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  • 3D computer image of a partially destroyed skeletal structure. Caption: digital representations of skeletal anatomy

    Host Emily Graslie meets with Dr. Ryan Felice to discuss the 3-D surface scanner, which he uses to create digital representations of skeletal anatomy. He visits various museums and scans their collections hoping to help preserve research findings. Part of "The Brain Scoop" series.

    (Source: DCMP)

  • Giant walking stick pinned to a board for display. Caption: This one's from Malaysia.

    In this behind-the-scenes glimpse into the insect collection at The Field Museum, host Emily Graslie examines various specimens of katydids, grasshoppers, and crickets. Jim Boone, Collection Manager of Insects, gives her the tour. Part of "The Brain Scoop" series."

    (Source: DCMP)

  • Person gesturing towards preserved remains of a dinosaur. Caption: This shape tells us that it's a meat-eating dinosaur.

    Host Emily Graslie interviews Peter Makovicky, Associate Curator of Paleontology, about a new species of dinosaur he discovered: the Siats meekerorum. Based on the skeletal remains, evidence points to this being a newly discovered meat-eating dinosaur. Part of "The Brain Scoop" series.

    (Source: DCMP)

  • Person running. Caption: This frees our lower back, the lumbar, for movement.

    Paleontologists today look at more than just fossil evidence to learn about organisms that lived millions of years ago. In this episode, host Emily Graslie seeks to answer the question, "How did mammals develop their specialized movements?" Part of "The Brain Scoop" series.

    (Source: DCMP)

  • Person holding a model of the human heart with a cross section removed to show the chambers. Caption: These aren't to scale, but to see the chambers.

    In this episode, host Emily Graslie discusses the creation of museum exhibits with Max Garett. Garrett is known as "The Replicator," and he helps create authentic replicas for exhibits at The Field Museum. Part of "The Brain Scoop" series.

    (Source: DCMP)

  • Emily Graslie is seated at her desk with the table lamps on. Caption: Field work is a great cover for gathering intelligence.

    In this episode, host Emily Graslie highlights a few snake specimens. They were donated to the museum by Edward Harrison Taylor. He was a scientist that studied reptiles and amphibians, but he also moonlighted as a spy for the United States government. Part of "The Brain Scoop" series.

    (Source: DCMP)

  • Closeup of the bottom side of a winged insect's body. Caption: All insects are roughly made up of the same sections --

    In this episode, host Emily Graslie learns the proper techniques for pinning an insect. Gracen Brilmyer, a research assistant at the museum, provides Graslie with step-by-step instructions from collecting the best specimen to showcasing anatomical structures. Part of "The Brain Scoop" series.

    (Source: DCMP)

  • Closeup of the front half of an ant. Camponotus nigriceps. Caption: They bore through wood, but don't eat it.

    In this episode, host Emily Graslie explores the living structures of various insects. Some of the insects discussed include: fire ants, carpenter ants, stinging ants, weaver ants, paper wasps, gall wasps, potter wasps, mud daubers, and termites. Part of "The Brain Scoop" series.

    (Source: DCMP)

  • A pile of small, furless rodents huddled together in a den lined with grass. Naked mole-rat huddle. Caption: If they're cold, they huddle together,

    Host Emily Graslie interviews Dr. Bruce Patterson and Yale postdoctoral researcher Nate Upham to discuss their research on naked mole-rats. Their findings have revealed that naked mole-rats should be their own scientific family. Part of "The Brain Scoop" series.

    (Source: DCMP)

  • People holding very small skeletons. Caption: Like you and I, there are five lumbar vertebrae,

    In this episode, Bill Stanley, Director of the Gantz Family Collections Center, tells host Emily Graslie all about the hero shrew, with particular focus on the evolution of the development of its spine. He also discusses the discovery of a new species of hero shrew found in Africa. Part of "The Brain Scoop" series.

