Due to a misunderstanding on my part about how microscope objectives work, a mistake was made in this video. The images we're hoping to produce with our new objective will be 400x magnification and not the 40x we discussed. Since this is part of our Patreon goal, we wanted to be as clear as possible about this so you know where your money is going. We're also working on new video review protocols to avoid mistakes like this in the future. - Matthew Gaydos (Producer/Editor)
It is surprising, the amount of views some videos get, which is low compared to what this channel has achieved before, a whopping 1.5 million views on the Stentor video. Every video this channel has produced has been a thirst quencher for curiosity.
Let me tell you a fascinating occurrence in the macrocosmos! Have you seen the RUclips documentary ‘fungus: the third kingdom’? Please do watch it, I am sure you will be amazed of how little we know about life! My theory is that the fungus kingdom plays a big role in eukaryotes evolution. Google fungus mutualism in combination with: ants, termites, honey bees, beetles. You will find something extraordinary! All those insects (not all species ex. beetles) are actually very beneficial for Mother Nature AKA ‘Nature’s little helper’ and started to behave eusocial! And google parasitic fungus insects. Fungus can be very frightening when made into an enemy.. However they seem to not do this randomly but are specific with which insect species they will infect. If you research the insect species you will discover that those species are actually causing harm towards Mother Nature! Eating other ‘Nature little helpers’ (Colobopsis leonardi) uncontrollably growth in population (ex. Cicada) or it likes to eat to much fungus (snails). I view the Fungus kingdom as the protectors of Mother Nature. They are extraordinarily intelligent.
I don't know if you take suggestions for names for the ciliate already, but one that just occurred to me is microcosmonauta, a loose translation of journeyman of the microcosmos. He seemed like an active fella, so it might fit.
As a Clinical Lab Scientist, microbiologist, and microscopist for 40+ years, who is heavily into microscopy outreach, I find your channel amazing. Gorgeous microscopy, wonderful writing, and excellent narration! Even though I've seen most of the organisms you showcase many times, I've learned a lot! Keep up the outstanding work!
@@charlesbrightman4237 indeed, because if you define it by apparent awareness of and interactions with one's surroundings, it can easily be rewritten as 'reactions to environmental stimuli,' which only require sensing machinery, motive machinery and an interface between the two. Purely reactionary, no thoughts needed. Input a 3D location, bearing and vector for a stimulus and a probability distrubution of its nature and as a result its coefficient of interest to the entity is generated along with a reactionary algorithm to enable the entity to deal with the object.
This thread points out the many levels of consciousness. Microbes, as far as I can tell do not abstract. They are closer to machines with hardwired programming (instinct). As one examines animals up the more complex neurological connections, this issue becomes truly fascinating. Humans' instinct is to learn. This subject of learning is extremely complex and stages are time sensitive. But the human condition exists precisely because there are few hardwired programming instances outside of reflexes. So every religion (a philosophy) and every formal philosophy requires a code of behaviors Humans have to learn. Think along these lines. It has given me a lifetime of study and part of why I am a psychiatrist.
Federal government insist that any time any licensed physician leaves any medical information a disclaimer that this information does not make a doctor/patient relationship.
Dude, he has created so many successful companies... He created the crowdfunding platform that was bought by patreonn, along with cocreating vidcon with his brother. He has also written multiple books. Seriously, check out his wikipedia page. The number of successful companies and projects on his resume is truly impressive. I counted 9, not including his books... And if you didn't know, his brother is John Green, aka the famous author whose had multiple books turned into movies (The Fault in Our Stars, and Looking for Alaska). They are both ridiculously successful and I cannot get over it 😂
Wow I had no idea Hank is the CEO of Complexly. That's awesome and really helps explain why all those shows are so consistently interesting and high quality.
When I found out a while back that Andrew Huang does the music for this channel it made perfect sense. I’m sure he has a blast with his massive modular synth making interesting sounds and grooves that would never work for regular music production, but perfectly fit the atmosphere of this show. Glad you guys got him on board, the music really adds so much to the videos!
Thanks to everyone who contributes to this show. My family & I watch a lot of Complexly productions & RUclips content. This is one that excites & calms us. We save it until it's bedtime to help calm busy brains & relaxes us all. Thank you for this gift
I really really appraciate your effort of putting english subtitles to the video Specially bc i am no a native english speaker. but honestly i really can't resist the attraction of watching this beautiful scenes cleary without something in between.
@@deathsheadknight2137 as a native English speaker that now lives in a Spanish speaking country, I can totally understand why. When you read it takes accent completely out of the equation which helps a lot as it makes it so you can’t mishear a word or phrase and misunderstand it. It also can give you extra time to digest the words and allows you to re-read things if needed (in this case by pausing the video). Before I was more or less conversationally fluent, I could easily have a WhatsApp conversation for example but couldn’t do the same by voice. It’s much easier to confuse similar sounding words when hearing them vs reading them where it’s 100% clear which word it is.
I am soooo excited to see that book by James on shelves once that's out! I hope you'll give us all a friendly reminder of that once it gets closer to release.
