Journey to the Microcosmos - Season 4
1 - Can Algae Fuel Our Cars?
Air Date: February 22, 2021
As the search for alternative energy sources continues, scientists are looking to the microcosmos and wondering: Can we use algae oil to power our cars, our airplanes, and maybe even our spaceships?
2 - How Do Microorganisms Pee?
Air Date: March 1, 2021
3 - Becoming Your Own Baby Through Conjugation
Air Date: March 8, 2021
4 - Getting to Know Our Single-Celled Ancestors
Air Date: March 15, 2021
5 - Your Screen Is Covered In Human Blood
Air Date: March 22, 2021
6 - Heliozoa: Round, Sticky, and Covered in Spikes
Air Date: March 29, 2021
7 - How Diatoms Build Their Beautiful Shells
Air Date: April 5, 2021
8 - Leeuwenhoek: The First Master of Microscopes
Air Date: April 12, 2021
9 - The Fantastic Feet of the Microcosmos
Air Date: April 19, 2021
10 - The Chaotic Life of Seashore Ciliates
Air Date: April 26, 2021
11 - We Found a Super Rare Microbe!
Air Date: May 3, 2021
After over three years of searching for it, our Master of Microscopes has found a Spirostomum semivirescens!
12 - Bursaria: Giant Gravity-Sensing Vacuums
Air Date: May 11, 2021
The big Roomba of the microcosmos is fascinating to watch as it lives its sink or swim life.
13 - The Diversity of Shapes in the Microcosmos
Air Date: May 17, 2021
From trumpets and spirals to floral arrangements, single cell organisms take on many strange and unique shapes. But they don't look like that just for fun, their shapes can help them with movement, hunting, and even defending themselves.
14 - Looking at Tardigrade Sperm and Other Reproducing Swimmers
Air Date: May 31, 2021
Original Title: Tardigrade Sperm and Other Reproducing Swimmers Not all hypotheses need to be good. In fact, many of them are terrible. It’s just that when you’re trying to understand the world, you might find yourself believing that there are tiny humans living inside the heads of sperm, and we're here to tell you, that's not how it works.
15 - Flinching Saves Lives in the Microcosmos
Air Date: June 7, 2021
16 - Some Eggs Don't Need Sperm to Make Babies
Air Date: June 14, 2021
17 - We Upgraded Our Microscope... Again!
Air Date: June 21, 2021
18 - Unsolved Mysteries of the Microcosmos
Air Date: June 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.
19 - The Beautiful, Brutal Tentacles of Hydra
Air Date: July 5, 2021
20 - We Dipped Our Lens in Oil to See More Detail
Air Date: July 13, 2021
Oil immersion is an interesting and complex microscopy tool.
21 - The Secret Things Living In Your Drains
Air Date: July 19, 2021
22 - Revealing the Hidden Colors of the Microcosmos
Air Date: July 26, 2021
23 - These Algae Curl Up Into a Ball When They Get Stressed Out
Air Date: August 2, 2021
24 - Where Is This Anemone Really From?
Air Date: August 10, 2021
25 - The Gruesome Tale of the Hitchhiking Parasite
Air Date: August 16, 2021