Couple of questions: 1. Has there been any signs of evolution in any of the microscopic species since we've been able to observe them? 2. Are simplier creatures as likely to evolve as more complicated creatures? 3. Are there any way to view microscopic life in 3 dimensions or any good c.g.i. to give us a better idea of what they're like if we existed on their scales? Enjoy the videos. Its so easy to get caught up in our human lives. Video's like this help to remind there's a much bigger picture outside of our lives!
www.fastmetrics.com/internet-connection-speed-by-country.php This is why it's elitist to exclusively upload your content in 60fps with no alternate. It's just a plain fact you've locked the majority of users, locally and globally, out of full resolutions.
*When I was but a budding bud at Microbe High. My fellow ciliates and I would always play* _The Flinching Game._ It consisted of us anchoring ourselves eyespots deep into swirling particulates. First to succumb to the harsh vortices, with a reflex of the spontaneous body contraction, owed the rest of us mitochondria bites by the end of the school cycle! A classic pastime I must say!
It took me a minute to recognize how the rapid contractions could serve as a 'first aide kit'; but then I realized that if a cell rapidly contracts, it reduces it's surface area, and closes the gap in the membrane at the site where calcium ions are entering. Most interesting!
I clean my stove with vinegar and be baking powder every morning, so probably not if you sampled mine. I wouldn't care about any bacteria that survived that.
I am slightly frightened of what might survive on the stovetop. On the one hand, food residue constantly rains on it. On the other hand, it regularly gets blasted by fire, and kitchen-grade chemical cleaners.
These videos are the best ten minutes of my week sometimes. Also, I laughed aloud at the bit about "if you have footage of a Spirostomum getting pooped on, you have to use it"
The microscopic world is so unbelievably fascinating it looks so alien yet I know it is actually terrestrial, its absolutely amazing! Life is a strange yet marvelous thing that we are part of.
I remember seeing this channel a while ago, when there were less than 10 videos and under 50K subs. The content was amazing, so amazing that I told myself that I was going to leave this channel be until there are more videos I can watch later on. I actually almost forgot about this until UA-cam recommended me a video from it over a year later. Still amazes me
Awesome work! I too was thinking how calcium ions have been used by life to the point of even the action of understanding language at all depends on it... Best wishes for the book!
Any info on that Siberian 24,000 year old bdelloid rotifer or even current ones? Receiving James's book tomorrow. Sooo excited! Also looking to get the microcosmos microscope filters. I hope you make them available. Thanks for your efforts.
I wonder if there's an engineering application for Vorticella's stalk contraction. Maybe a way to keep sensory equipment designed for volatile material from being destroyed?
I was wondering if it was Calcium!!! So glad you went into depth about it. Sending this to my parents because I'm always bugging them about Calcium signaling evolution across the tree of life lol
When I first read the title, I thought it would be about microbiologists accidentally bumping or otherwise moving the slide and inadvertently saving microbe lives.
5:13 to be fair, the human body can also withstand higher accelerations if they happen for a very short amount of time. It's only when the acceleration is sustained that just a couple of g's will kill us.
@Journey to the Microcosmos, can you share the citation of the documentation on "predator vomiting up Spirostomum"? I am actually a biophysicist working on Spirostomum at Stanford. I know that they have toxins but I have not saw such a vivid description. Many thanks!
Absolutely loved the shot of Spirostomum getting pooped on; I have a MSc in marine science in protistan pooping ecology so I'm extra-entertained. More poop videos! Poop is the base of the aquatic environment! :p
I congratulate you for being respectful of the organisms you present to us. I saw a headline that presented something about results of shooting those cute water bears and whether they survived. My question is why do that? That's just cruel.
@@rosesacks7430 I think it delivered important data about the possibility of life being brought to some planet (like our own) with a meteorite. Unfortunately, you can't figure it out without killing something.
@@miko5167 I hear what your saying, but I still think it's not a necessary test. why speculate If these organisms arrived on earth via a meteorite or evolution? They're here. studying the habitat and behavior is beneficial research. (my opinion and everyone has one😂)
@@rosesacks7430 I see your point but the origin of life on earth is relevant for finding out where life could exist outside it. If life can be transported by meteorites to planets, it makes finding extraterrestial life more likely. Imagine how interesting it would be if all life on earth would be related to life on some other planet. Also, perhaps extraterrestial invasive species could be possible. More conventional research about ecosystems is important but I think there’s room for many kinds of research.