WOOHOO! CHANNEL WILL GO ON! Was worried, as it is really professionally made and these things take time and resources. This is my escape from routine channel nr.1 All the best and THANK YOU, for everyone involved in this amazing journey.
Whaaaat? I've been watching these videos for over a year and crash course for years and never noticed that Hank Green was the narrator of Micro Cosmos. His ASMR voice really tricked me.
I did not realise it was the narrator from crash course. They seem like opposites, and sorry to say i cant really watch crash course for all the hyperactive jump editing and excitement. I want what Hank has drank in order to make these!
Love the channel. Watch every episode you do. I subscribed to this channel due to it being laid back & thoughtful. A change from the hectick, with a topic I like to know more about. Thank you.
Out of all the channels I subscribe to, and the many, many more I watch but have not subscribed to, this is my favourite above all. Keep up the excellent work, James, Hank, and everyone else. You are one of the few wonderful things in 2020.
Yes. The Hank Green of vlog brothers, scishow, crash course, bizarre beasts, and author of An Absolutely Remarkable Thing and A Beautifully Foolish Endeavor.
I am 64. As a young boy I got a second hand Sears microscope. I spent many hours observing samples from stagnant water. I also produced some of my own. Like a safari into the wilds. Teeth scrapings were the most bizarre! I wish I could support you. But I will be watching! Thank you!
Thank you so much for all your work, you and everyone who makes these videos one of my favorite things online. This channel has been so great and I've been dying over the video you've captured in your last few videos and am always SO excited to see what you talk about next! I love rewatching your videos, either for review or even just as something in the background. Every video is soothing, well paced, and filled with amazing content. Love this channel and so happy you guys have been able to get it to a place where it can sustain itself!
I had no idea that the voice i have fallen in love with, was Hank. But then I already loved him. What I don't understand is how there are enough hours in the day, for him and John to do all of the things that they do, write best selling books and have a successful family life. Simply amazing.
There's some talk about killing microbes with UV light. Could you show us a video of microorganism being KILLED by man-made methods such as variously complex and simple chemicals and UV? Thanks. I think it would be pretty uniquely informative and myth dispelling.
"Wow, look at these tiny creatures moving around, isn't it strange and beautiful? They almost seem to act like animals instead of single-celled organisms sometimes. Anyway, today we're going to be killing them." But trying different environments like that for them sounds interesting, yeah! Seeing how our world affects them.
Cheap booze , vodka or gin , in small glass jars , you could pickle them ,salt , brine ; add salt till it stops melting...sunlight will bleach them - for better or worse. , Smoke them like fish , some preservation ideas , you need a shrink perhaps , you wanna watch them die , your supposed to choose ,pathology - dissection or surgery and make stuff live better...
10:35 I love the vibe, here. The music, the slower pace, and the neat science. Came here for the science, stayed for the zen! Thank you for everything you ALL do to create this calm and informative corner of the internet!
I just...love everything about this channel honestly. The music, the quiet narration, the fascinating and cute and zippy and glorious and sometimes kinda terrifying microorganisms...the footage can be funny, or soothing, or just plain make me sit and softly say "Wow." And that's very valuable to me, especially with the way this year has been. Andrew's music drew me here along with Hank's connection, and I stayed because the content is excellent, the vibe IS indeed chill...and most of all because this has become a highlight of my week, from Episode One. Much love from Mississippi, y'all. I'm here for everything you're willing to share with us!
That quote from Andrew Huang makes so much sense. When listening to the music on the channel, it is so easy to picture Andrew on his modular synths just experimenting, turning dials, and honing in on a mood, rather than planning a form-based piece
Hi I love your channel and have started playing around myself with pond and river samples. I'm struggling to find microbes like stentor and hydra though. Do you have any tips on finding more diverse samples or is it simply knowing the habits of each individual organism?
Sample plants and rocks especially rocks that have a slimy film also sometimes vorticellia and stentors hang out on the backs of snails. I've had good luck by stirring up the bottom a little bit before taking a sample.
This show is always so nice to watch/listen to when its quiet, gives the whole moment just such a relaxing vibe. The colorful microbes and beautiful imagery, along with the wonderful music Andrew makes, and the oh so relaxing narration that you just happily do of your own accord. Easily my favorite show on the whole of RUclips.
I have never been interested in microbes but for the last year i have been loving this channel. I think it might have something to do with the relaxing narration. This guy just calms me down, lowers my blood pressure, and just makes me focus the program; forgetting about everything thing else for a few moments. Its true educational bliss.
This show really helps me sleep and I have awful insomnia. It just sort of brings me down the perfect notch to prepare for rest. I can't even describe it but I love it and you provide a great service to me in this way. Thank you to Hank, to James, to the Stentors, even to those wild little Rotifers. You are one of my all time favs on the internet.
I can't believe I never realized Hank narrated this show. I guess it's because he tends to be much more animated and excitable on his other channels, but then adopts a velvety smooth, calming persona for JT2M. Love the work everyone puts into this channel and the comments!
Thank you for introducing me to a smaller world! Glad I have a microscope but I honestly don't know how to start exploring the microscopic world. Since I keep critters like isopods etc, I guess I'll keep microbe aquariums!
