I make abstract artwork inspired by diatoms, microbial life, and also ancient stories! This is so great to see again, I'm so excited to have the Brain Scoop back.
Fortunately Im in a pretty good mental health state right now, But a few years ago I wasnt, and I really found Emily on The Brain Scoop a real solid source of... not motivation, but reminding me that enthusiasm does exist, even if you dont feel it right now. I feel like listening to James talk about his discovery's through a microscope would be quite an effective balm for apathy. I think the lad might be a little bit passionate about his critters, and why wouldnt you be? especially someone who, in the right mindset will happily spend hours on the end of a telescope, camera, radio transceiver, because there are for sure some interesting things if you look hard enough. Love It. Thank you Emily! when my budget allows for Patreons again, Your on the top of the list.
I just need to tell you: Emily, you’re so badass! I love to be educated by your videos and even though I don’t work in a biology related field (I’m a musician lol), I have learned so much with you throughout the years. Thank you for this wonderful content!
@@thebrainscoopAs someone who hasn't seen all of these videos, I'm enjoying them! .... but I also just upped my Patreon tier to give you a bigger budget just in case 😂
I started following this channel when I was in high-school and it was integral to my love of science. Now Im in grad school getting my PhD and am so glad this channel is back!
while i was watching i was like... oh man i wish i had a microscope and i... I COULD?! it's wild to think we've come so far that the world of tiny organisms is just a single impulsive internet purchase away. i love you tardigrade!!
You can buy microscope sets from Journey to the Microcosmos (the other channel they mention that James shoots footage for), complete with slides, filters, and everything to record the footage with your phone.
That frozen pee illustration showed up on Objectivity just a couple of weeks ago. Brady Haran's cameraman was given The White Gloves of Destiny and pulled that card! What a coinkydink.
I would Love to see some cross over or collab with you and Baumgartner Restoration. Every time Julian said "Rabbit skin glue" I missed you... unintentional rhyme 😂
I was wondering if Tardigrades has genders, so I googled it... and they do, males and females. But they don't need a partner to reproduce, they can reproduce entirely on their own. My question is, if organisms can reproduce without the need of a partner, why bother having gender pairs? What is the eveolutionary benefit of this? Or is google lying to me, which wouldn't be the first time, lol.
Sexual reproduction has the benefit of increased genetic diversity, which can help a species develop new features, improve its ability to survive different conditions, etc. Being able to reproduce asexually can be good because hey no need to find a partner, but it doesn't create the same kinds of recombinations that sexual reproduction can.
To add to what the other comments have said, sexual reproduction also allows the re-arrangement of chromosomes. During meiosis, chromosome pairs merge and swap sections with each other. This is important because otherwise all the different allele variations of genes on each chromosome would be permanently tied to each other. For example, let's say we look at a plant's chromosome 3. On one of the two copies of that chromosome, there's a gene allele that gives better drought resistance but on that same chromosome, there's a gene allele that makes it more disease-prone. On the other copy of the chromosome, both alleles are the 'normal' ones so there's no drought resistance but also no disease weakness. You randomly get a single copy of each chromosome from each parent. If there were no meiosis the offspring plant would either get drought resistance paired with disease sensitivity or just the 'normal' chromosome 3 and there would be no way of just getting the good mutation without also getting the bad one. Meiotic recombination swaps chunks of the same chromosomes with each other so there's a small possibility that the offspring can get a re-arranged chromosome 3 that has the drought resistance allele but no disease sensitivity allele. Basically, it massively increases the amount of genetic diversity possible and allows for good and bad mutations to be separated from each other. This is on top of the process of getting half your DNA from one organism and half from the other one. All of these things are done to maximize the remixing and diversity of an organism's genes to maximize survival potential. Some creatures that live in areas where there are few mating opportunities or on hostile environments sometimes do both sexual and asexual reproduction as a way to cope with those conditions. However, if the species becomes dependent on asexual reproduction, it's often on the fast track to extinction because of the loss of genetic diversity.
I think Diatom art would be great in my daughter's nursery. Colorful, geometric, and a great learning opportunity when she is older. I am enjoying every minute with her and am looking forward to the day when she is ready to use our family microscope.
