thebrainscoopArtificial cranial deformation, or head binding, is a practice carried out by cultures all over the world, and throughout time. Dr. Robert Martin talked to us about how the tradition was implemented by figures of high status in Ancient Egypt. Read more about Dr. Martin's work and research here: psychologytoday.com/blog/how-we-do-it ↓ More info + Links! ↓ --------------------------------------------------------------------- Natural News from The Field Museum, our new news show!: http://bit.ly/2e0bWzN
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Why did King Tut have a flat head?thebrainscoop2016-10-19 | Artificial cranial deformation, or head binding, is a practice carried out by cultures all over the world, and throughout time. Dr. Robert Martin talked to us about how the tradition was implemented by figures of high status in Ancient Egypt. Read more about Dr. Martin's work and research here: psychologytoday.com/blog/how-we-do-it ↓ More info + Links! ↓ --------------------------------------------------------------------- Natural News from The Field Museum, our new news show!: http://bit.ly/2e0bWzN
@PeggyNotebaertNatureMuseum -- Creator, Writer, Host: Emily Graslie Director of Photography: Smokey Nelson Addt'l Camera: Chris Owsiany Sound: Anthony Mariotto Editor: Carolyn Yao Gfx +: Production Consultant: Sheheryar Ahsan
Special thanks: Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum // Dawn Roberts Rose Pest Solutions // Janelle Iaccino Prey Taxidermy // Allis Markham
Video accessibility services provided by the Described and Captioned Media Project http://www.dcmp.org -- The Brain Scoop is a registered trademark of the Field Museum. Used with permission. -- Timestamps: 00:00 Beginning 00:17 Rob Kelsey (AKA Rob K) Intro 00:38 Rob Scallon Intro 00:52 Becky Stern Intro 01:03 We're taxidermying today! 01:30 Exact midpoint between a stuffed animal and a mummy 01:38 Rat calisthenics 02:13 Did I tell you I had pet rats growing up 02:19 Slippage 02:35 Initial Incision 2:35 Resume 02:43 There is more than one way to skin a Rat 02:56 Fascia 03:21 Red Dead Redemption 03:33 How attached is my skin to my face? 03:52 Massaging fascia 04:29 Continuing to open incision 05:19 Investigating the Fascia 06:05 Next Step - pushing meat back from skin 07:05 Rat feet/legs 07:56 Life Mount vs Study Skin 08:29 Popping knee out 08:53 How many animals has Rob K taxidermied? 09:20 Best Way to Learn Anatomy 09:41 Drippy guts 09:47 Rats are fatty 11:09 Cronch 11:59 Rob has preparation lab in museum :) 12:30 Our Corner of the Internet - Typical Brain Scoop 12:34 Turn foot inside out and zhoop! 12:49 Rob cronches the leg 12:57 Rob cut the ankle 13:13 Drying process 13:42 The Cronchening 14:06 Through both legs down towards tail 15:08 Use scrotal droppage to tell age 16:02 Meet skin together in spine 16:16 Penis and testicles 16:48 Taxidermic Origin Story - I was terrified of dead animals 17:26 Passion from place of fear 17:38 Rob Skydiving 18:17 Dream animal to dissect? 19:12 Shlooping the tail 20:23 In-person mentor 20:33 Did you hear that? 20:56 Timelapse 20:59 A Really Special Butthole 21:39 Becky shloop! 22:07 Are we the weird ones? 23:45 Tail slippage 24:00 Hernia 25:01 Rat punching 25:15 Rob K - Working up the back 25:45 Going through stomach contents? 26:40 CSI: Rats 27:22 Shoutout to Allis Markham skinning raccoon video 27:48 Bruising 28:12 Loose skin 28:28 Coloring of fur 28:56 Rats are liquid 29:14 Rob K - Cutting off wrists 29:23 Perforated ribcage 29:45 Rob cutting the rat wrist off - Woohoo! 30:21 Tripod CSI 30:54 Rob K skull info 31:17 Rob eardrum 31:51 Rob K eyes and nose info 32:20 Lil Dried Blueberries 32:44 Fake eyes 33:23 Rob K - Lips/Nose 34:19 Popped an eye 34:31 Rob K - Empty Face, Peel off Remaining Fat 35:14 Gravity 35:55 Resist the Urge 36:23 Teeth 36:43 Tongue 37:07 The Finger Puppet 37:31 What will happen to my pelt and rat after today? 38:41 Stuffing w/ cotton 39:21 Shenanigans 39:47 Make Em Kiss 40:59 Adding Wire 41:37 Elephant shrew brainiac 42:11 Adding wire Timelapse 42:20 Dried + Pinned Rat Example by Janelle 42:42 THE BRAIN SCOOP 43:03 Off with their heads! 44:00 Brain Scooping Begins... 44:52 Thank you, RobWhy were Ancient Egyptians obsessed with cats?thebrainscoop2024-05-21 | Support The Brain Scoop's relaunch on Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/emilygraslie Shop prints + Original artwork! http://www.emilygraslie.com/prints Discord: http://www.discord.gg/thebrainscoop Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/egraslie website: http://www.emilygraslie.com Got funding for a video? thebrainscoop(@)gmail.com Subject: REBOOT IDEA -- I knew Ancient Egyptians loved their cats, but until I visited an archaeology museum - the Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures - I wasn't entirely sure why. Turns out the reason is a bit more morbid than I initially thought 💀