4:17 holy crap, this thing is so long it doesn't even fit into the frame and yet it contracts within a single frame of the video! You should've done a collab with the Slo-Mo Guys here!
I have a question and maybe someone can help me out. What are those microbes about we have seen in the video? Do they serve any important function in the grand scheme of life?
James's new book is an absolutely remarkable thing. Oh, I see the source of confusion: I was merely describing the book, but my attempt to describe it accidentally referenced a different book. Trying to clarify ambiguous syntax is a beautifully foolish endeavour. See? It happened again!
Been trying to get some info on this DIC process. Of course these are GREAT videos but my question is this; if one has a DIC ready scope, is there much pre or post work done to get these kind of videos/images or do you get your specimen and go at it?
Ahh DIC is not a process and postprocessing not required to get these images. We did an episode on it already, please check "We Upgraded Our Microscope!" :) -James
This may be a stupid question, but why does everything always swim two dimensionally in these videos? Is it just because the slide isn't big enough for the microbes to swim up and down, or in the wild do they tend to find a "layer" of water to live in and then just swim around that two dimensional level, or are they moving up and down as well in the video it just doesn't seem like it?
Hey! I just saw news about the invention of the quantum microscope! How long before you guy's make a videos with it?? xD I kid haha, anyway I'd like to hear more about it! Maybe in the news sci UA-cam channel. All I saw in the article I was reading are quotes about how it'll change things without really explaining how entanglement just changed everything.
it would be great if the team could get some of these super fast microcosmos movements on ultra high-speed camera!, might be boring, but also might be super interesting!
8:48 You have easily showed how evolution works. I mean this is comparable also with human evolution, human learning and the creation of a complex language for communication
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I dont understand how you get such clear video with so much color. whould love to see your setup.
Couple of questions:
1. Has there been any signs of evolution in any of the microscopic species since we've been able to observe them?
2. Are simplier creatures as likely to evolve as more complicated creatures?
3. Are there any way to view microscopic life in 3 dimensions or any good c.g.i. to give us a better idea of what they're like if we existed on their scales?
Enjoy the videos. Its so easy to get caught up in our human lives. Video's like this help to remind there's a much bigger picture outside of our lives!
www.fastmetrics.com/internet-connection-speed-by-country.php
This is why it's elitist to exclusively upload your content in 60fps with no alternate. It's just a plain fact you've locked the majority of users, locally and globally, out of full resolutions.
"when you have video of Spriostomum getting pooped on you have to use it"
Indeed. Also never thought about it but ya calcium is weird
I never knew i needed to see that until now. Life is awesome
*When I was but a budding bud at Microbe High. My fellow ciliates and I would always play* _The Flinching Game._ It consisted of us anchoring ourselves eyespots deep into swirling particulates. First to succumb to the harsh vortices, with a reflex of the spontaneous body contraction, owed the rest of us mitochondria bites by the end of the school cycle! A classic pastime I must say!
I love this reply with every fiber of my being
Cells these days wouldn’t understand.
I'd read it if you wrote an entire book on your day to day life as a microbe.
This is more inspirational than my childhood as a spud 🥔😊
wish the other 8,403 lichens knew such fun 😔 it was so boring.
It took me a minute to recognize how the rapid contractions could serve as a 'first aide kit'; but then I realized that if a cell rapidly contracts, it reduces it's surface area, and closes the gap in the membrane at the site where calcium ions are entering. Most interesting!
I love Hank's slower, lower tone on this channel.
$5 says he does a bump of coke before shoots for SciShow 😆
@@nzuckman have you seen his tiktoks?
silky smooth soothing
Totally didn't even recognize!
Is he getting some good Therapy?
I 💚💙💜 Hank.
"Microcosmos of the stovetop" could be a really interesting video actually 🤔
Yeah!!!! Now I'm intrigued!!! A little frightened too, because an environment like that probably doesn't have cute tardigrades >.>
I clean my stove with vinegar and be baking powder every morning, so probably not if you sampled mine. I wouldn't care about any bacteria that survived that.
A very gross video
I am slightly frightened of what might survive on the stovetop. On the one hand, food residue constantly rains on it. On the other hand, it regularly gets blasted by fire, and kitchen-grade chemical cleaners.
I'm off to spray 70% ethanol solution on my stove
These videos are the best ten minutes of my week sometimes.
Also, I laughed aloud at the bit about "if you have footage of a Spirostomum getting pooped on, you have to use it"
The microscopic world is so unbelievably fascinating it looks so alien yet I know it is actually terrestrial, its absolutely amazing! Life is a strange yet marvelous thing that we are part of.