Personally, I enjoy the relaxing narration. Paired with the visuals, it's so calming... I could sit here and learn about microbes for hours. Good luck with acquiring those samples, and take care. ❤️
Like many others here, I always enjoy watching JTTM videos. Definitely one of the best channels on YT! Keep up the great work & thanks for these amazing videos & narration Hank...... 👏👏👍👍😉😉
Keep this up and eventually pet stores will start carrying lines of microorganisms and all the stuff desired to house, feed and entertain these small creatures!! The future is microcosmic!!
I think it's so cool you're willing to talk money about your projects. It feels rewarding, knowing the money I give is being used for it's intended purpose. Keep up the good work, and congrats on the book James!
Not gonna lie, the thing that tipped me over the edge of pressing that subscribe button is the background music. Your voice is a close second and the visuals a close third. I have ptsd and often have anxiety attacks at night time. Your videos are one of the few things that help my ptsd anxiety attacks.
These are by far the best microscopy videos I've ever seen. I predict this will have an inspirational effect on kids just like CSI did and we'll see a lot more people studying microbiology.
I love this channel. We can observe more in the vibrant world of the microcosmos than watching the slow galaxy. That last footage, you can almost see it's three dimensional shape.
I’ll make a proper comment when I’m done screaming quietly into a pillow because not only did Hank answer my question, but it’s the title of the damn video. Oh my god. Like...... oh my god.
Everything about this show is a wonderful dream I'd love some longer episodes like the one where an egg was infected with perisites, where it's mostly music, some narration, and long, uninterupted footage
It's a faux pas to name organisms after yourself. Of course if James discovered it but someone else formally described it, it would be totally normal for that person to name it after James. It sounds like James wants to describe it himself though.
This channel produces the most beautiful videos to watch. The music, the vibe, has ASMR qualities, so it's useful in more than one way to me. I like the other shows too, but this takes the cake
I am so glad people are interested in studying the world around us. Doing so is the first step of doing science. Observation Gathering data Finding patterns Testing those patterns Comparing your results to others who have done the same or similar research and seeing similarities and differences Determining logical consequences of research and testing if these consequences are true. Having rigorous evaluation of your research to assure it is suitable for publishing and showing the public authentic research.
So glad they made this channel, my soul was begging for it before hand and I remember the excitement I felt when I saw the first video. I can never get bored of quality footage from the world beneath our noses and the vibe was an instant ace, Andrew was an excellent choice. I wish they made another one for stargazing too. But that'd be very costly for higher quality, the lacking in dynamic motion may be cause for struggle too, but if anyone could make that work, I'd put my money on Hank.
I think of getting a patreon using the traveler's kit but I have some questions about what I pay for: 1) I'm a highschool-teacher for biology and will use it for lessons, would embed some vids as background in a title-PowerPoint which is shown before the lesson starts and propably many more thing, which will come to my mind. 1a) Do I get a patreon-bill, to add it to my annual tax declaration? 1b) Which VAT is used? The american one or the one of my country (Germany)? 1c) What are the conditions of quitting the patreon? 1d) Can I pay the annual amount at once? 8$x12month? 2) there is a "weekly hi-resolution image of one of our micro friends". 2a) What exactly means "hi-res"? HD? 4k? 48 MP? 2b) What exactly means "image"? JPG? RAW? PNG? TIFF? I think of creating some teaching aids, work-sheets, maybe a small set of memory-cards or index-cards to learn some very basic species of fresh-water-microbs in class 9 and that means I have to work with the images using Photoshop or illustrator. I bought the coulering-book you offer, but it's not working for my intended usage and the pdf doesn't contain vector-graphics so I have to make it on my own :/ 2c) Do I get access to all the pictures beeing published to the patreons before I joined in? Maybe in a kind of picture-library where I can search for specific key-words and/or species? 2d) Am I allowed to use your pictures and videos for that? What about the question of copyright and that stuff? 3) I get access to "an extended video [...]". 3a) Which resolution? 3b) Which format is it? Cause webm can't be put into powerpoint :/ 4) What is the "Patrons Discord"?
I loved this channel since episode 1; but definitively has grown on me and it's probably in my top 3 of all the chanels I watch on youtube. BTW: the last clip of Stentor coeruleus was amazingly "3D".
Great efforts to enlighten many students in developing countries especially during Covid time. We use your videos to teach our students when we don’t have access to our labs due to lockdown.
Thank you for your videos! I was subscribed since I the first video released and since then I always get excited when I see something new has been uploaded. The relaxing narrative really sets a great mood. I still am amazed how much the video quality has improved since you have purchased the new microscope! I hope this channel will continue making these great videos for a long time!
