Cells

We’ve talked about all sorts of living things. Bugs, for instance. And plants… elephants… the list goes on. But what we haven’t discussed is the thing that all of those animals are made of: cells! What are they? Why are they? Answers to half those questions await you!Head to https://www.patreon.com/SciShowTangents to find out how you can help support SciShow Tangents, and see all the cool perks you’ll get in return, like bonus episodes and a monthly newsletter!And go to https://store.dftba.com/collections/scishow-tangents to buy your very own, genuine SciShow Tangents sticker!A big thank you to Patreon subscriber Garth Riley for helping to make the show possible!Follow us on Twitter @SciShowTangents, where we’ll tweet out topics for upcoming episodes and you can ask the science couch questions! While you're at it, check out the Tangents crew on Twitter: Ceri: @ceriley Sam: @im_sam_schultz Hank: @hankgreen [Trivia Question]B. natans number of geneshttps://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/24502779/https://www.genome.gov/human-genome-project/Completion-FAQhttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6085824/[Fact Off]Streptococcus disguises itself as red blood cellshttps://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31801066/https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/886535https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/harmful-bacteria-masquerade-red-blood-cells-evade-immune-system-180973678/Ciliate nuclei + genetics (O. trifallax/S. histriomuscorum)https://www.wired.com/2014/09/oxytricha-encrypted-genome/http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=427777https://www.cell.com/cell/fulltext/S0092-8674(14)00984-2https://journals.plos.org/plosbiology/article?id=10.1371/journal.pbio.1001473https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2647009/https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3558436/[Ask the Science Couch]Cell movement & motor proteinshttps://www.nature.com/scitable/topicpage/microtubules-and-filaments-14052932/https://www.pnas.org/content/108/51/20275https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4812444/https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1893118/https://www.cell.com/current-biology/comments/S0960-9822(98)70264-7https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK26867/[Butt One More Thing]Buttock cellshttps://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/2787452/https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12308-013-0175-yhttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6888610/  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.