I can't get over the fact how beautiful these shots are! Thanks!
I remember seeing this channel a while ago, when there were less than 10 videos and under 50K subs. The content was amazing, so amazing that I told myself that I was going to leave this channel be until there are more videos I can watch later on. I actually almost forgot about this until UA-cam recommended me a video from it over a year later.
Still amazes me
Read this as "Finchwing Saves Lives" and I was like, "Good for her, glad she's achieving so much in and outside of the animation industry!"
Thank you for making one of the most informative, and one of the best-produced, channels on UA-cam.
I flinch all the time. Now I feel like it's a superpower 🤣💚 love your show!
Spirostomum: I know, I'll get round to the BACK of the flatworm! That'll-
Them lil slinky cups are cute :P
These things are just fascinating! It’s a whole world existing right along side us which we never see and most never even think about!
Cheers
You need to do a video on the 'jumping" ciliates like Halteria, Mesodinium and Uronychia.
That’s a great idea!
I SO look forward to these videos. Always fascinating. The photography is amazing. Thanks to you all. Keep um coming.
Wow, the vorticella contraction speed is insanely fast!
the clarity and image quality is stunning - thanks for another great video 👍
This channel is just endlessly inspiring
One of the best episodes I have seen. Extremely intriguing
Awesome video yet again!!! One of my favourite channels.
Best lullabies. Thanks.
Awesome work! I too was thinking how calcium ions have been used by life to the point of even the action of understanding language at all depends on it...
Best wishes for the book!
Love this channel! Always so interesting 😊💕
That Micro knod to AMC in the sponsor intro was amazing. Love this channel
Always an amazing journey on this channel
"The microcosmos don't have stoves" but "the sun is a deadly laser"
After putting a coverslip "not anymoore there's a blaanket"
:)
Beyond amazing.. I bet these structures are like the cosmic beings out in space. I wonder when we'll discover them?
Wow! An interesting video with a striong and deeply philosophical ending. Ace! :)
Any info on that Siberian 24,000 year old bdelloid rotifer or even current ones? Receiving James's book tomorrow. Sooo excited! Also looking to get the microcosmos microscope filters. I hope you make them available. Thanks for your efforts.
I'm just here for the cili jokes.
Hey bought your book can't wait to see it.
Thank you for these videos!
I love these videos so much💚🔬
I wonder if there's an engineering application for Vorticella's stalk contraction. Maybe a way to keep sensory equipment designed for volatile material from being destroyed?
I think there's no competition, hank is the best narrator in the entire micro-cosmos.
Nooo dont poke them with a glass needle they're just vibing!
I never thought i would see a pooping Microbe 😂😂 love your Channel ❤😂
I was wondering if it was Calcium!!! So glad you went into depth about it. Sending this to my parents because I'm always bugging them about Calcium signaling evolution across the tree of life lol
Fantastisc pictures! Really amazing.
When I first read the title, I thought it would be about microbiologists accidentally bumping or otherwise moving the slide and inadvertently saving microbe lives.
Calcium ions, action potentials. The healing mechanism being the origin of all action potential. That's profound!!! Assuming its correct
Outstanding.
5:13 to be fair, the human body can also withstand higher accelerations if they happen for a very short amount of time. It's only when the acceleration is sustained that just a couple of g's will kill us.
I like this video a lot more than the last several. It felt just like when you started. Maybe its the focus on the topic.
2:48...... I'm not going to lie, that is some amazing crap right there
@Journey to the Microcosmos, can you share the citation of the documentation on "predator vomiting up Spirostomum"? I am actually a biophysicist working on Spirostomum at Stanford. I know that they have toxins but I have not saw such a vivid description. Many thanks!
5:16 is this where people got the ideas for those finger traps youd see at kids toy stores?
Please tell me what the song is that starts at 4:00. It's impossible to find.
"Spasmoneme" is my new favorite weird word for the month.
2:46 LOLZ a Spirostomum gotten pooped on XD
Is time the same at the microscopic level? The idea of speed at such a small size is hard to comprehend
very interesting! I was always wondered, how they retract that fast. now I know, thanks :)
Hank: imagine shrinking your hand into your arm
Me: trying to make my hand shrink into my arm
0:13 this music is my favorite
Awesome video. You guys inspired me to buy a microscope.
vorticella like reflexes
It's Coily! Coily the Spring Spirostomum!
Fascinating video!!