In this video we learn about the Egyptian Goddesses Sekhmet and Bastet - Gods Ra, Osiris and Horus - and the significance of raising and sacrificing tens of thousands of cats to honor them. -- Creator, Writer, Host, Addt'l Camera: Emily Graslie Camera: Brandon Brungard Editor, Gfx + Sfx: Sheheryar Ahsan Production Consultant: Carolyn Yao Production Assistant: Kate Hodge Addt'l Gfx: Georgina Gutierrez
Special thanks: Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures https://isac.uchicago.edu/museum-exhibits @ISAC_UChicago Marc Maillot, PhD Emily Teeter, PhD Matthew Welton
Video accessibility services provided by the Described and Captioned Media Project http://www.dcmp.org -- The Brain Scoop is a registered trademark of the Field Museum. Used with permission.🍞+🥜+☠️= Death Sandwichthebrainscoop2024-05-04 | Meet Janelle in our latest video, where@robscallon and I set out to learn more about Chicago’s rats 🐀🐀🐀Chicago, City of Ratsthebrainscoop2024-05-01 | ...Whats Chicago doing about its (major) rat problem?thebrainscoop2024-05-01 | Support The Brain Scoop's relaunch on Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/emilygraslie Shop prints + Original artwork! http://www.emilygraslie.com/prints Discord: http://www.discord.gg/thebrainscoop Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/egraslie website: http://www.emilygraslie.com Got funding for a video? thebrainscoop(@)gmail.com Subject: REBOOT IDEA -- Chicago has been called the "Rattiest City in America" for nearly 10 years running. Join Emily Graslie and her friend and musician Rob Scallon on a journey to the oldest pest control and management company in the United States. Rose Pest Solutions' Marketing Director, Janelle Iaccino (aka The Rat Lady of Chicago), teaches us more about how professionals are managing these animals across the city.
Stay tuned for part 2 where Rob and I visit the Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum in Chicago to dissect and prepare our rats for their eternal lives in the museum collection.
🐀🐀🐀🐀🐀🐀🐀🐀 -- Creator, Writer, Camera: Emily Graslie Camera: Jake Jarvi Editor: Carolyn Yao Graphics, Production Consultant: Sheheryar Ahsan Guest, Consulting Editor: Rob Scallon @robscallon
Video accessibility services provided by the Described and Captioned Media Project http://www.dcmp.org
Special Thanks: Janelle, Jesse (our rat mascot) and everyone else at Rose Pest Solutions 🐀
-- The Brain Scoop is a registered trademark of the Field Museum. Used with permission.The cicadas are coming!!thebrainscoop2024-04-24 | For the first time in 221 years, two broods of cicadas that emerge only after 13- and 17- years respectively, are set to erupt simultaneously in certain regions across the US. And they're already here, waiting just below the surface 😶🌫️Live book club talk 4/20! 🥳thebrainscoop2024-04-05 | Come join me on The Brain Scoop discord, Sat 4/20 🌎 at 3pm CT for a live q&a with Bethany Brookshire, author of “Pests: How humans create animal villains” 📚
‘Pests’ is the inaugural read for our new Book Club!! We’ll meet once a month to talk about a selected read, with a dedicated channel with me & other readers leading up to the event.
Last November I got the chance to visit Vienna's Natural History Museum in Austria (Naturhistorisches Museum Wien). It's houses one of the oldest natural history collections in the world, dating back to the 1700's! There I saw the Woman of Willendorf (often called the 'Venus of Willendorf'), a sculpture I first learned about in art school. It was incredible to see it in person.
My primary source for this video was "Natural History Museum Vienna: A Guide to the Collections" by Stefanie Jovanovic-Kruspel. https://phoibos.at/en/Jovanovic-Kruspel-Stefanie-Natural-History-Museum-Vienna.-A-Guide-to-the-Collections -- Creator, Writer, Camera: Emily Graslie Editor, Graphics: Sheheryar Ahsan Production Consultant: Carolyn Yao
This video was originally posted to my personal channel @EmilyGraslie on September 28, 2021, with the following description:
A conversation with Master of Microscopes James Weiss ( @Jam's Germs ) started me down a path of exploration into the unusual intersections of Victorian science fiction authors, and 19th-century microscopists. I could have never imagined the tiny galleries and itty-bitty artworks that awaited me underneath those fancy lenses! James has a new book!!! "The Hidden Beauty of the Microscopic World," James Weiss. bit.ly/3obr4yW @journeytomicro
This video was originally posted to my personal channel (@EmilyGraslie on August 3, 2021, with the following description:
I recently packed my bags and ran off to Indiana to go see one of the greatest natural phenomena on our planet: the emergence of the 17-year Brood X Cicadas, an event I'd been waiting for since, well, 2004. Along the way I learned some surprising things about cicadas' long history as art influencers. WILD.
