The Microscopic Circle of Life

[@imanuelbaca2468]

This is why KZbin is so good. We can have channels like this that are on the level of professional tv and highly educational with far less ads and more direct support for content creators!

[@barbarahouk1983]

Unless they offer a political opinion anti traditional media (no matter how verifiable the information is) . KZbin is run by leftists and things they don’t like is being thrown off. This censorship must end!

[@sophiaglass2000]

@@barbarahouk1983 Even leftists are effected. Even simply mentioning certain words can get you demonitized. I don't agree with how youtube handles these issues, but in a way I understand (can't scare away them advertisers). Even so they have the right to manage their platform how they like. I don't like it but it's how things are here... I hope there is a rise in more egalitarian and considerate content platforms than KZbin. Despite all this I agree with the original comment, KZbin certainly allows for far more creativity and free expression than traditional media distribution methods (such as cable TV).

[@Nutcrackercs]

@@barbarahouk1983 I agree with youtube that we should eliminate chauvinism, racism, fascism and harmful behaviors, but hate it for variety different reasons.

[@PaulPaulPaulson]

The main advantage of KZbin vs TV: Availability. If this was on TV in the US, I wouldn't even be able to see it. Maybe it would get to my country years later. With a new localized voiceover and no way to switch to the original. Maybe it wouldn't be available at all, if those people responsible for TV decide that other content would be better at making their dumb target audience watch their ads. And I would have to watch this at a specific single point in time or miss it.

[@Szolrykor]

@@Nutcrackercs Your aversion to dealing with things you don't like is a harmful behavior.

[@JamsGerms]

I might be biased because I recorded it but that Oscillatoria clip is just amazing! 😂

[@massimookissed1023]

Keep up the good work, dude :)

[@thisnicklldo]

No, not bias - it is spell-binding. I'd like to understand more about exactly what is going on, but then if it wasn't spell-binding, I probably wouldn't want to know. It all has to start with the inspiration to learn.

[@ACuriousTanuki]

I've never recorded (or even previously seen) Oscillatoria, but that clip really is amazing. 😁

[@claytonpaisley9721]

I love your work

[@guy3nder529]

they almost look like futuristic space machines, only they are microscopic life forms.

[@rotifer]

*Welcome to my realm, mortal humans.*

[@bagochips1208]

Hank better pin this comment!

[@Jack-vo7yf]

Silence wheel bearer

[@IanRoach17]

*hydra has entered the chat*

[@underthecanopy1093]

😂😂

[@eypick6987]

Oh shit Rotifer is here! Scatter!!!

[@matthewstewart5566]

This whole channel is so poetic and beautiful. Singlehandedly made me interested in microbiology

[@anotherplatypus]

Sometimes I wonder if a personal hero would've liked something created after they passed away. [Ex. would Disney have liked the movie Frozen?] But sometimes nobody has to wonder, like with this series it's obvious: Carl Sagan would've loved it. Greet work guys. = )

[@saturnsounds8063]

twitter.com/hankgreen/status/1184170376743411712 :)

[@devinward461]

Agreed, this is absolutely Sagan's style of content. Easily one of my favorite KZbin series that I've ever seen, and I've seen a probably unhealthy amount of KZbin.

[@anotherplatypus]

​@@saturnsounds8063 Thank you, and omg I can understand why he felt that way, because I got choked up writing that comment every time I thought about Sagan watching Hank's show and realizing it's exactly what he would've wanted.. 😂

[@agustinvenegas5238]

I wonder how Darwin would have felt about this

[@1MSally1965]

Walt would be turning over in his grave at the cesspool of filth that Disney has turned into with child grooming, pedophilia and satanic movies created under his name.

[@TheRogueWolf]

I know tardigrades are practically the series mascot, but that Turbellarian at 6:14 is almost ridiculously adorable.

[@pixazelz]

It's face : > .

[@wiwaxiasilver827]

Looks straight out of an adorable children’s picture book ^^

[@TankEpidemic]

No matter if I look up or down, I always end up feeling so small.

