See my piece on the history of microbiology and the vast, invisible worlds that come into focus every time we figure out how to look closer:

Through the Looking Glass, and What Zheludev et al. (2024) Found There at Asterisk Magazine

I’ve written for Asterisk before: What I won’t eat, on arriving at an equilibrium on the “it’s bad when animals suffer” vs. “but animal products taste good” challenge.