Human fascination with cicadas dates back THOUSANDS of years. I mean, I totally get it: they're loud, weird, buzzy insects that seemingly show up out of nowhere in massive numbers, make a ruckus and disappear almost as quickly as they arrived.The biology and life history of these buzzy buddies has inspired poets and artists for millennia! Thinking of stuff like this -- like how my interest in bugs might connect me with long-dead people and far-flung places -- helps me make sense of the world and my place within it.
Creator, Host, Writer, Producer: Emily Graslie Editor and Motion Designer: Kelly Kitagawa Additional Edits: Carolyn Yao Production Manager: Laura Chernikoff Production Assistance: Emmi Mueller
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After a 3-year hiatus, I'm returning to the channel as a fully independent producer! Stay tuned for new content in early 2024 🥳 I'm excited to go on this next chapter with you!!Rising from the ashes of Brazils Museu Nacional firethebrainscoop2020-09-02 | On the evening of Sept. 2, 2018, a fire broke out in the the National Museum of Brazil (Museu Nacional) that devastated the building and destroyed more than 18 million objects and specimens. I wanted to know: as people - individually, and as communities - how do we process and recover from the loss of so much collective history, heritage and knowledge?
This video was filmed on February 25, 2020. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Executive Producer, Creator, Host: Emily Graslie
Producer, Editor, Camera: Sheheryar Ahsan
Production Assistant, Content Developer, Writer: Raven Forrest
Writer, Production Support: Vinícius Penteado
Interview with: Beatriz Hörmanseder
Special Thanks, and Additional Imagery from: Museu Nacional Beatriz Hörmanseder Emiliano Mega Eneraldo Carneiro Rômulo Fialdini Valentino Fialdini Rafael MouraGoing out on a limb for Quetzalcoatlusthebrainscoop2020-06-09 | ↓↓↓ Info on how/where/when to catch PREHISTORIC ROAD TRIP below! ↓↓↓
Quetzalcoatlus was the largest flying animal of all time. But this extraordinary animal is known from only a handful of bones; a complete skeleton has never been found. So how do scientists know what it looked like?
PREHISTORIC ROAD TRIP premier dates* E01 -- JUNE 17, 2020: Welcome to Fossil Country E02 -- JUNE 24, 2020: We Dig Dinosaurs E03 -- JULY 1, 2020: Tiny Teeth, Fearsome Beasts *Check your local PBS station for exact times! #PrehistoricRoadTripPBS
Production Assistant, Content Developer, Writer: Raven Forrest
Production Support: Vinícius Penteado
Special Thanks: Petra Sierwald Margaret Thayer Crystal Maier Maureen Turcatel Robin Delapena Jim Louderman -------------------------------------------------------------------- Support for this video comes in part from National Science Foundation Grant No. 1802353
This episode is filmed on location at the Field Museum in Chicago, Illinois. http://www.fieldmuseum.orgBackyard Birding: Feeder Cam!thebrainscoop2020-04-10 | I wanted to get to know my (birdy) neighbors a little better so I mounted cameras around my yard to capture them up close and share their floofy wonder with you.
The Field Museum is closed until further notice, but in the meantime you can check out some at-home natural history resources: Field Museum at home: http://www.fieldmuseum.org/home-activities Museum Computer Network virtual resources: http://www.mcn.edu/ultimateguide CDC.gov updates: cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-nCoV #stayhome #WithMe #LearnWithMe#StayHome #WithMe & stay well!thebrainscoop2020-03-27 | I hope you're staying safe and well these days, and also heeding advice from organizations like the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) regarding COVID-19. More from us soon - I just wanted to say hi! and welcome you to my backyard! and introduce you to my cats! Field Museum at home: http://www.fieldmuseum.org/home-activities Museum Computer Network virtual resources: http://www.mcn.edu/ultimateguide CDC.gov updates: cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-nCoV #stayhome #WithMe #LearnWithMeChicagos Original Black Taxidermist: Carl Cottonthebrainscoop2020-02-19 | Carl Cotton (1918 - 1971) was the Field Museum's first African American taxidermist - perhaps Chicago's first professional one - and his work can still be seen on display today. But for many years, we knew little about the extent of his contributions to the museum and the field of taxidermy as a whole. Today, thanks to hours of research from Museum staff and through collaborations with Carl's family, we have a better picture of this creative and talented person and a deeper appreciation for his work.
