Journey to the Microcosmos: 7x38
This Amoeba Made Armor From Its Dead Enemies
This amoeba has a shell around it, which seems like a pretty good idea. The world at large is full of predators, and shells seem like a straightforward strategy to ward those predators off. But what if this amoeba’s shell wasn’t just a form of protection? What if it was actually dangerous?
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