I'd like to think that this channel was created in order to educate anyone who clicks onto one of ur link's. I think it's wonderful and enjoy it to the max. I have shared it and had nothing but great response. TankQ so much. DRC. ;)
What a lovely QnA video! JttM is one of my son's and my favorite Complexly things just...takes me right back to watching David Attenborough's Life on Earth when it first came out on PBS when I was a kid :) Hank you do a gorgeous job of being the Attenborough of the Microcosmos
I was fortunate enough to have a brief conversation with James on Instagram before I started fanboying too hard. I was very humbled to have talked with him, mostly about locations of his specimens on trees. I also wanted to mention if any mimiviruses or pandoraviruses could possibly be on any future episodes? By virus standards they are huge and of a similar size to small archaea, so if you can image archaea then you should be able to image these giant viruses. Getting your hands on any is a different matter entirely haha. The final thing I wanted to mention is how does one film single celled organisms who are only active in darkness?
Thank you for this information. I just bought a microscope and got some puddle water and now I'm hooked. A world within a world I'm amazed also makes me appreciate life more.
I’m always flabbergasted by the images you show us. They look so great on my iPad! Seeing these organisms go about and watching their insides move around I always wonder: how does this organism work? How does the Lacrymaria extend and bend its neck, know when to open its mouth and when to go in ‘hybernation?’ What sensors do these creatures have? I’d like to know more about that.
I remember when I first saw a Journey to the Microcosmos a year ago, it quickly became one of my favorite channels a now I am always excited when there is a new video out. Thanks for showing me and many others the wonder of the Microcosmos!
I love watching these to wind down before sleep. It's like something by Jacques Ives Custeau, but tiny :) The music is amazing. Sounds reminiscent of some old videogame though I can't figure out which one. Any chance for an album? In short, many thanks to the team for this content.
Who cares why you started ..Don't stop... I love it Thanks would love more !!!! ...and as it turns out I cared why you started... keep us posted cant wait
i want to sincerely say thank you to the crew who make these videos facts i imagine of is now so real please guys dont get dissapointed that you are not reaching the level of your hardwork get motivated that all the brilliant minds are seeing your video
This channel has made me so curious about the microbes that live in my fish tank. I was so careful when setting it up to make sure that the nitrogen cycle established properly, and I got some dirty filter media from my local fish store to help that along, but I wonder what else lives in there besides nitrifying bacteria and the critters I can see (a betta, a bamboo shrimp, detritus worms, algae, and some pesky snails).
Man I just really love you guys. I hope you can keep this show going for as long as you want to make it. Till you're old and grey and crochety hopefully? Lol after the pandemic has passed and financial security isn't a fantasy I will absolutely be contributing to keep this thing going.
Due to a misunderstanding on my part about how
microscope objectives work, a mistake was made in this video.
The images we're hoping to produce with our new
objective will be 400x magnification and not the 40x we discussed. Since this is part of our Patreon goal, we wanted to be as clear as possible about this so you know where your money is going. We're also working on new video review protocols to avoid mistakes like this in the future.
- Matthew Gaydos (Producer/Editor)
It is surprising, the amount of views some videos get, which is low compared to what this channel has achieved before, a whopping 1.5 million views on the Stentor video.
Every video this channel has produced has been a thirst quencher for curiosity.
Let me tell you a fascinating occurrence in the macrocosmos!
Have you seen the RUclips documentary ‘fungus: the third kingdom’? Please do watch it, I am sure you will be amazed of how little we know about life!
My theory is that the fungus kingdom plays a big role in eukaryotes evolution. Google fungus mutualism in combination with: ants, termites, honey bees, beetles. You will find something extraordinary! All those insects (not all species ex. beetles) are actually very beneficial for Mother Nature AKA ‘Nature’s little helper’ and started to behave eusocial!
And google parasitic fungus insects. Fungus can be very frightening when made into an enemy.. However they seem to not do this randomly but are specific with which insect species they will infect. If you research the insect species you will discover that those species are actually causing harm towards Mother Nature! Eating other ‘Nature little helpers’ (Colobopsis leonardi) uncontrollably growth in population (ex. Cicada) or it likes to eat to much fungus (snails).
I view the Fungus kingdom as the protectors of Mother Nature. They are extraordinarily intelligent.
I don't know if you take suggestions for names for the ciliate already, but one that just occurred to me is microcosmonauta, a loose translation of journeyman of the microcosmos. He seemed like an active fella, so it might fit.
2:00 boring company
As a Clinical Lab Scientist, microbiologist, and microscopist for 40+ years, who is heavily into microscopy outreach, I find your channel amazing. Gorgeous microscopy, wonderful writing, and excellent narration! Even though I've seen most of the organisms you showcase many times, I've learned a lot! Keep up the outstanding work!
@@charlesbrightman4237 Curious, how do you define consciousness?
@@charlesbrightman4237 indeed, because if you define it by apparent awareness of and interactions with one's surroundings, it can easily be rewritten as 'reactions to environmental stimuli,' which only require sensing machinery, motive machinery and an interface between the two. Purely reactionary, no thoughts needed. Input a 3D location, bearing and vector for a stimulus and a probability distrubution of its nature and as a result its coefficient of interest to the entity is generated along with a reactionary algorithm to enable the entity to deal with the object.
I'd imagine these views never get old.
This thread points out the many levels of consciousness. Microbes, as far as I can tell do not abstract. They are closer to machines with hardwired programming (instinct). As one examines animals up the more complex neurological connections, this issue becomes truly fascinating.