Production Assistant, Content Developer, Writer: Raven Forrest
Production Support/Stuntman: Vinícius Penteado
Research: Reda Brooks Tori Lee -------------------------------------------------------------------- This episode is filmed on location at the Field Museum in Chicago, Illinois. http://www.fieldmuseum.orgWhat should museums do with their dead? (w/ Caitlin Doughty!)thebrainscoop2020-01-23 | Support The Brain Scoop's relaunch on Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/emilygraslie Shop prints + Original artwork! http://www.emilygraslie.com/prints Discord: http://www.discord.gg/thebrainscoop Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/egraslie website: http://www.emilygraslie.com Got funding for a video? thebrainscoop(@)gmail.com Subject: REBOOT IDEA -- Many museums house significant numbers of human remains, many of which were acquired without the consent of the individual in question. So, our good friend Caitlin from Ask a Mortician stopped by the Field Museum to talk with us about it.
This is a humongous and complicated topic - we'd love to know what you think!
Production Assistant, Content Developer: Raven Forrest
Interview with: Caitlin Doughty
Production Support/Stuntman: Vinícius Penteado -------------------------------------------------------------------- This episode is filmed on location at the Field Museum in Chicago, Illinois. http://www.fieldmuseum.orgThe Joy of Cooking (with Bugs!)thebrainscoop2019-11-23 | Add some healthy, sustainable CRUNCH to your diet by incorporating more insects into your meals! Many are packed with nutrients, and are already enjoyed by billions around the world. Bon appétit!
Learn more about the Field Museum's partnership with Journeyman Distillery, in honor of the Museum's 125-year anniversary: journeymandistillery.com/field-rye
Production Assistant, Content Developer, Writer: Raven Forrest
Cooking Demo: Chef Mike Schulte
Drink Demo: Luz Barcenas
Special Thanks: Brian Rathbun Megan Williams
Production Support/Stuntman: Vinícius Penteado -------------------------------------------------------------------- This episode is filmed on location at the Field Museum in Chicago, Illinois. http://www.fieldmuseum.orgIn search of the Destroying Angel || The Mushroom Huntthebrainscoop2019-11-01 | Mushrooms are rad. We went to the local forest preserve to find some. A fun time was had by all --------------------------------------------------------------------- Come hang out in our Subreddit: http://www.reddit.com/r/thebrainscoop Instagram.com/egraslie Twitters: @ehmee Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/thebrainscoop We have a Newsletter! Sign up for updates!: http://bit.ly/2oYTY6p --------------------------------------------------------------------- Executive Producer, Creator, Host: Emily Graslie
Producer, Director, Editor: Sheheryar Ahsan
Production Assistant, Content Developer, Writer: Raven Forrest
Interview with: Dr. Patrick Leacock
Illustration by: Isabel Griffin
Production Support: Vinícius Penteado -------------------------------------------------------------------- This episode is filmed on location at the Field Museum in Chicago, Illinois. http://www.fieldmuseum.orgHow Birds inspire Buildersthebrainscoop2019-10-10 | Birds! Bullet trains! Biomimicry! When we take a closer look at nature - or peek into museum collections - we can discover some pretty amazing innovations that help inform human engineering and design. NEAT
Production Assistant, Content Developer, Writer: Raven Forrest -------------------------------------------------------------------- This episode is filmed on location at the Field Museum in Chicago, Illinois. http://www.fieldmuseum.orgVenoms vs. Poisonsthebrainscoop2019-09-19 | What's the difference between a venom and a poison? We looked at some cool reptiles and amphibians to learn more about how they use their natural toxins to stay ahead in the evolutionary arms race!
Production Assistant, Content Developer, Writer: Raven Forrest -------------------------------------------------------------------- This episode is filmed on location at the Field Museum in Chicago, Illinois. http://www.fieldmuseum.orgMy favorite diorama hidden secret!thebrainscoop2019-09-18 | New full episode tomorrow. Please participate in the #ClimateStrike on Friday Sept. 20th! We need your voice to help speak up for our planet and for one another. It's all we've got.
Chicago Youth Climate Strike 20 Sept. @ 11am Meet at Grant Park at the intersection of S Columbus Dr. and E Roosevelt Rd. We will then march to Federal Plaza. Talks from 12-1pm. Everyone is invited and encouraged to participate! Field Museum is free for Illinois residents after 1pm with proof of residency.
Tag me in your photos! Twitter @ehmee Instagram @egraslie
#FridaysForFuture #GlobalClimateStrike #YouthClimateStrikeRecommended Reading: 2019!thebrainscoop2019-08-14 | Hi! I'm on the road filming PREHISTORIC ROAD TRIP, a 3-part series that will premiere nationally on PBS in 2020! We'll get back to our regularly scheduled programming soon, but in the meantime check out these books!
Production Assistant, Content Developer, Writer: Raven Forrest -------------------------------------------------------------------- This episode is filmed on location at the Field Museum in Chicago, Illinois. http://www.fieldmuseum.orgAlligator Dissection HIGHLIGHTS!thebrainscoop2019-07-10 | The olfactory journey continues... Full livestream: youtu.be/Yd4LevXVfmc
This event took place in The Grainger Science Hub at The Field Museum in Chicago, Illinois on Friday, June 7th. ↓↓↓ Click below for for the FAQs. ↓↓↓
FAQs: 1. Who's doing the dissection? --Me (Emily) and Josh Mata, Collections Assistant in Reptiles/Amphibians
2. What is this specimen? --We're preparing (skinning + dissecting) a juvenile American alligator (Alligator mississippiensis)
3. Who are all the people in the background? --The dissection is happening in the Field Museum's Grainger Science Hub! It is open to anyone who paid for basic admission to the museum.