[@Calliopa_22]

Would you mind if I steal this quote? xD

[@patstaysuckafreeboss8006]

Sounds like a quote from an emo teenage bitch

[@d2000-f3h]

@@patstaysuckafreeboss8006 you sound like a really pleasant person

[@patstaysuckafreeboss8006]

@@d2000-f3h Well I'm not so stop being a dick

[@G4m3G3ni3]

@@patstaysuckafreeboss8006 edgy

[@ultimateo621]

The narration was especially excellent on this one.

[@mixiekins]

It's like Alan Watts did an audiobook for biology class 😍

[@Nekonymous]

I was just thinking the same as i watched the episode.

[@commenter3287]

I literally came to the comments to say the opposite. I enjoy these videos, but the narration was terrible on this one. The narration on all the others was an interesting commentary on what was happening. The narration on this one began with the stuff about the uniqueness of life being an error when it is actually just chemistry (what a stupid contrast to draw, and DNA is pretty unique. Nothing like it exists anywhere outside of life). Then we get to the stupid stuff about "you will probably be surprised to find out that it is sugar" which made me come down to comment. We are not 3 minutes in yet, but if the narration continues to be this stupid I will have to start watching these videos with the sound muted.

[@Lyle-xc9pg]

Commenter, alas! Finally a smart person

[@StephenGillie]

He's gotta beef up the meagre script with heavy ASMR to get past KZbin's bonus monetization runtime.

[@RobertMilesAI]

Huh, I came to the comments expecting to find a bunch of people who think they understand entropy better than they really do trying to argue with you about the relationship between life, energy, and randomness. But no! This channel has a pretty chill community :)

[@djaries2]

Robert Miles , something from nothing.

[@djaries2]

razgriz, lol 😂

[@skwozies3083]

But the Universe couldn't have made evolution happen from nothing because the beginning of life would decrease entropy. Since I don't understand how that would work it clearly is my super specific God who made everything by speaking magic universe creating words. (Sarcasm intended)

[@spacemanspiff2137]

You’re the bob ross of microbiology

[@deadleaves58]

+++++++++

[@vlogbrothers]

Best I've ever felt about death. -John

[@sarah3796]

Haha! 😆

[@AGDinCA]

Beautiful way of conveying the importance of the food chain, from a microscopic perspective.

[@raduantoniu]

Unbelievable content for KZbin! Some of the best work I've ever seen. I'm thoroughly enjoying every video of yours

[@theunkillable1000]

*"They are still surviving on that stored energy originally flung out from* _two atoms_ *fusing in the core of the sun"* That really gives you prospective.

[@alveolate]

not to be pedantic _but_ .... that energy was technically expended in the first photosynthetic reaction that the photon participated in. 'stored' energy is just a chemical change in stability.

[@xKapnKrunch]

@@alveolate I dont get what your trying to say... So you think the energy came from some other place? Not matter how many reactions or chemical changes occur the point is the same.

[@Blucario90]

i think he was referring to the energy stored within the microrganisms, not something stored within the sun

[@clairebarrett97]

while we're at it shouldn't it be perspective and not prospective

[@theunkillable1000]

Claire Mika yes I think it should

[@r-gart]

"[...] preventing you from simply falling into randomness". Woah, this ending gave me shivers, awesome videos, they keep getting better and better.

[@scottlypuff]

I love this channel and I love the way Hank narrates too. I feel like this should be a planetarium show or an IMAX documentary. But I'd settle for a feature length documentary or limited series haha.

[@ejenglin]

"Fighting randomness: That is the cause of life." Well, that is just profound. *leaves to think deep thoughts

[@pikiwiki]

@@osmosisjones4912 ??????

[@michaelbuckers]

/r/im14andthatsdeep

[@alveolate]

i've always thought that a better definition for life would be "reverses entropy".