Humans' instinct is to learn. This subject of learning is extremely complex and stages are time sensitive. But the human condition exists precisely because there are few hardwired programming instances outside of reflexes. So every religion (a philosophy) and every formal philosophy requires a code of behaviors Humans have to learn.
Think along these lines. It has given me a lifetime of study and part of why I am a psychiatrist.
Federal government insist that any time any licensed physician leaves any medical information a disclaimer that this information does not make a doctor/patient relationship.
I love how silly Lupin and Sirius look in that photo! :D
-James
Hi! 👋 Master of microscope.
I have a question. What's your favorite microbe?
Mine is Paramecium Bursaria.
Damn
Do you like stentors? I think they're pretty cool.
The casual “I’m the CEO of Complexly...” 👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻
Casual flex
A CEO's dream come true.
My brain exploded gently.
That's why the narration is free -- he gets paid for it in the end. :p
Dude, he has created so many successful companies... He created the crowdfunding platform that was bought by patreonn, along with cocreating vidcon with his brother. He has also written multiple books. Seriously, check out his wikipedia page. The number of successful companies and projects on his resume is truly impressive. I counted 9, not including his books...
And if you didn't know, his brother is John Green, aka the famous author whose had multiple books turned into movies (The Fault in Our Stars, and Looking for Alaska). They are both ridiculously successful and I cannot get over it 😂
Wow I had no idea Hank is the CEO of Complexly. That's awesome and really helps explain why all those shows are so consistently interesting and high quality.
They've built something really amazing. The amount of sci comm and educational material they put out, and always high quality, is so impressive
He’s the founder together with his brother John Green! They are amazing!
They've also got a podcast as well some books. Where do these people find the energy?..
@@gebeleysis ikr i need some of that energy! I love their podcasts, especially SciShow Tangents!
@@eelkev.8547 Wait, they're doing more than one podcast? Now they're really just showing off! :)
Thank you for giving us all a chill space to relax at the beginning of the week. Greetings from Singapore!
i would like more worms, please
squirms?
👋🇳🇱Holland
Haha, I’m from Singapore too.
When I found out a while back that Andrew Huang does the music for this channel it made perfect sense. I’m sure he has a blast with his massive modular synth making interesting sounds and grooves that would never work for regular music production, but perfectly fit the atmosphere of this show. Glad you guys got him on board, the music really adds so much to the videos!
Thanks to everyone who contributes to this show.
My family & I watch a lot of Complexly productions & RUclips content.
This is one that excites & calms us. We save it until it's bedtime to help calm busy brains & relaxes us all. Thank you for this gift
I really really appraciate your effort of putting english subtitles to the video Specially bc i am no a native english speaker. but honestly i really can't resist the attraction of watching this beautiful scenes cleary without something in between.
you can read English better than you can listen to it?
@@deathsheadknight2137 yeah, i read better than listen
@@MoonlightVenator interesting.
@@deathsheadknight2137 as a native English speaker that now lives in a Spanish speaking country, I can totally understand why. When you read it takes accent completely out of the equation which helps a lot as it makes it so you can’t mishear a word or phrase and misunderstand it. It also can give you extra time to digest the words and allows you to re-read things if needed (in this case by pausing the video). Before I was more or less conversationally fluent, I could easily have a WhatsApp conversation for example but couldn’t do the same by voice. It’s much easier to confuse similar sounding words when hearing them vs reading them where it’s 100% clear which word it is.
Jeez, has it really been a year since this channel launched? It feels like only yesterday.
You made this channel because the world needed it...
I don't have to watch the video to know it.
"Ahh, nothing like a good blow in the face" -no cat ever
I am soooo excited to see that book by James on shelves once that's out! I hope you'll give us all a friendly reminder of that once it gets closer to release.
Thank you again to everyone who helps make this channel possible.
Some people are into organic composting...
Andrew's into organic composing.
I love the relaxing vibe of this show. Definitely something I need in my daily life, Thank you!
WOOHOO! CHANNEL WILL GO ON!
Was worried, as it is really professionally made and these things take time and resources.
This is my escape from routine channel nr.1
All the best and THANK YOU, for everyone involved in this amazing journey.
Whaaaat? I've been watching these videos for over a year and crash course for years and never noticed that Hank Green was the narrator of Micro Cosmos. His ASMR voice really tricked me.
Your Channel inspired me to love the Microscopic World much more...
Then do like me, eat organic, and don´t use cemicals best you can.
@@frozenhorse8695 Yeah, eat organic. Then you can eat all of the worms you want
@@deathsheadknight2137 Hehe.. Good one. But i do hope you know what i mean.
@@frozenhorse8695 to be honest I just blurted out the first thing that popped into my head :D
@@deathsheadknight2137 i figured.. :)
I really love this channel and I couldn’t think that Hank could talk in a such soothing way, It was a wonderful surprise to find out that he could
I did not realise it was the narrator from crash course. They seem like opposites, and sorry to say i cant really watch crash course for all the hyperactive jump editing and excitement.
I want what Hank has drank in order to make these!
Journey to Microcosmos is looks alike NatGeo with their lions, birds, sharks etc... but.... this is out of the box version..
incredible..