4. Why are you doing this? --For science! and education! The alligator was donated by researchers at the Rockefeller Wildlife Refuge in Louisiana. This specimen's skeleton will be added to the Field's research collections.
5. Where is this specimen from? --The alligator was donated by researchers at the Rockefeller Wildlife Refuge in Louisiana.
6. Did you kill it? --We did not. It had been in the freezer for around 10 years after it was donated; we do not know how it died.
But, there are many instances where collecting animals for research is important, and to be supported. We made a whole video about it for you: "Where'd you get all those dead animals?" http://bit.ly/2zDVLo8
7. What are you doing with it? -- We will skin the specimen, remove the major muscles and organs, take a tissue sample for DNA research, run the skeleton through our flesh-eating dermestid beetle colony, and finally place the specimen in an educational collection.Ghost Lineagesthebrainscoop2019-06-12 | Dr. Brandon Peecook thought he had made a major paleontological discovery that was going to alter decades of prior research in the field. Then, right before he was about to present his findings, he got a phone call that changed everything.
Production Assistant, Content Developer, Writer: Raven Forrest
Interview With: Dr. Brandon Peecook
'Junk yard' animation by: Mark Olsen -------------------------------------------------------------------- This episode is filmed on location at the Field Museum in Chicago, Illinois. http://www.fieldmuseum.org
Additional support for the episode is provided by: The National Science Foundation: Grants NSF EAR-1524938 and EAR-1524523 (http://www.nsf.gov)Alligator Dissection [Live Stream]thebrainscoop2019-06-07 | Watch the short(er) version here: youtu.be/AQ2nS0AdIlY Welcome to The Brain Scoop's dissection livestream! This event took place in The Grainger Science Hub at The Field Museum in Chicago, Illinois on Friday, June 7th. ↓↓↓ Click below for for the FAQs. ↓↓↓
Got a question? Leave it in the chat box! Raven in the Grainger Science Hub will be moderating your comments, and passing along questions from you! Please be kind to one another. :)
FAQs: 1. Who's doing the dissection? --Me (Emily) and Josh Mata, Collections Assistant in Reptiles/Amphibians
2. What is this specimen? --We're preparing (skinning + dissecting) a juvenile American alligator (Alligator mississippiensis)
3. Who are all the people in the background? --The dissection is happening in the Field Museum's Grainger Science Hub! It is open to anyone who paid for basic admission to the museum.
4. Why are you doing this? --For science! and education! The alligator was donated by researchers at the Rockefeller Wildlife Refuge in Louisiana. This specimen's skeleton will be added to the Field's research collections.
5. Where is this specimen from? --The alligator was donated by researchers at the Rockefeller Wildlife Refuge in Louisiana.
6. Did you kill it? --We did not. It had been in the freezer for around 10 years after it was donated; we do not know how it died.
But, there are many instances where collecting animals for research is important, and to be supported. We made a whole video about it for you: "Where'd you get all those dead animals?" http://bit.ly/2zDVLo8
7. What are you doing with it? -- We will skin the specimen, remove the major muscles and organs, take a tissue sample for DNA research, run the skeleton through our flesh-eating dermestid beetle colony, and finally place the specimen in an educational collection.
8. Will I be able to watch this later? -- Yes! The video will be archived on our channel for future viewing.Im Making a TV Show!!thebrainscoop2019-05-22 | I am BEYOND EXCITED to announce that I am working on a 3-part, 3-hour series with PBS and local member station WTTW here in Chicago. It'll come out Summer 2020. Stay tuned to The Brain Scoop; we'll still be posting episodes here in the meantime!
Production Assistant, Content Developer, Writer: Raven Forrest
-------------------------------------------------------------------- This episode is filmed on location at the Field Museum in Chicago, Illinois. http://www.fieldmuseum.orgWelcome to The Brain Scoop! [Channel Trailer]thebrainscoop2019-05-20 | Hi! I'm Emily, Chief Curiosity Correspondent for the Field Museum in Chicago. I created The Brain Scoop in 2013 to share the work and research of natural history museums with the world. Join me on my adventures!Misfits of the Mineral Collectionthebrainscoop2019-05-08 | Help us solve some mysteries! Do you have any more information about these Misfits from the Mineral Collection?! A number of these objects have historical or cultural value and significance, but our records are incomplete. Help us, Brain Scoopers!
