This Journey With Us Apr 08, 2024
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0 - 22The Microcosmos Compilation Compilation Apr 01, 2024
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0 - 23An Hour of Our Uncut Microscopic Footage Sep 19, 2022
Overview
If you know about the species Lacrymaria olor, then you know what you’re getting when you see it under a microscope. It has a distinct shape, a distinct way of life—the combination of its own genetics and its surrounding environment.
Year 2024
Studio YouTube
Director Hank Green
Crew
Popularity 0.6323
Language English
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