So true!!
Still my favorite channel on RUclips right now!~
The last couple of questions on running a RUclips-focused business at the end was very insightful!
this series is by far one of the best presented in this area.
THANK YOU
This is how education needs to be everywhere. Love you guys❤️
Yay for James and his upcoming book!
"because cats...you know. They're cats." Living with 4 of the buggers, I can confirm. LOL
4:53 Are you going to announce it on this channel when the book is released? I'm very interested in buying it!
Love the channel. Watch every episode you do.
I subscribed to this channel due to it being laid back & thoughtful. A change from the hectick, with a topic I like to know more about. Thank you.
I've been following this wonderful channel since the first video :) Thank you.
Thank you for this relaxing journey each time I watch. It's fascinating. Please don't change anything, especially the narrator.❤
Out of all the channels I subscribe to, and the many, many more I watch but have not subscribed to, this is my favourite above all. Keep up the excellent work, James, Hank, and everyone else. You are one of the few wonderful things in 2020.
Wait this is THE Hank Green?!
Yes. The Hank Green of vlog brothers, scishow, crash course, bizarre beasts, and author of An Absolutely Remarkable Thing and A Beautifully Foolish Endeavor.
Who the F is Hank?
@@melonlord1414 John Green from Crash Course History's brother
people watch netfix when high ....
I watch Journey to the Microcosmos .....
Honestly same
Gotta be one of the most chill channels on youtube
Journey to the Microcosmos needs more collectible pins in the store!
I am 64. As a young boy I got a second hand Sears microscope. I spent many hours observing samples from stagnant water. I also produced some of my own. Like a safari into the wilds. Teeth scrapings were the most bizarre! I wish I could support you. But I will be watching! Thank you!
I've been on the hunt for a projector for my home. Mind you this channel will be one of the first to feature on my walls.
I also want to thank the patreons for making this show possible, for us to watch for free.
Thank you so much for all your work, you and everyone who makes these videos one of my favorite things online. This channel has been so great and I've been dying over the video you've captured in your last few videos and am always SO excited to see what you talk about next! I love rewatching your videos, either for review or even just as something in the background. Every video is soothing, well paced, and filled with amazing content. Love this channel and so happy you guys have been able to get it to a place where it can sustain itself!
*I love you.*
I had no idea that the voice i have fallen in love with, was Hank. But then I already loved him. What I don't understand is how there are enough hours in the day, for him and John to do all of the things that they do, write best selling books and have a successful family life. Simply amazing.
There's some talk about killing microbes with UV light. Could you show us a video of microorganism being KILLED by man-made methods such as variously complex and simple chemicals and UV? Thanks.
I think it would be pretty uniquely informative and myth dispelling.
This is actually an interesting proposal.
They could call the video "The Mengele of the Microcosmos"
"Wow, look at these tiny creatures moving around, isn't it strange and beautiful? They almost seem to act like animals instead of single-celled organisms sometimes. Anyway, today we're going to be killing them."
But trying different environments like that for them sounds interesting, yeah! Seeing how our world affects them.
Cheap booze , vodka or gin , in small glass jars , you could pickle them ,salt , brine ; add salt till it stops melting...sunlight will bleach them - for better or worse. , Smoke them like fish , some preservation ideas , you need a shrink perhaps , you wanna watch them die , your supposed to choose ,pathology - dissection or surgery and make stuff live better...
10:35 I love the vibe, here. The music, the slower pace, and the neat science. Came here for the science, stayed for the zen! Thank you for everything you ALL do to create this calm and informative corner of the internet!
I just...love everything about this channel honestly. The music, the quiet narration, the fascinating and cute and zippy and glorious and sometimes kinda terrifying microorganisms...the footage can be funny, or soothing, or just plain make me sit and softly say "Wow."
And that's very valuable to me, especially with the way this year has been.
Andrew's music drew me here along with Hank's connection, and I stayed because the content is excellent, the vibe IS indeed chill...and most of all because this has become a highlight of my week, from Episode One.
Much love from Mississippi, y'all. I'm here for everything you're willing to share with us!
The quality of the video of these little guys is absolutely incredible these days.
Thank you Hank for donating your time and your voice so this show can thrive.
You honesty is for sure, refreshing. Thanks for your amazing work.
1. It made me very happy to know that gastrotrichs have a gut culture, thank you
2. what does the rig for filming the microbes look like?
That quote from Andrew Huang makes so much sense. When listening to the music on the channel, it is so easy to picture Andrew on his modular synths just experimenting, turning dials, and honing in on a mood, rather than planning a form-based piece
Hi I love your channel and have started playing around myself with pond and river samples. I'm struggling to find microbes like stentor and hydra though. Do you have any tips on finding more diverse samples or is it simply knowing the habits of each individual organism?
Sample plants and rocks especially rocks that have a slimy film also sometimes vorticellia and stentors hang out on the backs of snails. I've had good luck by stirring up the bottom a little bit before taking a sample.
A picture book. By Penguin!? Now you got my attention.
Please do lead us there when pre-orders are up!