Awesome episode. Microscopes are absolutely amazing inventions. I got a little hand held one like you showed when I was a child. I spent so much time with that thing outside. I still have it and now I want to break it out again. ❤❤❤
We need more professionals and semi-professional amateurs and plain old amateurs studying microscopic life. Like the ocean, we know so little. The gaps are even larger for fungi in understudy ecosystems, likely tens of thousands of undiscovered species in those environments. They study soil fungi by just separating DNA out of the "dirt" and using Expert Systems/AI and CRISPR to sort out the different species, most completely unknown.
Happy new year to you as well!! You hurt the Loch Ness Tardigrade you big meanie!! You should send the poor thing to me I will give thing a loving and safe home....actually don't. If my cat gets a hold of it, it won't be long for this world. My 1 eyed manatee stuffie will attest to that.
Okay, so... Do things that small have brains? Does a water bear have a brain? If not, how do they move around? What is powering or driving their movement and need to eat and reproduce?
This is coming from a place of genuine curiosity and puzzlement. Why did you officially relaunch Brain Scoop before you had any new content for Brain Scoop? On a personal level, this period of reruns is feeling really weird to me and like Brain Scoop isn’t actually back. The longer this period goes on the more it begins to feel like the Brain Scoop relaunch is *only* a way to re-post content from your other projects under the more recognizable Brain Scoop “brand”. I’m not saying the re-posts are bad, because obviously this will expose more people to this content, but *only* having other-project re-posts since the relaunch just feels weird and kind of disingenuous to the concept of a relaunch. I don’t mean this in a down-putting manner. I’m just putting my emotions/thoughts out there in an, I hope, constructive way. You totally could have just been excited to announce Brain Scoop was back and are rushedly working on new things, and are trying to get the algorithm prepped with regular uploads - oh how we hate the almighty algorithm game.
I make abstract artwork inspired by diatoms, microbial life, and also ancient stories! This is so great to see again, I'm so excited to have the Brain Scoop back.
it's nice that you're rerunning these episodes so people who previously missed them could catch up!
Fortunately Im in a pretty good mental health state right now, But a few years ago I wasnt, and I really found Emily on The Brain Scoop a real solid source of... not motivation, but reminding me that enthusiasm does exist, even if you dont feel it right now. I feel like listening to James talk about his discovery's through a microscope would be quite an effective balm for apathy. I think the lad might be a little bit passionate about his critters, and why wouldnt you be? especially someone who, in the right mindset will happily spend hours on the end of a telescope, camera, radio transceiver, because there are for sure some interesting things if you look hard enough. Love It.
Thank you Emily! when my budget allows for Patreons again, Your on the top of the list.
8:08 omg those little tardigrades with their little hats! The “I ❤ lakes” one is especially cute.
THANK YOU for bringing back the "dooblydoo"!! LOL
12:49 "In memory of Klaus Kemp." My condolences.
I originally found out from his daughter, who left a comment on the original video we posted. I'll be a champion of his work for a long time!
You seem like this is giving you so much joy. I'm glad you're getting to do something you love.
Art you can see only through a microscope is wonderfully esoteric.
there's beauty at every scale imaginable
Very refined, very niche. Most people? They wouldn't be able to see this art the way you do [no microscope]
i’m so happy emily is back
Awesome! I love that there is a references and citations file
Thank you for checking it out, I’m so proud of all of my research!
@@thebrainscoop I might even use the microscope to fairies information in my own PhD, that bit of information was mind-blowing to me!
Cute weirdo is what I affectionately call my dog, but he doesn't poop rainbows. At least not yet.
Emily’s back everybody!!! :D
What is Rob Scallon doing here? 😂
@@gab.lab.martins The Vlogbrothers multiverse knows no bounds
This is so cool I never knew about diatom arrangement! I bet the Victorians would have gone wild for those tardegrade plushy toys.
I just need to tell you: Emily, you’re so badass! I love to be educated by your videos and even though I don’t work in a biology related field (I’m a musician lol), I have learned so much with you throughout the years. Thank you for this wonderful content!
Wow your tardigrade painting is amazing
Thank you so much ☺️
Hooray!!!!
Emily is back.... The universe has returned to its proper order....
Great to see you, brilliant scientist( and really great presenter!!!)
Amazing. You keep making 'em, I'll keep watching 'em.
Extremely wholesome and healthy. I would forgive him anything.
We need to give Emily a budget so we can stop watching these reruns
That's what I've been saying!!!
@@thebrainscoopAs someone who hasn't seen all of these videos, I'm enjoying them! .... but I also just upped my Patreon tier to give you a bigger budget just in case 😂
Thank you so much!! 🥲
@@_maxgrayI know right? This one is so beautiful!