[@ejenglin]

@@alveolate More like fighting entropy. Life is the quest to defeat entropy and maintain order with physical and chemical processes. 😀

[@ArawnOfAnnwn]

To give credit where it's due, it's not his idea. Credit for the concept goes to this guy - www.quantamagazine.org/a-new-thermodynamics-theory-of-the-origin-of-life-20140122

[@pear2369]

I enjoy how it’s so easy to understand and so informative at the same time.

[@barbarahouk1983]

Yes, this is the best introduction to microbiology I have seen.

[@LEDewey_MD]

Another amazing, hypnotic, wondrous journey to the Microcosmos! Schrodinger once said, "Life extracts negative entropy from its environment.". (1944 - "What is Life?")

[@just_some_dude019]

Dont hurt me, Dont hurt me, No more.

This channel gives you way more than it appears to be giving. *THANK YOU, JOURNEY TO THE MICROCOSMOS!!!!!*

[@purplefire2834]

The videos are so interesting that I get too focused on them and zone out what Hank's saying. I love this series.

[@simonrodriguez4685]

This is one of my favorite channels! Almost everything about it is perfect! The blend of images, storytelling and music is superb. Thank you 😊

[@padrehousecat]

This one was deep. I feel strangely at peace with the universe when I watch these videos ⭐️

[@spacepigs]

I don't know any other science channel right now that's as successful in coupling its theme with an artistic vision for driving the content. Narration, sound selection, presentation and direction all blend together in the most agreeable way. Thanks for that effort :)

[@Beanhill_94]

Wow! I've never been here so early. Love this channel so much. It's informative and oddly relaxing.

[@aleksandrsuperczynski7093]

The shot of the Oscillatoria at 1:47 was absolutely amazing. It's a shot of something incredibly small, yet it seems to be on a scale much larger than us. When you think about all the proteins composed of 1000's of molecules all interacting with one another in that cell, you realize just how massive life really is.

[@Boogers32150]

Ahh, time to visit my favorite micro-zoo.

[@albejaine]

Hello pretty lady

[@Boogers32150]

Albern Newton - I will demolish you.

[@EnderAnts]

Once I saw the thumbnail, I knew the content would be just as great. Was not disappointed, but exceeded my expectations. Way too underrated of a channel!!!

[@alephkasai9384]

I've heard all of this before but hearing it from you makes it a lot better

[@juliusEST]

I've watched countless documentaries about the universe and the vast distances, but never have those made me feel so small and insignificant as these little guys in the last couple of videos. Thank you for the amazing presentation!

[@Gamer3172]

By watching your videos i m becoming more and more serious about studying m. Sc. microbiology

[@guy3nder529]

there are subjects which sound interesting on a video level but become really tedious to actually study. ive heard that microbiology is one of the more interesting subjects however.

[@guy3nder529]

@@lvk104 and still people ive heard that went to microbiology enjoyed it more than those on many other bio/chemical subjects.

[@David-bc4rh]

@@guy3nder529 Perhaps the other subjects are unenjoyable because they purposefully avoid the highly relevant biology aspect.

[@guy3nder529]

@@David-bc4rh idk I'm more of a physics guy myself

[@not-high-on-life]

Wow. This is the best I saw on this channel. So much in this short video... literally changes perspective in which you perceive the world. Big Thanks.

[@sarahneu8349]

I feel like I just entered an intimate relationship with Hank Green.

[@シロダサンダー]

Getting nourished by his words

[@projectmalus]

One big happy family.

[@GetToKnowNature]

The gorgeousness continues. This channel always makes me take a deep breath and relax while I watch, a rare thing these days. Thank you.

[@sshippeee]

You have a serious Carl Sagan vibe going

[@LuisAldamiz]

Do you mean that they smoke pot before recording?

[@smol_chilli_pepper]

For real. I feel like that's what they were going for

[@MrOdsplut]

But looking at small stuff not big stuff

[@AstronautaVerdadeiro]

@@MrOdsplut You mean... *Fear of Nuclear War*?