This show is always so nice to watch/listen to when its quiet, gives the whole moment just such a relaxing vibe. The colorful microbes and beautiful imagery, along with the wonderful music Andrew makes, and the oh so relaxing narration that you just happily do of your own accord.
Easily my favorite show on the whole of RUclips.
I have never been interested in microbes but for the last year i have been loving this channel. I think it might have something to do with the relaxing narration. This guy just calms me down, lowers my blood pressure, and just makes me focus the program; forgetting about everything thing else for a few moments. Its true educational bliss.
This show really helps me sleep and I have awful insomnia. It just sort of brings me down the perfect notch to prepare for rest. I can't even describe it but I love it and you provide a great service to me in this way. Thank you to Hank, to James, to the Stentors, even to those wild little Rotifers. You are one of my all time favs on the internet.
I can't believe I never realized Hank narrated this show. I guess it's because he tends to be much more animated and excitable on his other channels, but then adopts a velvety smooth, calming persona for JT2M.
Love the work everyone puts into this channel and the comments!
Thank you for introducing me to a smaller world! Glad I have a microscope but I honestly don't know how to start exploring the microscopic world. Since I keep critters like isopods etc, I guess I'll keep microbe aquariums!
This is another amazing video. Thank you for your great answers to these questions!
After the fist time I saw videos in this channel, it quickly became my most favourite RUclips channel!!
One of my favorite channels!
Personally, I enjoy the relaxing narration. Paired with the visuals, it's so calming... I could sit here and learn about microbes for hours. Good luck with acquiring those samples, and take care. ❤️
Like many others here, I always enjoy watching JTTM videos. Definitely one of the best channels on YT! Keep up the great work & thanks for these amazing videos & narration Hank...... 👏👏👍👍😉😉
Keep this up and eventually pet stores will start carrying lines of microorganisms and all the stuff desired to house, feed and entertain these small creatures!! The future is microcosmic!!
I think it's so cool you're willing to talk money about your projects. It feels rewarding, knowing the money I give is being used for it's intended purpose. Keep up the good work, and congrats on the book James!
Not gonna lie, the thing that tipped me over the edge of pressing that subscribe button is the background music. Your voice is a close second and the visuals a close third. I have ptsd and often have anxiety attacks at night time. Your videos are one of the few things that help my ptsd anxiety attacks.
These are by far the best microscopy videos I've ever seen. I predict this will have an inspirational effect on kids just like CSI did and we'll see a lot more people studying microbiology.
I love this channel. We can observe more in the vibrant world of the microcosmos than watching the slow galaxy.
That last footage, you can almost see it's three dimensional shape.
Love these videos for the high quality visuals, excellent information, and beautifully paired music
I’ll make a proper comment when I’m done screaming quietly into a pillow because not only did Hank answer my question, but it’s the title of the damn video. Oh my god. Like...... oh my god.
congratulations, it's a good question that sums up what many people think
Everything about this show is a wonderful dream I'd love some longer episodes like the one where an egg was infected with perisites, where it's mostly music, some narration, and long, uninterupted footage
7:17 James McJames Face. RIP Boaty McBoat face
Just call it James. no latin prefix just James.
It's a faux pas to name organisms after yourself. Of course if James discovered it but someone else formally described it, it would be totally normal for that person to name it after James. It sounds like James wants to describe it himself though.
@@Cillana It doesn't have to be that James in particular. It could stand for all Jamesers, even my friend James.
This channel produces the most beautiful videos to watch. The music, the vibe, has ASMR qualities, so it's useful in more than one way to me. I like the other shows too, but this takes the cake
I am so glad people are interested in studying the world around us. Doing so is the first step of doing science.
Observation
Gathering data
Finding patterns
Testing those patterns
Comparing your results to others who have done the same or similar research and seeing similarities and differences
Determining logical consequences of research and testing if these consequences are true.
Having rigorous evaluation of your research to assure it is suitable for publishing and showing the public authentic research.
So glad they made this channel, my soul was begging for it before hand and I remember the excitement I felt when I saw the first video. I can never get bored of quality footage from the world beneath our noses and the vibe was an instant ace, Andrew was an excellent choice.
I wish they made another one for stargazing too. But that'd be very costly for higher quality, the lacking in dynamic motion may be cause for struggle too, but if anyone could make that work, I'd put my money on Hank.
I think of getting a patreon using the traveler's kit but I have some questions about what I pay for:
1) I'm a highschool-teacher for biology and will use it for lessons, would embed some vids as background in a title-PowerPoint which is shown before the lesson starts and propably many more thing, which will come to my mind.
1a) Do I get a patreon-bill, to add it to my annual tax declaration?
1b) Which VAT is used? The american one or the one of my country (Germany)?
1c) What are the conditions of quitting the patreon?
1d) Can I pay the annual amount at once? 8$x12month?
2) there is a "weekly hi-resolution image of one of our micro friends".
2a) What exactly means "hi-res"? HD? 4k? 48 MP?