Two of my favorite channels plus my favorite microscopic organisms? Yes, please.
oh gosh I've always loved diatom arrangements, and just microscopic things in general
It makes me happy to be swept up in your enthusiasm. Keep up the great content, Emily.
The world need more tardigrade raves.
That last few shots got me😂😂.
Still loving the Leeuwenhoek pronunciation
I practiced so many times and I knew I’d still muck it up 😭
Emily you're back!! I missed you!! :)
I love the tardigrade painting!
I started following this channel when I was in high-school and it was integral to my love of science. Now Im in grad school getting my PhD and am so glad this channel is back!
while i was watching i was like... oh man i wish i had a microscope and i... I COULD?! it's wild to think we've come so far that the world of tiny organisms is just a single impulsive internet purchase away. i love you tardigrade!!
You can buy microscope sets from Journey to the Microcosmos (the other channel they mention that James shoots footage for), complete with slides, filters, and everything to record the footage with your phone.
That frozen pee illustration showed up on Objectivity just a couple of weeks ago. Brady Haran's cameraman was given The White Gloves of Destiny and pulled that card! What a coinkydink.
Oh wow, I missed that! That channel rules
@@thebrainscoop Love the White Gloves o' Destiny ♥
Welcome back, missed your channel!
I would Love to see some cross over or collab with you and Baumgartner Restoration. Every time Julian said "Rabbit skin glue" I missed you... unintentional rhyme 😂
It's surprisingly exciting to get to see & hear the Master of Microscopes himself! We see his work, but who knew he had a face & a head & everything!
Woah, Emily knows James the microscope guy? That's so cool. I love Journey to the Microcosmos so I was excited to see this video!
That bonus merch looks sweet!
Okay what if the Feywild in D&D is just the microcosmos
I was wondering if Tardigrades has genders, so I googled it... and they do, males and females. But they don't need a partner to reproduce, they can reproduce entirely on their own.
My question is, if organisms can reproduce without the need of a partner, why bother having gender pairs? What is the eveolutionary benefit of this? Or is google lying to me, which wouldn't be the first time, lol.
Sexual reproduction has the benefit of increased genetic diversity, which can help a species develop new features, improve its ability to survive different conditions, etc. Being able to reproduce asexually can be good because hey no need to find a partner, but it doesn't create the same kinds of recombinations that sexual reproduction can.
Being able to do both gives these little guys an advantage over organisms that don't.
To add to what the other comments have said, sexual reproduction also allows the re-arrangement of chromosomes. During meiosis, chromosome pairs merge and swap sections with each other. This is important because otherwise all the different allele variations of genes on each chromosome would be permanently tied to each other. For example, let's say we look at a plant's chromosome 3. On one of the two copies of that chromosome, there's a gene allele that gives better drought resistance but on that same chromosome, there's a gene allele that makes it more disease-prone. On the other copy of the chromosome, both alleles are the 'normal' ones so there's no drought resistance but also no disease weakness. You randomly get a single copy of each chromosome from each parent. If there were no meiosis the offspring plant would either get drought resistance paired with disease sensitivity or just the 'normal' chromosome 3 and there would be no way of just getting the good mutation without also getting the bad one. Meiotic recombination swaps chunks of the same chromosomes with each other so there's a small possibility that the offspring can get a re-arranged chromosome 3 that has the drought resistance allele but no disease sensitivity allele. Basically, it massively increases the amount of genetic diversity possible and allows for good and bad mutations to be separated from each other.
This is on top of the process of getting half your DNA from one organism and half from the other one. All of these things are done to maximize the remixing and diversity of an organism's genes to maximize survival potential.
Some creatures that live in areas where there are few mating opportunities or on hostile environments sometimes do both sexual and asexual reproduction as a way to cope with those conditions. However, if the species becomes dependent on asexual reproduction, it's often on the fast track to extinction because of the loss of genetic diversity.
speaking of Royal Institute... **nudge nudge** Huh? Maybe a visit? Could be coool~
I love how enthusiastic you are about science. I too love those weird little micro ursines 🌊 🐻🔬
How did my 1978 9th Hippie Frizzle Biology Teacher time travel to 2024?