Production Assistant, Content Developer, Writer: Raven Forrest
Interview With: Jim Holstein -------------------------------------------------------------------- This episode is filmed on location at the Field Museum in Chicago, Illinois. http://www.fieldmuseum.orgThe Egg Collection!thebrainscoop2019-04-19 | Eggs! There are around 10,800 different species of birds, all which lay eggs that vary in size, color, shape, and parental care required. Dr. John Bates pulled some highlights from the Field Museum's egg collection to share these fragile, historically important and BEAUTIFUL specimens with us.
"The Book of Eggs" by Mark E. Hauber, Edited by John Bates & Barbara Becker: http://bit.ly/2PhtKaL Learn more about the Field Museum's work monitoring and supporting peregrine falcons in Chicago: http://bit.ly/2VY9AFq
Production Assistant, Content Developer, Writer: Raven Forrest
Special thanks: Dr. John Bates, Ben Marks, John Weinstein & Lauren Bawiec! -------------------------------------------------------------------- This episode is filmed on location at the Field Museum in Chicago, Illinois. http://www.fieldmuseum.orgTalkin Taxidermy w/ the Bachelors Kendall Long! 🌹thebrainscoop2019-04-03 | We have a super special guest in the studio this week-- ABC's The Bachelor season 22 contestant KENDALL LONG! Kendall came on the show to talk about sharing her love of taxidermy with the reality show's broadcast audience. 🌹
Special thanks: Kendall Long! -------------------------------------------------------------------- This episode is filmed on location at the Field Museum in Chicago, Illinois. http://www.fieldmuseum.orgInterview with SUE! | Ask Emilythebrainscoop2019-03-15 | Happy new year! We've got more videos comin' up in the next few weeks. In the meantime enjoy this EXCLUSIVE interview with the largest, most complete Tyrannosaurus rex, our in-house celebrity SUE! www.twitter.com/SUETheTrex
Special thanks: Brandon Peecook, Thomas Cullen, and the SUE Exhibition Team!
-------------------------------------------------------------------- This episode is filmed on location at the Field Museum in Chicago, Illinois. http://www.fieldmuseum.orgWhat Fossils Reveal about Todays Climate Changethebrainscoop2018-12-20 | Dr. Scott Wing spent a decade combing the hills in the Bighorn Basin of Wyoming to find fossil evidence of the PETM, or Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum. It was an extinction event that occurred in the Southern Ocean of Antarctica, 56 million years ago. Here, we talk with him and Dr. Kirk Johnson about how studying the fossil record helps us better understand current impacts of human-caused climate change on our planet, and what it means for our future world.
More Brain Scoop from the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History: --- The Wonderful World of Worms: youtu.be/FQcaddtnFqg --- Inside the Whale Warehouse!: youtu.be/au4j36pQfVY
This video about the carbon cycle from the NMNH is incredibly informative: youtu.be/lWEvBLlUa2E --------------------------------------------------------------------- "Smithsonian's New Fossil Hall to Open June 8, 2019": https://s.si.edu/2rNeN5E "Ancient Earth warmed dramatically after a one-two carbon punch," Smithsonian Magazine. http://bit.ly/2Cojusw "Wyoming paleontology dispatch #1: Why 56 million years ago?" Smithsonian Magazine. http://bit.ly/2UQZ9mS "This ancient climate catastrophe is our best clue about Earth's future," Washington Post. https://wapo.st/2EB1GvE ---------------------------------------------------------------------
This video is brought to you through a collaboration with the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History in Washington, D.C., and the Field Museum, in Chicago, IL.
Interview with: Dr. Kirk Johnson, Sant Director, NMNH Dr. Scott Wing, Curator of Plants, NMNH
Special thanks: Jim Wood, Ryan Lavery, Anna Torres
-------------------------------------------------------------------- This episode is filmed on location at the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History in Washington, D.C., and the Field Museum in Chicago, Illinois. http://www.fieldmuseum.org https://naturalhistory.si.edu/Inside the Whale Warehouse!thebrainscoop2018-12-05 | Whales are fascinating! They're also, oftentimes, absolutely gigantic-- which makes storing them in a museum collection quite challenging. We had the chance to visit the Smithsonian's "Whale Warehouse" to chat with Curator of Marine Mammals Dr. Michael McGowen, and learn more about the incredible specimens housed in this unique space.
More from the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History: --- The Wonderful World of Worms: youtu.be/FQcaddtnFqg --- What Fossils Reveal about Today's Climate Change: youtu.be/D2RLDUn0kgY
This video is brought to you through a collaboration with the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History in Washington, D.C., and the Field Museum, in Chicago, IL.
Interview with: Dr. Michael McGowen, Curator of Marine Mammals, NMNH
Special thanks: Jim Wood, Ryan Lavery, Anna Torres
-------------------------------------------------------------------- This episode is filmed on location at the Smithsonian's Museum Support Center in Suitland, MD, and the Field Museum in Chicago, Illinois. http://www.fieldmuseum.org https://naturalhistory.si.edu/The Wonderful World of Wormsthebrainscoop2018-11-21 | Support The Brain Scoop's relaunch on Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/emilygraslie Shop prints + Original artwork! http://www.emilygraslie.com/prints Discord: http://www.discord.gg/thebrainscoop Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/egraslie website: http://www.emilygraslie.com Got funding for a video? thebrainscoop(@)gmail.com Subject: REBOOT IDEA -- Earthworms & leeches, parasitic nematodes, bristle worms, velvet worms, bobbit worms! Dr. Anna J. Phillips, Curator of Parasitic Worms and Protozoa at the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History took us back into the invertebrate zoology collection to help shed light on these complex and remarkable animals.
