Journey to the Microcosmos: 7x11
Why Are Some Birds Blue?
One of the spectacular details of animals in our world is just how varied their colors can be. When you look at birds, for example, you’ll see everything from mundane grays to iridescent blues. So why don’t we shine with the same iridescence of birds?
7 - 1The Complicated Sex Lives of Hydra May. 29, 2023- 7 - 2When Is A Fungus Not A Fungus? Jun. 05, 2023
- 7 - 3The Cryptic Origins of Yogurt Jun. 12, 2023
- 7 - 4Why Beggiatoa Are Stuffed Full Of Sulfur Jun. 19, 2023
- 7 - 5We Don't Know Why Moth Wings Glow Jul. 10, 2023
- 7 - 6Avoid These Tiny Bits of Killer Fluff (If You Can) Jul. 17, 2023
- 7 - 7This Neon World Is Inside Your Fruit Jul. 24, 2023
- 7 - 8Up Close With The World's Deadliest Animal Jul. 31, 2023
- 7 - 9Falling In Love With Microscopy Aug. 07, 2023
- 7 - 10The Tiny Worlds Inside of Puddles Aug. 14, 2023
- 7 - 11Why Are Some Birds Blue? Aug. 21, 2023
- 7 - 12The Electric Relationship Between Plants And Bees Aug. 28, 2023
- 7 - 13Floating Cities of Scum Sep. 04, 2023
- 7 - 14Liverworts Use The Rain To Make Their Clones Sep. 11, 2023
- 7 - 15Bacteria That Survive In Gelatinous Colonies Sep. 18, 2023
- 7 - 16Is It Possible To Photosynthesize In The Dark? Sep. 25, 2023
- 7 - 17This Predator Is A Shape-Shifter Oct. 02, 2023
- 7 - 18Blood-Sucking Escape Artists Oct. 09, 2023
- 7 - 19This Microscopic Killer Wears Its Victims Oct. 16, 2023
- 7 - 20These Dancing Worms Are Surprisingly Useful Oct. 23, 2023
- 7 - 21Some Ciliates Are Hiding a Secret Weapon Oct. 30, 2023
- 7 - 22Can Microbes Just Appear Out Of Nowhere? Nov. 06, 2023
- 7 - 23Trying To Solve Some Micro Mysteries Nov. 13, 2023
- 7 - 24What Do These Algae Do With Four Genomes? Nov. 20, 2023
- 7 - 25The History of Red Algae Dec. 11, 2023
- 7 - 26These Mites Give Cheese Its Flavor Dec. 18, 2023
- 7 - 27Why Picocyanobacteria Might Just Outlast All Of Us Jan. 09, 2024
- 7 - 28We Built A Tardigrade Trap, And It Worked Jan. 15, 2024
- 7 - 29The Microbial Universe That Makes Kombucha Jan. 22, 2024
- 7 - 30This Microbe Hasn't Been Seen Since The 1930s Jan. 29, 2024
- 7 - 31What Makes A Microbe Rare? Feb. 12, 2024
- 7 - 32These Tiny Crustaceans Hate Change Feb. 19, 2024
- 7 - 33This special diatom is having a very bad day Feb. 28, 2024
- 7 - 34We Fed Our Microbes Blood So You Don't Have To Mar. 04, 2024
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- 7 - 36How Do We Find Cancer? Mar. 25, 2024
- 7 - 37Watch a Stentor Fix Itself Apr. 15, 2024
- 7 - 38This Amoeba Made Armor From Its Dead Enemies Apr. 22, 2024
- 7 - 39We Found Something Strange in Portugal Apr. 29, 2024
- 7 - 40We've Been Looking For This Purple Amoeba for 6 Years! May. 06, 2024
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- 7 - 42Tiny Mysteries from the Black Sea May. 28, 2024
- 7 - 43We Found a Very, Very Tiny Kraken Jun. 10, 2024
- 7 - 44How Does The Microcosmos Change With the Seasons? Jun. 24, 2024
- 7 - 45Why Are Ciliates So Hairy? Jul. 09, 2024
- 7 - 46What These Microbes Teach Us About Free Will Jul. 22, 2024
- 7 - 47Microscopic Beauty from a Nuclear Test Site Aug. 05, 2024
- 7 - 48Why Do Planarians Have Those Triangles on their Heads? Aug. 19, 2024
- 7 - 49A Collection of Tiny Universes Sep. 03, 2024
- 7 - 50Some Microbes Also Take Naps Sep. 16, 2024
- 7 - 51We Answer Your Questions! Sep. 30, 2024
- 7 - 52We Spilled Ink On Our Slides to See What Would Happen Oct. 14, 2024
- 7 - 53The Future of Microscopy (and end of our Journey) Oct. 28, 2024