    (Source: DCMP)

  • Person gesturing above an open book. The book has a broken spine and faded, handwritten text. Caption: So we catalogue the most primitive first

    In this behind-the-scenes glimpse at The Field Museum, host Emily Graslie learns how the museum catalogs the new specimens that scientists collect. She also reviews some of the historical field notes the museum keeps on file. Part of "The Brain Scoop" series.

    (Source: DCMP)

  • Person speaking. Caption: Well, today we're gonna talk about mammalian diversification.

    Host Emily Graslie discusses a new scientific theory about mammalian diversification. According to this new theory, placental mammals evolved before a major mass extinction event, which occurred sixty-five million years ago. However, there is no fossil record to prove the new theory, but scientists around the world used genetic material to form their theory. Part of "The Brain Scoop" series.

    (Source: DCMP)

  • Brown fuzzy mammal sitting in a tree. Caption: An olingo is a member of the raccoon family.

    In this episode, host Emily Graslie meets with Bill Stanley, Director of the Gantz Family Collections Center, to discuss the discovery of a new species. The species was stored in the museum's mammal collection for decades until found by professor Kristofer Helgen. Part of "The Brain Scoop" series.

    (Source: DCMP)

  • Illustration of a skeleton. Arrows indicate the front right toe and back left heel. Caption: Their elongated heel bone and Achilles tendon.

    In this episode, host Emily Graslie discusses the anatomy of various mammals and how they move. Tetrapods generally use three different types of locomotion. Graslie highlights three groups of animals and the science behind their movements: plantigrade animals, digitigrade animals, and unguligrade animals. Part of "The Brain Scoop" series.

    (Source: DCMP)

  • Host Emily talks to Lance Grande at the Fossil Lake in Wyoming. Caption: One of the longest-lived lake systems we know of

    Host Emily Graslie travels to Fossil Lake in Wyoming. In this episode, she learns the history of Fossil Lake from Lance Grande, who is the Negaunee Distinguished Service Curator at The Field Museum. Fossil Lake is home to the largest complete representation of early Eocene life in the world. Part of "The Brain Scoop" series.

    (Source: DCMP)

  • Large skeleton with tusks in a museum. Mastodons were around about 20 million years before mammoths. Caption: Mastodons were on Earth before mammoths,

    There's been a lot of talk and research interest around the possibility of resurrecting certain groups of organisms from extinction. In this episode, host Emily Graslie discusses this possibility with a focus on the woolly mammoth and the mastodon. Part of "The Brain Scoop" series.

    (Source: DCMP)

  • Platypus with a duck-like snout, webbed feet, and a furry body. Caption: They're the craziest things I've seen in my life.

    In this behind-the-scenes glimpse into the platypus collection at The Field Museum, host Emily Graslie examines various skeletons. Bill Stanley, Director of the Gantz Family Collections Center, describes the various anatomical structures of the platypus. Part of "The Brain Scoop" series.

    (Source: DCMP)

  • Person holding a silvery rock with geometric chunks on top and white and silver crystalline structures on the bottom. Caption: So this one looks like pyrite, but it's called arsenopyrite.

    Host Emily Graslie meets with James Holstein, the Collection Manager of Meteoritics and Physical Geology, to discuss deadly rocks. Some minerals contain harmful elements that can cause damage through repeated exposure in unregulated environments. Part of "The Brain Scoop" series.

    (Source: DCMP)

  • Two people sitting side by side at a table working on something under a bright light. Caption: Then you scrape the matrix from the fossils.

    Host Emily Graslie takes the fish fossils she found at Fossil Lake back to the museum. She works with Akiko Shinya, who is a fossil preparator, to prepare the fossils for exhibition. Part of "The Brain Scoop" series.

    (Source: DCMP)

  • Drawer containing thin, preserved cross sections of the human body. Caption: looking into the body, like you would an x-ray.

    Host Emily Graslie travels to the Denver Museum of Nature & Science, and she explores the health sciences collection. Dr. Nicole Garneau is the curator for the exhibit, and Graslie becomes the newest addition to the DNA collection. Part of "The Brain Scoop" series. Please note: This title shows donated human anatomy to the museum collection.

    (Source: DCMP)