When I was a child, Pokemon was a BIG thing and now I am almost 30 years old and feeling like a Pokemon trainer; I gotta catch them all and add to our collection! 😂
I've always been fascinated by science, but I was a liberal arts student in college. In high school, our biology class didn't encompass this stuff. Thankfully, I had an earth science subject for two semesters in college which introduced me to the microcosmos. Those were one of the very best times of my college life. The volvox was my most favourite thing to hunt under the microscope. Anyway, thank you for this fascinating video sharing tips on how to determine microbes.
I saw one with my naked eye once. I had it under the microscope and looked down and my brain saw the same scene I'd been looking at. They're small sure but I saw the body and eyes and details with my naked eye. If you have a microscope, try it out...
This has become my favourite channel on RU-vid. Thanks, James, Hank, and everyone else who toils away to bring us such amazing images from our unseen reality. You get nowhere near the recognition you deserve. This is what should be on TV, instead of ‘reality television’ trash and Faux News. If it was, I’d actually start watching TV again.
This really has grown to be one of my most favourite channels. It's so calming and soothing, from the narration to the music and even the very video of microbes mulling about. I always look forward to watching more.
As a student of science and a hobbyist of microscopes I have the utmost respect for James to dedicate this amount of work. Thank you Microcosmos for keeping my interest alive.
This might sound dumb, but if you ever encounter that kind of situation where it could take you a year of time to know what you are looking at, have you ever tried crowdsourcing? There's a lot of really passionate fans and biologists on various social media sites who would gladly help you identifying any material/picture/video you upload there, just for the sake of adventure. It's really awesome to see or participate on such a quest, truly a wonder.
I know how to identify the bacteria approximately. The bacterium has two names. One points to its shape and the other to its name. such as Bacillus Megaterium. Unfortunately, its name cannot be as easily established, but its shape is already a different pastry. Bacteria have basic forms. For example, Bacillus is the stick shape, Coco is the round shape, and Spirillum is the twisted shape. There's more to it, but these are the ones that make its name roughly. Hope I could help a little. Have a nice day.
I have looked everywhere for a video, books or images that will tell me what micro organisms I'm looking at under my microscopes. This is the best one yet!
Immeasurable thanks to James, Hank and all of the Patrions. You make this all possible and this struggling parent REALLY appreciates your generous gift to the whole world. You should be very proud.
Amusingly, the very first microbe you showed was one that I unexpectedly stumbled upon in botany class. It was not meant to be in the sample, and my professor could not identify it beyond positing that it was an animal. Now I have a slightly more specific name. So thanks for your help with a years old mystery.
What's it like to record the voice overs. I'm imagining you sitting over your microphone, looking at a picture of your grandma and trying to explain it to her. I love it. It's so peaceful and nice ^^
My siblings and I pitched on a microscope for my mother for xmas, partly inspired by this series. However, it was also partly inspired by a geology course I took once where we identified minerals in thin sections with polarized light. Was just wondering if you'd ever consider doing a mini mini series on them or even a video? Super interesting and beautiful stuff.
Thanks to this channel I've learned more about the microcosmos than I ever did in school. You provide a calming, informative, and beautiful spectical to behold and learn. Don't ever stop investigating, teaching, and inspiring.
Dear James Weiss, Thank you, for all the footage of these magnificent critters. Your labor of love has always been the bright point of my Tuesday. Cheers, mate.
That crinkly rotifer at 4:41 is stunningly captured. It seems to have depth while still being in focus, so that you can see the folds of its kind of brittle seeming skin.
Many thanks to James for sharing his ongoing interest in the many beings and events of the Microcosmos. It’s a beautiful series that is undoubtedly made with great love and expertise.
A microbe version of 'Guess Who' would fit right in at my local Educational Toy store.. everything in there is science based. My littlest one loves that place.
sending samples to a university lab for genetic analysis might be more feasible than you think. the technology is much more accessible than it used to be, and you might be able to find undergraduate classes who would want to use it as a project so they can learn the technology.
Since young I've enjoyed our little friends, but ever since I've entered college I've been having some problems with microbiology. However, these videos are a great help! And they're interesting aswell. Keep up the great work! :)
Hank, just wanted to thank you for ASMR educational content. You said in another video, you don't really get ASMR, but given this series, yes, keep up the good work. I hope for many more sleep filled nights with this playing on my computer.
The thumbnail looked like an irregularly shaped piece of pizza crust with a really good char on it and now I'm just hungry. Thanks, "Journey to....". Thanks a whole bunch!
I feel like the study of microbiology is going to blow up soon. As technology gets smaller and smaller we'll be taking more and more cues from natures test bed
Microbiology is has very complicated chemistry in it. You would be surprised by what can be done with silicon, and it's much easier to work with. It's also a lot less temperature sensitive. But maybe combining silicon and bio chemistry can be used for interesting things?
I love this channel so much. And with so many species, known and unknown, you have an endless supply of video topics. So keep making them till we're all old and grey!
Is inspired me to take bioligy as a dream and I was truly facinated when i saw the first video of blepharisma and the Legendrea microbe it helped me to do my reasearch! Thaank you!
Given their short generation times and massive numbers it is amazing there really are such things as identifiable species in micro organisims Some people say there aren't real species, or rather that the concept does not really apply to bacteria. I am pretty confident that every permanent water body has a few unique protozoa species.
Identifying microbes is easy for me because I pretty much see the same thing every time: paramecia. Big ones, little ones. Just paramecia. I'm always impressed by, among other things, the wide variety of types of microbes you find here.
Hey guys! I am a student and just before my A-Levels. I ´m really getting intersted in the Microcosmos and thus wanting to buy a Microscope. Now, I´ve seen your Video on your mic. but it´s just out of my price range(400-600 €/£/ $). I also really like the dark-field microscopy so having an option to "upgrade" the microscope is relatively important too. I would really love some feedback on wich mic. I should look at. Many thanks in advance :).
Have you ever thought about uploading stills of your microscope captures without the measurement and name of the species somewhere for downloading as wallpapers?
While my FB friends share baby Platypus's that are actually stone carvings, i'm on the net looking for stuff like this. Thanks for using the net Hank, thanks for being here and giving us these kinds of things.
4:08 There is generally no such thing as "the cost of a book" on the internet, unless you want it to exist or looking for something very specific, and I feel like there is more than one book on the topic.
This channel makes me want to upend my life and spend the rest of it looking through a microscope... mind you PBS SpaceTime makes me want to do the same for a telescope
Guys I need your help. I am in love with the first musical piece in this video. Does anyone know the name of it? I've scoured Andrew Huang's stuff and can't find it.
When this wonderful series started i was worried that you would run out of microbes to cover per episode....before i thought about it. Nowadays im content in the knowledge that you could potentially go on longer then i would be able to stay alive :)
Would love to buy a book if you guys did one , I’m just at the start of my journey with a microscope on the way , I keep fish and im interested in parasites but now I’m blown away! Maybe I could find something new ! Would I get to name the little creature I wonder haha
It would be nice if you published the names of the music by Andrew Huang: Andrew has made a lot of music, and it is difficult to sift through his production without a name. What's the name for this one?
I've just downloaded this video just to check if there is even a single frame between extended and contracted stage of this little guy at 1:00. There isn't. Given that it's a 25fps video, it takes less than 1/25 of a second for this creature to contract. Probably, much less...