[@Losloth]

This video is just so beautiful. I love the "falling into randomness." It is so fascinating to think that the universe as a whole is going through this process, and we are just swimming upstream towards complexity as far as we can manage, until our machinery breaks down and we pass down the race to our children.

[@simone222]

These videos complete that unfulfilled part of me. I think I would've been a happier individual if I were a scientist: microbiologist or botanist. Anyway, thank you so much yet another super-edifying and interesting video.

[@Video2Webb]

OMG - This is just so magnificent! The world will grow exponentially in understanding as they watch your videos which are presented so well, with charm and a lightness of touch. Yeah!

[@newkkl]

Did anyone else here grow up with Gaylord Johnson’s book “Hunting With the Microscope”? I no longer have my childhood scope, but I still have the book! Full of charming drawings, it gave me my first interest in the world of little creatures.

[@BTheBlindRef]

The best photography yet in this series. The color contrasts on many of the shots was stunning and just beautiful from a purely esthetic and artistic viewpoint.

[@MarcusAgrippa390]

Ok that's it... You guys are now officially in my top three channels. So randomly awesome...

[@MrLiviooo]

Some other level to explain the complexity of energy and beginning of organized form of life ,just amazing ! Thank you very much for this ideas which will complete someone the way of seeing through life,world,nature,Universe!

[@nfactorial4074]

It is so hard to believe these shots are real they look so beautiful like CGI

[@ScooBdont]

I enjoy your vids sooooo much. When I get a notification of an upload everything else stops till I’m done watching. You’re doing a tremendous job and I can’t express how much I appreciate the work you put into this. ✌️🙂👍

[@patrickturner6878]

Me: *taking a nap on day off* Phone: *bling!* Me: *groggily looks at phone* Phone: *New Microcosmos on KZbin* Me: *Instantly awake and over at the PC*

[@penguasakucing8136]

Notified by the phone and watch it on the PC? You're one of the dying breed in the world that become increasingly mobile.

[@patrickturner6878]

@@penguasakucing8136 Microcosmos deserves a large screen for the small critters to be clearly visible!

[@nicholasking3171]

@@patrickturner6878 HDMI THAT SHIT

[@greyplague3092]

Best channel I encountered in years. Also, as a chemist, i couldn't agree with you more. Already we can synthetize complex macromolecular objects and even proto-machines. Sometime in the next decades we will learn how to produce synthetic "organelles", then later synthetic nuclei with genetic information written in a new molecular laguage; and the circle of life through chemistry will be complete, started by Friedrich Wöhler in 1828 when he transformed ammonium cyanate that is an inorganic ionic salt into urea, a natural product of life.

[@rafaelemil7481]

Life? Ah yes enslaved energy

[@minghuachen1900]

God I hate this meme... But in this case it fits.

[@lauravitale9793]

This video beautifully and clearly explains the complexity of life and connects so many important concepts in biology. Thank you from a biology teacher!! Will definitely be using this video in class 🙏🏻

[@abhayshah8517]

That voice is Soo soothing! I could fall asleep to that haha

[@goodchessactor]

Nice soothing soothing voice. And today the lesson of micro-organisms is spiced with some thoughts on the 2nd law of thermodynamics. Pass midnight, time to sleep, perchance to dream.

[@TranscendingPolygons]

Randomness creates order then order succumbs to more randomness. Like a rhythmic pulse

[@banndsand]

The more I watch these, the more adorable I find these little creatures. I'm gonna have to watch this one again because the whole time I was struggling between listening properly and going "omg look at that! And that! Wow!"

[@koenbres]

Can you please put a scale on the screen like how much is one micro meter on the screen. To me this is a lot more clear than the 400x or 100x

[@David-bc4rh]

I believe the 100x refers to an area governed by lens physics, and there's conversion equations necessary to find a linear measurement inside that 100x. Maybe a slide jockey develops an intuitive feel for it after years of practice. In any case, what you describe is on every map that's worth looking at, and it would be a welcome addition here.

[@Cubelarooso]

That would also help since screens can be different sizes.