More Brain Scoop from the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History: --- Inside the Whale Warehouse!: youtu.be/au4j36pQfVY --- What Fossil's Reveal about Today's Climate Change: youtu.be/D2RLDUn0kgY
This video is brought to you through a collaboration with the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History in Washington, D.C., and the Field Museum, in Chicago, IL.
Interview with: Dr. Anna J. Phillips, Curator of Parasitic Worms and Protozoa
Special thanks: Jim Wood, Ryan Lavery, Anna Torres
-------------------------------------------------------------------- This episode is filmed on location at the Smithsonian's Museum Support Center in Suitland, MD, and the Field Museum in Chicago, Illinois. http://www.fieldmuseum.org https://naturalhistory.si.edu/Aliens? Demon? Nope, its just a fish. [60 Second Specimens]thebrainscoop2018-08-28 | Every specimen has a story; is this an alien, or a demon baby?! For hundreds of years, sailors sold these manipulated skates to tourists and oddity collectors marketed as such- but really, [spoiler] it's just a fish.
Thanks to Caleb McMahan and Susan Mochel for their help on this video!
--------------------------------------------------------------------- Created by: Emily Graslie -- Brandon Brungard -- Sheheryar Ahsan --------------------------------------------------------------------- This episode is filmed at and supported by The Field Museum in Chicago, Illinois. http://www.fieldmuseum.org ---------------------------------------------------------------------Sooty Birds Share Dirt on Air Pollution [60 Second Specimens]thebrainscoop2018-08-22 | Every specimen has a story; these dirty birds helped scientists answer questions about levels of air pollution in the United States over a period of 135 years.
Dirty birds show just how catastrophic air pollution used to be -- Washington Post https://wapo.st/2MFIYHZ
Thanks to Ben Marks and Shane DuBay for their help with this video! --------------------------------------------------------------------- Created by: Emily Graslie -- Brandon Brungard -- Sheheryar Ahsan --------------------------------------------------------------------- This episode is filmed at and supported by The Field Museum in Chicago, Illinois. http://www.fieldmuseum.org ---------------------------------------------------------------------Get Outside!thebrainscoop2018-08-09 | Humans today spend historical, record-setting amounts of time inside and staring at screens. But, studies show that spending valuable time outside every day can boost our moods, energy and overall health. So stop watching this video and Get Outside!
Shinrin-Yoku: Forest Bathing: http://time.com/5259602/japanese-forest-bathing ------ We had help from the Keller Science Action Center, and the Youth Conservation Action team, including: Alison Paul, Ylanda Wilhite, Ian Viteri, Bukola Rinola, Anthony Contreras, and Jacqueese Howard. Y'all are amazing.
Producer, Camera: Sheheryar Ahsan --------------------------------------------------------------------- This episode is filmed at and supported by The Field Museum in Chicago, Illinois. http://www.fieldmuseum.org ---------------------------------------------------------------------A Beetle’s Beloved Beer Bottle [60 Second Specimens]thebrainscoop2018-08-01 | Every specimen has a story; this one is about a special species of Australian jewel beetle that found love in all the wrong places. Guess you could say these affairs were pretty one-sided.
Sources: Beetle's beer bottle sex wings Ig Nobel Prize: https://bbc.in/2v8EIqx The Giant Jewel Beetle that Mates With Beer Bottles: http://bit.ly/2KhEDpd Fluoro orange the new red light symbol for randy beetles: http://bit.ly/2AyXT1O Review of the biology and host-plants of the Australian jewel beetle (Julodimorpha bakewelli): http://bit.ly/2v7nmdy
--------------------------------------------------------------------- Created by: Emily Graslie -- Brandon Brungard -- Sheheryar Ahsan --------------------------------------------------------------------- This episode is filmed at and supported by The Field Museum in Chicago, Illinois. http://www.fieldmuseum.org ---------------------------------------------------------------------Im Lichen this Car Door [60 Second Specimens]thebrainscoop2018-07-24 | Exciting discoveries can be found in the most unremarkable of places... like, on this rusty car door, for example.
Field Museum scientists and their collaborators came across this 1984 Ford Bronco parked on the side of the road in Puerto Rico during a research expedition. They were looking for lichens: plant-like organisms that are comprised of a symbiotic relationship between an algae, and a fungus. After trying to figure out how to get the entire vehicle back to the Field in Chicago, they settled on taking the door. Today, we're still learning new things about the lichens that call this rusty door home.