2b) What exactly means "image"? JPG? RAW? PNG? TIFF? I think of creating some teaching aids, work-sheets, maybe a small set of memory-cards or index-cards to learn some very basic species of fresh-water-microbs in class 9 and that means I have to work with the images using Photoshop or illustrator. I bought the coulering-book you offer, but it's not working for my intended usage and the pdf doesn't contain vector-graphics so I have to make it on my own :/
2c) Do I get access to all the pictures beeing published to the patreons before I joined in? Maybe in a kind of picture-library where I can search for specific key-words and/or species?
2d) Am I allowed to use your pictures and videos for that? What about the question of copyright and that stuff?
3) I get access to "an extended video [...]".
3a) Which resolution?
3b) Which format is it? Cause webm can't be put into powerpoint :/
4) What is the "Patrons Discord"?
I loved this channel since episode 1; but definitively has grown on me and it's probably in my top 3 of all the chanels I watch on youtube.
BTW: the last clip of Stentor coeruleus was amazingly "3D".
Who's in for naming the Bryophyllum??? species Floaty McFloatface?
Voliant McVoliantfaciem? I don't really speak latain, though.
Great efforts to enlighten many students in developing countries especially during Covid time. We use your videos to teach our students when we don’t have access to our labs due to lockdown.
I remember when the first video posted. So many people got so hyped in the comments. It was fun to be a part of.
I'm a phlebotomist going into microbiology thanks for your videos I've loved this stuff since I was a young kid.
I love to see and explore the microscopic world this way. These videos are appealing and educational.
Thank you for your videos! I was subscribed since I the first video released and since then I always get excited when I see something new has been uploaded. The relaxing narrative really sets a great mood. I still am amazed how much the video quality has improved since you have purchased the new microscope!
I hope this channel will continue making these great videos for a long time!
I'd like to think that this channel was created in order to educate anyone who clicks onto one of ur link's. I think it's wonderful and enjoy it to the max. I have shared it and had nothing but great response. TankQ so much.
DRC. ;)
What a lovely QnA video! JttM is one of my son's and my favorite Complexly things just...takes me right back to watching David Attenborough's Life on Earth when it first came out on PBS when I was a kid :) Hank you do a gorgeous job of being the Attenborough of the Microcosmos
I might finally give support on patreon. I love everything about this channel.
I was fortunate enough to have a brief conversation with James on Instagram before I started fanboying too hard. I was very humbled to have talked with him, mostly about locations of his specimens on trees.
I also wanted to mention if any mimiviruses or pandoraviruses could possibly be on any future episodes? By virus standards they are huge and of a similar size to small archaea, so if you can image archaea then you should be able to image these giant viruses. Getting your hands on any is a different matter entirely haha.
The final thing I wanted to mention is how does one film single celled organisms who are only active in darkness?
Thank you for this information. I just bought a microscope and got some puddle water and now I'm hooked. A world within a world I'm amazed also makes me appreciate life more.
I’m always flabbergasted by the images you show us. They look so great on my iPad! Seeing these organisms go about and watching their insides move around I always wonder: how does this organism work? How does the Lacrymaria extend and bend its neck, know when to open its mouth and when to go in ‘hybernation?’ What sensors do these creatures have? I’d like to know more about that.
You guys should release long compilations of microscopic footage. I'd love to play these as a screensaver on the TV
More algae socks please. I'm going to need a pair for myself and everyone I know.
I remember when I first saw a Journey to the Microcosmos a year ago, it quickly became one of my favorite channels a now I am always excited when there is a new video out. Thanks for showing me and many others the wonder of the Microcosmos!
My daughter and I love your organizations work. I hope you guys develop a microscope kit for sale soon!
It is always a pleasure going on this collective journey in the Microcosmos❣️
looking forward to the next chapter... simply astonishing
I love watching these to wind down before sleep. It's like something by Jacques Ives Custeau, but tiny :)
The music is amazing. Sounds reminiscent of some old videogame though I can't figure out which one. Any chance for an album?
In short, many thanks to the team for this content.
The calm narration is so good. I am tired out yelling salesmen.
11:20 "When those things aren't able to sustain their cost" RIP HFS ,0_0, best science show ever I miss it so much!
Actually I guess that was probably RUclips and their rampant hate of all things fun that really killed it
Who cares why you started ..Don't stop... I love it Thanks would love more !!!!
...and as it turns out I cared why you started... keep us posted cant wait
I really enjoy the relaxed feel of this channel, and I'm pretty fond of Hank, too.
i want to sincerely say thank you to the crew who make these videos
facts i imagine of is now so real
please guys dont get dissapointed that you are not reaching the level of your hardwork
get motivated that all the brilliant minds are seeing your video
This channel has made me so curious about the microbes that live in my fish tank. I was so careful when setting it up to make sure that the nitrogen cycle established properly, and I got some dirty filter media from my local fish store to help that along, but I wonder what else lives in there besides nitrifying bacteria and the critters I can see (a betta, a bamboo shrimp, detritus worms, algae, and some pesky snails).
Man I just really love you guys. I hope you can keep this show going for as long as you want to make it. Till you're old and grey and crochety hopefully? Lol after the pandemic has passed and financial security isn't a fantasy I will absolutely be contributing to keep this thing going.
What a great channel. Glad I found it. Love the new microscope. Greetings from The Netherlands.