The flat warm looks like a moray eel feeding
Thanks a lot
Absolutely loved the shot of Spirostomum getting pooped on; I have a MSc in marine science in protistan pooping ecology so I'm extra-entertained. More poop videos! Poop is the base of the aquatic environment! :p
So what is the microcosmos like in a stoven?!!
I congratulate you for being respectful of the organisms you present to us. I saw a headline that presented something about results of shooting those cute water bears and whether they survived. My question is why do that? That's just cruel.
It was done to test the panspermia hypothesis. Science needs test subjects and animal testing is nothing new.
@@miko5167 I still think it's cruel and unnecessary.
@@rosesacks7430 I think it delivered important data about the possibility of life being brought to some planet (like our own) with a meteorite. Unfortunately, you can't figure it out without killing something.
@@miko5167 I hear what your saying, but I still think it's not a necessary test. why speculate If these organisms arrived on earth via a meteorite or evolution? They're here. studying the habitat and behavior is beneficial research. (my opinion and everyone has one😂)
@@rosesacks7430 I see your point but the origin of life on earth is relevant for finding out where life could exist outside it. If life can be transported by meteorites to planets, it makes finding extraterrestial life more likely. Imagine how interesting it would be if all life on earth would be related to life on some other planet. Also, perhaps extraterrestial invasive species could be possible. More conventional research about ecosystems is important but I think there’s room for many kinds of research.
Yo they made the mario chain chomp in irl
... I'm not registering that all these things are real and I feel like I should be freaked out, but my brain is like 'Nah, man. That's just CGI"
4:17 holy crap, this thing is so long it doesn't even fit into the frame and yet it contracts within a single frame of the video!
You should've done a collab with the Slo-Mo Guys here!
So, a TL;DR is that contractions amongst Vorticella and Spirostomum are akin to neurons firing.
I have a question and maybe someone can help me out.
What are those microbes about we have seen in the video? Do they serve any important function in the grand scheme of life?
aaaand now I want slow motion micro cosmos footage. please
James's new book is an absolutely remarkable thing. Oh, I see the source of confusion: I was merely describing the book, but my attempt to describe it accidentally referenced a different book. Trying to clarify ambiguous syntax is a beautifully foolish endeavour. See? It happened again!
Been trying to get some info on this DIC process. Of course these are GREAT videos but my question is this; if one has a DIC ready scope, is there much pre or post work done to get these kind of videos/images or do you get your specimen and go at it?
Ahh DIC is not a process and postprocessing not required to get these images. We did an episode on it already, please check "We Upgraded Our Microscope!" :)
-James
I was under the impression that the Vorticella contraction was a method of its feeding, am I wrong in assuming that?
This may be a stupid question, but why does everything always swim two dimensionally in these videos? Is it just because the slide isn't big enough for the microbes to swim up and down, or in the wild do they tend to find a "layer" of water to live in and then just swim around that two dimensional level, or are they moving up and down as well in the video it just doesn't seem like it?
3:23 what is that wormlike microbe
Hey! I just saw news about the invention of the quantum microscope! How long before you guy's make a videos with it?? xD I kid haha, anyway I'd like to hear more about it! Maybe in the news sci UA-cam channel. All I saw in the article I was reading are quotes about how it'll change things without really explaining how entanglement just changed everything.
Long range snack stoppers.
The question is, how fast can you tap before they stop responding?
it would be great if the team could get some of these super fast microcosmos movements on ultra high-speed camera!, might be boring, but also might be super interesting!
An elite fighter pilot never experiences more than 9gs. But the bad ones probably experience a lot more than that
when will we hand feed them?
"Stoves have a microcosmos-"
WHAT?!
5:15
They do, but only once
Love the biological details! This information is perfect for simulations.
1 mile per second or around mach 5
They trigger so easily they do it a lot, doesn't that cost them a lot in energy?
Gotta go fast
When will we see the microcosmos of the stovetop?
Vorticella look like they should be making Dio time stop noises
Is the use of the word “theory” correct when speaking about the evolution of calcium use, or are we talking about hypotheses?
top content here
Love!
I really enjoy the videos. A small variety of voice actors could be nice.
what microscope model?
Background music?
8:48
You have easily showed how evolution works.
I mean this is comparable also with human evolution, human learning and the creation of a complex language for communication
Legit didn't know show was hosted by Hank Green!
I thought the video was lagging because I just can't it believe it at first
Jeez, literally everyone is using the term "Action Potential" as of late (june 8th 21). Very cool.