[@David-bc4rh]

Check this out. Its actually quite simple. kzbin.info/www/bejne/gmLHXmNorremiKc

[@bajajones5093]

very simple explanation for something as magical as what you show on this site. life is first and foremost a miracle.

[@saratwiss5993]

i love this series so much!!

[@andrewsmith1590]

This episode has a special place in my heart, thank you

[@justintime970]

You can't describe life in just over 10 minutes! MiCo: hold my microscope 👉🔬

[@Psychol-Snooper]

Cohesion.

[@Szolrykor]

Consciousness

[@Psychol-Snooper]

@@Szolrykor Auto-cohesion!

[@Szolrykor]

@@Psychol-Snooper Consciousness disproves their definition of life, I mean.

[@Psychol-Snooper]

@@Szolrykor How? I've never seen consciousness in any definition of life.

[@ChilledfishStick]

It felt like the point of the video (at least the first few minutes) was to invoke emotions of awe and amazement rather than to be informative. If what you show is awe inspiring and amazing, there is no need for that.

[@michaelbuckers]

It prevents me from falling into randomness, or rather is trying to in an uphill battle against KZbin algorithm.

[@smol_chilli_pepper]

I just found out about this series. I'm so excited to snuggle up and binge watch this tonight

[@dovahkiin_brasil]

Chemistry is real world magic change my mind

[@blizzforte284]

the whole universe is ultimately indescribable

[@D-me-dream-smp]

Stunning visuals and narration guys. Once again in awe of the unseen world you have generously shared with us. Think this might be my favourite episode (tho hard to choose - those little tardigrades are pretty spectacular too).

[@marcmarc172]

Quality content!

[@astronautical.engineer]

Thank you Hank, James, Andrew, Matthew, Mark, and Deboki for putting together this spectacular content.

[@faxtrax4569]

Ah yes the things that crawl in my eye.

[@AstronautaVerdadeiro]

Well...those are fibers and sugars that float up your eye liquid...

[@JeevasJerico13]

This channel didn't receive the attention and traction it deserved. Thank you so much for this amazing educational content.

[@MatthewCahn]

Either everything is a miracle, or nothing is.

[@deltahunter2674]

Let me tell you- watching any of these episodes on 720p is a hell of fucking trip

[@aroguespartan7627]

Now this is my kind of ASMR

[@hollywhiteoak7745]

Your channel is wonderful. Never fails to delight and inform!

[@user-vn7ce5ig1z]

1:09 - The gastrotrich is in the Jenova Chen game _flOw_ .

[@royvarley]

Superb work. Images, text, narration, production at the highest level.

[@rdbury507]

Earth is struck by high energy photons from the Sun, and emits low energy photons as thermal radiation. Life is just a particularly interesting path the energy takes in between.

[@nhaaaPl]

These are not the type of videos that I can just watch in a hurry on the bus or with breakfast, these videos need to be savored like the wonder they are. I almost ritualize them at this point, but they really feel special to me.

[@KlaudiusL]

The Meaning of Life .. on 10 minutes

[@LordofDragns]

Meaning is something that is ascribed. Nature is the objective reality.

[@Szolrykor]

@@LordofDragns Which is also ascribed, as far as our consideration of it goes.

[@adamsmalec]

I love this channel. This is science communicated as science should be communicated. You guys assume your viewers not to be disinterested in science, or to be children like. Last time I saw science communicated this way was in David Attenborough's Life on Earth in 1979 and The Living Planet in 1984. Beautiful job

[@BrilliantShadows]

I'm so early it hasn't even popped up on their channel page yet xD

[@DefektiveEnvy]

This is one of my top 3 science channels on KZbin. Thanks for this incredible content

[@panzerkampf92]

Omg, this was so random

[@mariahwalker4477]

This channel is amazing. Thank you so much for bringing the beauty and awesomeness of the microcosm to our screens. I particularly enjoyed this explanation of the chemistry of life.

