Journey to the Microcosmos: 6x19
We Accidentally Grew Crystals
Usually on Journey to the Microcosmos, we spend our time looking at living organisms, things like insects, plants, and microbes that move and breathe and grow and die. But today, for these first few moments, these are the only living organisms we’ll be showing you, a montage of creatures whose bodies all share one very eye-catching trait: crystals.
6 - 1Giant Microscopic Cannibals Mar. 28, 2022- 6 - 2How Many Cells Are in a Microscopic Animal? Apr. 04, 2022
- 6 - 3The Remarkable Mystery of Land Plants Apr. 11, 2022
- 6 - 4There's More Than Coral at the Coral Farm Apr. 25, 2022
- 6 - 5We Finally Found the Elusive Bristle Worm! May. 02, 2022
- 6 - 6Putting Coral Under the Microscope May. 09, 2022
- 6 - 7How Brownian Motion Helped Prove the Existence of Atoms May. 16, 2022
- 6 - 8How to Not Kill an Extremely Rare Microbe May. 23, 2022
- 6 - 9Mouthless Parasites That Make Their Home In Worm Guts May. 30, 2022
- 6 - 10Can This Baby Rotifer Escape Before It’s Eaten Alive? Jun. 13, 2022
- 6 - 11Bryozoa: Moss Animals That Are Defined by Their Butts Jun. 27, 2022
6 - 12Getting to the Root of Nitrogen Fixation Jul. 04, 2022- 6 - 13
- 6 - 14The Aquatic Snails That Leave a Path of Destruction Jul. 18, 2022
- 6 - 15These Squishy Dots Move So Fast You Might Miss Them Jul. 25, 2022
- 6 - 16Our Tardigrades Got Stuck in a German Post Office Aug. 08, 2022
- 6 - 17These Walking Ciliates Are Frustrating Aug. 15, 2022
- 6 - 18Water Mites: Sticky Dancers with Crystal Poop Aug. 22, 2022
- 6 - 19We Accidentally Grew Crystals Aug. 29, 2022
- 6 - 20Ghost Fleas: Tiny See Through Cyclopses Sep. 05, 2022
- 6 - 21Bacteria That Only Want To Head North Sep. 12, 2022
- 6 - 22The Shared Doom of Microscopic Hitchhikers Sep. 26, 2022
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- 6 - 24These Rotifers Glue Themselves Together Oct. 10, 2022
- 6 - 25Why Are These Single-Celled Organisms So Large? Oct. 17, 2022
- 6 - 26Sand Is Full of Life and Death Nov. 07, 2022
- 6 - 27The 18th Century Tardigrade Debate Nov. 14, 2022
- 6 - 28Is the Mitochondria Always the Powerhouse of the Cell? Nov. 21, 2022
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- 6 - 30How We Got The DNA From This Extremely Rare Ciliate Dec. 05, 2022
- 6 - 31A Microscopic Tour Through A Norwegian Fjord Dec. 12, 2022
- 6 - 32The Illuminating Reason Perenema Curl Up Into a Ball Dec. 19, 2022
- 6 - 33The Collotheca Doesn’t Mind Eating Its Own Babies Jan. 16, 2023
- 6 - 34The Indecisive Evolution of Gastrotrichs Jan. 23, 2023
- 6 - 35How Electricity Brings Order To Chaos Jan. 30, 2023
- 6 - 36The Microcosmos Is Made of Star Stuff Feb. 06, 2023
- 6 - 37Your Mouth Is A Cave For Microbes Feb. 13, 2023
- 6 - 38Microscopic Space Travelers Feb. 20, 2023
- 6 - 39These Microbes Wear Chain Mail Made From DNA Feb. 27, 2023
- 6 - 40How Does Yeast Make Bread? Mar. 06, 2023
- 6 - 41How Do Microbes Make Decisions? Mar. 13, 2023
- 6 - 42How Your Blood Keeps You Alive Mar. 20, 2023
- 6 - 43Can Bacteria Eat Plastic? Apr. 03, 2023
- 6 - 44Lichen: The Mysterious Love Child of Fungi and Algae Apr. 10, 2023
- 6 - 45The Microcosmos Is A Very Stressful Place Apr. 17, 2023
- 6 - 46These Mites Are Probably On Your Face Right Now Apr. 24, 2023
- 6 - 47The Incredible World of Bacterial Communities May. 01, 2023
- 6 - 48The Tube-dwelling Architects Of The Microcosmos May. 08, 2023
- 6 - 49How To Kick Off Your Microscopic Journey May. 15, 2023
- 6 - 50Unboxing Our Microcosmos Microscope! May. 22, 2023
- 6 - 51The Complicated Sex Lives of Hydra Jun. 16, 2025
- 6 - 52When Is A Fungus Not A Fungus? Jun. 16, 2025
- 6 - 53The Cryptic Origins of Yogurt Jun. 16, 2025
- 6 - 54Why Beggiatoa Are Stuffed Full Of Sulfur Jun. 16, 2025
- 6 - 55We Don't Know Why Moth Wings Glow Jun. 16, 2025