Please put up more new videos. I thoroughly enjoy them. Your enthusiasm is contagious! 👍
As another Emily (as in Dickinson) once wrote:
"Faith" is a fine invention
For Gentlemen who _see!_
But Microscopes are Prudent
In an Emergency!
beautifully produced. I love it
I think Diatom art would be great in my daughter's nursery. Colorful, geometric, and a great learning opportunity when she is older. I am enjoying every minute with her and am looking forward to the day when she is ready to use our family microscope.
I want some of the tardigrade fidgets❣️ That was a fantastic episode. Who doesn't love some water bears?!
Awesome episode. Microscopes are absolutely amazing inventions. I got a little hand held one like you showed when I was a child. I spent so much time with that thing outside. I still have it and now I want to break it out again. ❤❤❤
I love that you used "dooblydoo"
I love journey of the microcosmos
We need more professionals and semi-professional amateurs and plain old amateurs studying microscopic life. Like the ocean, we know so little. The gaps are even larger for fungi in understudy ecosystems, likely tens of thousands of undiscovered species in those environments. They study soil fungi by just separating DNA out of the "dirt" and using Expert Systems/AI and CRISPR to sort out the different species, most completely unknown.
Icthy are like dolphin kinda. Youd wanna use like Plesiosaur for Nessi :3
I'm so excited to see more of Emily❤🎉
Her excitement for Science is the same excitement I have too! Haha! Yay for tardigrades. 😍🎉
Happy new year to you as well!! You hurt the Loch Ness Tardigrade you big meanie!! You should send the poor thing to me I will give thing a loving and safe home....actually don't. If my cat gets a hold of it, it won't be long for this world. My 1 eyed manatee stuffie will attest to that.
Cool. Thanks.
Omg i didn’t know James was so freaking adorable 😊. Cute sleepy kitty, too.
I was just listening to the beginning on audio and I thought you turned Jacob into a prince
I didn't know that I might need a stress tardigrade - but I absolutely do! 🤩 Where did you get yours?
EMILY I'VE MISSED YOU
❤😍 that was amazing
All hail the Tardigrade!
This is really cool. Thanks. J.
i truly hope i get the opportunity to meet you one day! i’m definitely checking the patreon to see if i budget it in :)
You are hella cute, love these videos! Camel spider video was my first, and I'm hooked.
do tardigrades go backwards in time?
So cool!
I just want to know are tardigrade's and other miniscules conscious?
We love you to love the videos
Very interesting!
Okay, so... Do things that small have brains? Does a water bear have a brain? If not, how do they move around? What is powering or driving their movement and need to eat and reproduce?
They do indeed have tiny teeny little brains! 😌
It does have a brain! Tardigrades are animals. Animals! Can you believe that?? I can’t
Once again hello. What went wrong first time?
something always goes wrong the first time
❤❤
wow
i like it ❤ Love it❤
🫀🖤🫀
Frozen pee will answer all human questions
You’re kinda guilty of the crime of being too cute.. just a little
I think it "big!"
Its not Summer, how can there be reruns!?
LoL
Showing your age!
Is this finally gonna tempt me to participate on Discord . . . maybe LOL
come join us!! we're having a lot of fun
Is the raccoon brain supposed to look like sushi?
deja vu?
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Lol!
Please do not call your child Ecoli, just saying....
Ag Ag
This is coming from a place of genuine curiosity and puzzlement. Why did you officially relaunch Brain Scoop before you had any new content for Brain Scoop?
On a personal level, this period of reruns is feeling really weird to me and like Brain Scoop isn’t actually back. The longer this period goes on the more it begins to feel like the Brain Scoop relaunch is *only* a way to re-post content from your other projects under the more recognizable Brain Scoop “brand”. I’m not saying the re-posts are bad, because obviously this will expose more people to this content, but *only* having other-project re-posts since the relaunch just feels weird and kind of disingenuous to the concept of a relaunch.
I don’t mean this in a down-putting manner. I’m just putting my emotions/thoughts out there in an, I hope, constructive way. You totally could have just been excited to announce Brain Scoop was back and are rushedly working on new things, and are trying to get the algorithm prepped with regular uploads - oh how we hate the almighty algorithm game.
your last sentence is the accurate and true reason
Is Jake pregnant?
He said it was going to be 🌈 💩.
So I'm going with that.
🌈 💩 🌈 💩 🌈 💩 🌈
Soooo...... if the water temperature is rising and the PH is lowering wouldn't that... endanger diatoms? 2/3rds, eh? Hmm. 12345678.