[@shadbakht]

..says your belief in physicalism

[@shadbakht]

razgriz oh sorry man. I just meant the philosophy of “physicalism” which is “the doctrine that the real world consists simply of the physical world.” It’s related to scientific materialism. Not sure why he’s wedging in his physicalist philosophy on a video on microbiological organisms.

[@SmokesOnMe]

Are you arguing that we don't understand the chemistry of life? The things discussed in this video are not meant to disprove spiritual beliefs, just to explain what we can observe in our small view of the universe.

[@tomspencer1364]

Says the guy using quantum physics to send data to KZbin.

[@tomspencer1364]

@@shadbakht He isn't wedging anything but Biochemistry and Thermodynamics. Simple stuff really. What do you expect from a science program? Mystic mush?

[@Szolrykor]

@@RazgrisFloob Microorganisms don't exhibit them but if that's supposed to mean they're of a fundamentally different nature to us, then the definition of "life" needs to be adjusted accordingly.

[@murielvaillancourt3855]

Life is a so wonderful miracle and it’s to see all these dead planets, unable to begin the cycle or no more able to sustain it. Like cosmos microcosmos carries around this sens of sadness in the middle of wonder. All my life, i was very sensible to this feeling and it affects me deeply.

[@deanna1410]

This episode was absolutely beautiful. They all are, but this one was particularly moving.

[@appleton282]

I add this video into my personal playlist, and I will allow myself to watch this whenever I would like to be creative. So inspiring…

[@bradydavidow4470]

This channel is a work of art thank you guys.

[@obct537]

Please don't ever change the soundtrack to these videos. The vibe of this series is flawless.

[@kelsqi-books4835]

This channel is the best for waking up with my coffee. So reassuring and calm, and pretttyyyyy....

[@flamencoprof]

Life is a fine balance between order and randomness. Too little order and we have chaos, too much order and we have crystals. It is the old dichotomy between soldiers and saints, innovation and conservatism, stasis and change. You are going pretty deep with this one.

[@Smashingpunkkid]

All of these videos are fascinating but this one in particular was really cool overall :)

[@jahnavee_palsodkar]

This video is fascinatingly awesome. Hats off to you, guys!!!! I can't express in words how much I've loved this. ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@xKapnKrunch]

Sometimes when I watch this channel im impressed... Other times im just depressed. Great episode thanks again for making me dwell on my own mortality.

[@cerberaodollam]

Mortality is a great comfort.

[@Szolrykor]

@@cerberaodollam It's the most tried and tested coping mechanism.

[@juchipratt]

Prigogine's notion of life as dissipative structure has been around since the 70's, and Schodinger used negentropy to explain "what is life" thirty years before that, so it's fascinating to see their ideas creeping into the mainstream. JttM, you guys have done a fantastic job of encapsulating this conception of life in a way that is both accessible and profound.

[@JUST.ICE24]

Thank you for such a perspective.i am enjoying all of ur work n I am able to build relations between chemistry and biology n life itself. Chemistry textbooks kept me limited n took me towards boredom .

[@giggleghost3751]

One of the best episodes so far, very on point. Love it!

[@RNAlh]

loving these so much I'm rewatching videos. Fills such a beautiful little niche on youtube.

[@rinzzzzie718]

I've been binge watching your videos since I found your channel. Keep up the good work 💖💚

[@codjh9]

I'm working on getting back into art anyway, and you guys are inspiring me to do some drawings, which may also become mixed media (ink, watercolor, maybe colored pencils) of several of these microorganisms.

[@huynhviettien]

I will never look at sugar the same way... and I'm truly grateful. Thank you and keep up the amazing work.

[@JonathanAdami]

I don't know if I'm the only one getting constant mindblown moments watching these videos having to stop to just let my brain swallow the meaning of it all... "surviving on that stored energy originally flung out from 2 atoms fusing in the core of the sun..." OMFG! the amount of variables to keep in your head to fathom the complexity of all of it... Anyway, thanks for all these videos, I'll be sharing them with everyone haha

[@TyronTention]

That drone music really makes this all come together. I love it.