More 60 Second Specimen stories: Murder by Birder: youtu.be/F-ohbDZaYVg The playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list...
--------------------------------------------------------------------- Created by: Emily Graslie -- Brandon Brungard -- Sheheryar Ahsan --------------------------------------------------------------------- This episode is filmed at and supported by The Field Museum in Chicago, Illinois. http://www.fieldmuseum.org ---------------------------------------------------------------------Science by Day - Spy by Night [60 Second Specimens]thebrainscoop2018-07-11 | Every specimen has a story: these snakes were donated to the Field Museum by Edward Harrison Taylor, a scientist studying reptiles and amphibians -- who was moonlighting as a spy for the United States government.
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Before he was charged and convicted with the murder of 14-year-old Bobby Franks, Nathan Leopold was an active birder in the Chicago community. After his conviction and sentencing he donated his collection of birds and published checklists to the Field Museum, where they remain today.
Kirtland's Warblers (Setophaga kirtlandii) are relatively rare birds, and back in the 1920's little was known about their migration behavior or life histories. This specimen remains important today -- not just for its historical significance in connection with a convicted murderer -- but for the scientific value it provides as a voucher specimen for research.
--------------------------------------------------------------------- Created by: Emily Graslie -- Brandon Brungard -- Sheheryar Ahsan --------------------------------------------------------------------- This episode is filmed at and supported by The Field Museum in Chicago, Illinois. http://www.fieldmuseum.org ---------------------------------------------------------------------Meteorite or MeteorWRONG?thebrainscoop2018-06-28 | There are meteorites -- and then there are meteorWRONGS; deceptive terrestrial and human-made rocks and minerals that can be easily confused with special space rocks. Test your knowledge with the quiz at the end!
Super shout-out to Jim Holstein for his willingness to rock with us. get it. rock, 'cuz he's a geologi--- okay I'm done.
Producer, Camera: Brandon Brungard --------------------------------------------------------------------- This episode is filmed at and supported by The Field Museum in Chicago, Illinois. http://www.fieldmuseum.org ---------------------------------------------------------------------Skunk Dissectionthebrainscoop2018-06-06 | Dr. Adam Ferguson came down to the mammal prep lab to show us how to skin a skunk. It was the smelliest dissection adventure of my life. These animals were donated to the Field Museum by licensed agencies; one was brought to a rehabilitation center where it later died, and the other was found dead and collected with the appropriate legal permit. We did not kill these animals for the purpose of making this video. Both skunks will be prepared as study skins (not taxidermy), and will be made available for research for many decades to come!
Producer, Camera: Sheheryar Ahsan --------------------------------------------------------------------- This episode is filmed at and supported by The Field Museum in Chicago, Illinois. http://www.fieldmuseum.org ---------------------------------------------------------------------The Fossils in the Floorthebrainscoop2018-05-25 | NEW: #IStandWithUnionidBivalves shirts + stickers: http://bit.ly/29J9SJw This is my love letter to the little things in life-- like the fossils that can be found in the limestone tiles of the Field Museum. What's your version of the fossils in the floor?
Producer, Director: Brandon Brungard --------------------------------------------------------------------- This episode is filmed at and supported by The Field Museum in Chicago, Illinois. http://www.fieldmuseum.org ---------------------------------------------------------------------Painting the CARACALthebrainscoop2018-05-09 | Peggy Macnamara is the Field Museum's only Artist-in-Residence, and has been making and teaching art in the Museum for years. She came down to the Brain Scoop studio to join me for a day of painting! ↓↓↓
--------------------------------------------------------------------- This episode is filmed at and supported by The Field Museum in Chicago, Illinois. http://www.fieldmuseum.org ---------------------------------------------------------------------Paleoart: Painting the Land Before Timethebrainscoop2018-04-25 | The Field Museum has a long history of hiring artists to help teach people about the dinosaurs and other early life on earth. Maybe you've heard of the famous painter Charles R. Knight -- but what about John Conrad Hansen, or Maidi Wiebe? After months of research-- here are their stories! ↓↓↓
Did Tyrannosaurus rex have feathers? Perhaps not. “Tyrannosaurid integument reveals conflicting patterns of gigantism and feather evolution,” Bell et. al (2017): http://bit.ly/2r0SqJ5
Famed T. rex SUE getting a makeover at Field Museum in Chicago: https://reut.rs/2Jn8nkn Move over, SUE: World’s largest dinosaur taking center stage at Field Museum (Chicago Tribune): http://trib.in/2CMB8Vu SUE’s views on their move: http://bit.ly/2qUK05U
Special thanks to: Field Museum’s Bill Simpson, Pete Makovicky, Adrienne Stroup, Gretchen Rings, Armand Esai, Nina Cummings Studio252mya’s artist Franz Anthony (http://252mya.com) Barbara Wester, Paul Brinkman at the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences, Jennifer Kovarik at the Vesterheim Norwegian-American Museum
Shoutout to twitter user @12tonevideos for the episode title. :)
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