Hank Green
Director
Journey to the Microcosmos (2019)
Season 4
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 want to take you on a fascinating, reflective journey through the microcosmos.
Released June 24, 2019
Episode 10 min
None+
Genres: Documentary
Keywords: tmdb.microscopic, mdblist.has-trailer, tmdb.microscope
Network: YouTube
Country: United States
Languages:
English
S4E1 - Can Algae Fuel Our Cars?
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?
Feb. 22, 2021, midnight
S4E2 - How Do Microorganisms Pee?
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March 1, 2021, midnight
S4E3 - Becoming Your Own Baby Through Conjugation
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March 8, 2021, midnight
S4E4 - Getting to Know Our Single-Celled Ancestors
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March 15, 2021, midnight
S4E5 - Your Screen Is Covered In Human Blood
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March 22, 2021, midnight
S4E6 - Heliozoa: Round, Sticky, and Covered in Spikes
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March 29, 2021, midnight
S4E7 - How Diatoms Build Their Beautiful Shells
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April 5, 2021, midnight
S4E8 - Leeuwenhoek: The First Master of Microscopes
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April 12, 2021, midnight
S4E9 - The Fantastic Feet of the Microcosmos
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April 19, 2021, midnight
S4E10 - The Chaotic Life of Seashore Ciliates
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April 26, 2021, midnight
S4E11 - We Found a Super Rare Microbe!
After over three years of searching for it, our Master of Microscopes has found a Spirostomum semivirescens!
May 3, 2021, midnight
S4E12 - Bursaria: Giant Gravity-Sensing Vacuums
The big Roomba of the microcosmos is fascinating to watch as it lives its sink or swim life.
May 11, 2021, midnight
S4E13 - The Diversity of Shapes in the Microcosmos
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.
May 17, 2021, midnight
S4E14 - Looking at Tardigrade Sperm and Other Reproducing Swimmers
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.
May 31, 2021, midnight
S4E15 - Flinching Saves Lives in the Microcosmos
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June 7, 2021, midnight
S4E16 - Some Eggs Don't Need Sperm to Make Babies
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June 14, 2021, midnight
S4E17 - We Upgraded Our Microscope... Again!
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June 21, 2021, midnight
S4E18 - Unsolved Mysteries of the Microcosmos
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.
June 28, 2021, midnight
S4E19 - The Beautiful, Brutal Tentacles of Hydra
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July 5, 2021, midnight
S4E20 - We Dipped Our Lens in Oil to See More Detail
Oil immersion is an interesting and complex microscopy tool.
July 13, 2021, midnight
S4E21 - The Secret Things Living In Your Drains
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July 19, 2021, midnight
S4E22 - Revealing the Hidden Colors of the Microcosmos
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July 26, 2021, midnight
S4E23 - These Algae Curl Up Into a Ball When They Get Stressed Out
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Aug. 2, 2021, midnight
S4E24 - Where Is This Anemone Really From?
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Aug. 10, 2021, midnight
S4E25 - The Gruesome Tale of the Hitchhiking Parasite
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Aug. 16, 2021, midnight
Network: YouTube
Episode Runtime: 10 min.
Season Runtime: 2360 min.
Released: June 24, 2019
Last Air Date: Oct. 28, 2024, midnight
Status: Ended
Certification: NR
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