Podcasts about brain scoop

In this episode, we're joined by one of the most influential social media managers of the last decade, the brains behind Duo (aka the Duolingo owl) Zaria Parvez. We discuss Zaria's journey with Duolingo and how she has propelled a language-learning app to be one of the most lauded brands on social media by leaning into humor, keeping up with trending topics, and leveraging social trends. PLUS; YouTube makes moves to take a larger share of the social commerce market, TikTok unveils OOH ad solutions for brands, and social media predictions for 2024. 

And we're back with the final instalment of our special on the mammoth! This week, we're talking about how mammoth fossils are discovered, the controversy around mammoth ivory, and whether mammoths can be brought back from the dead.  For more information on mammoths, check out PBS Eons and The Brain Scoop on YouTube! You can also find Sofia's full episode on de-extinction here. If you'd like to support the show, please check out our merch store over on Etsy where we sell stickers, postcards, keychains, and hand-made needle-felted ornaments. Don't forget to subscribe and leave us a rating and review. To stay up to date and see our weekly episode illustrations, make sure to follow us on Instagram and Twitter. Beyond Blathers is hosted and produced by Olivia deBourcier and Sofia Osborne, with art by Olivia deBourcier and music by Max Hoosier. This podcast is not associated with Animal Crossing or Nintendo, we just love this game.

Love science and conservation? Want to discover new ways to protect our species? Elle Kaye chats with guests who work within the science genre, but whose job titles may need a little unpacking. Strap in for entomology, taxidermy, diaphonization, pet remains, human pathology and all those that work with specimens. In episode 013 Elle chats with Emily about her life 'before science' as an artist, and how discovering the world of natural history and science turned her world upside down. Emily also discusses the highs and lows of her successful Youtube channel,  'The Brain Scoop', and her work in activism, education and science communication. Emily Graslie Socials Website www.emilygraslie.com Instagram https://www.instagram.com/egraslie/ Twitter https://twitter.com/Ehmee   Vlog Bros https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGaVdbSav8xWuFWTadK6loA   The Brain Scoop https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCkyfHZ6bY2TjqbJhiH8Y2QQ The Field Museum https://www.fieldmuseum.org/ Where my Ladies at?  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yRNt7ZLY0Kc   Prehistoric Road Trip https://interactive.wttw.com/prehistoric-road-trip https://www.pbs.org/show/prehistoric-road-trip/   Press http://www.emilygraslie.com/press   Butterfly species named for Emily https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/science/new-butterfly-species-named-for-emily-graslie/   Videos CBS https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3aRVvr4YXfM March for Science highlights 2017 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JI0U0xtkIbc TEDx https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IyiGFPI6z6g Why Emily left the Brain Scoop https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hG0R9gVcGSQ    

This week we are so excited to have the amazing Emily Graslie with us to talk all about the archelon, the largest sea turtle to have ever lived! We also got to chat with Emily about science communication, online community, dung beetles, and — of course — Animal Crossing! Emily started the YouTube channel The Brain Scoop in 2013 where she unpacks the behind the scenes of natural history museums. She was also the Chief Curiosity Correspondent for the Chicago Field Museum of Natural History. This summer, Emily had a three-part documentary series air on PBS called Prehistoric Road Trip, where she journeyed back in time by exploring fossils from the Northern Great Plains region. Make sure to check it out here! And, for more from Emily, follow her on Twitter and Instagram. As mentioned in the episode: Bad Luck, Hot Rocks edited by Ryan Thompson & Phil Orr and Fossil Legends of the First Americans by Adrienne Mayor. If you'd like to support Beyond Blathers, please check out our merch store where we sell stickers and postcards featuring Olivia's illustrations. And, if you're a new listener, don't forget to subscribe and leave us a rating and review. To stay up to date and see Olivia's weekly episode illustrations, make sure to follow us on Instagram and Twitter. Beyond Blathers is hosted and produced by Olivia deBourcier and Sofia Osborne, with art by Olivia deBourcier and music by Max Hoosier. This podcast is not associated with Animal Crossing or Nintendo, we just love this game!

Glowing Things: is that a scientific topic? Yes, but not by much. In fact, we spend a lot of the episode figuring out of there even is a scientific definition of 'glow!' Very exciting! Here's a little fun fact for all you Sam-heads out there: my favorite color is 'glow-in-the-dark green." That's right, I finally admit that I'm the one writing all these descriptions! I guess Ceri doesn't do everything after all, huh?!  Peace, Sam   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: Stefan: @itsmestefanchin Ceri: @ceriley Sam: @slamschultz Hank: @hankgreen   If you want to learn more about any of our main topics, check out these links:   [Truth or Fail] Foxfire https://allthatsinteresting.com/foxfire-bioluminescence#:~:text=Foxfire%20is%20the%20informal%20term,together%20to%20form%20a%20glow.   Submarine https://www.warhistoryonline.com/instant-articles/david-bushnells-turtle-of-1776.html https://www.history.navy.mil/research/library/online-reading-room/title-list-alphabetically/s/submarine-turtle-naval-documents.html There is a LOT about this submarine, and a lot of it is contradictory! A very fun Google rabbit hole to fall down.    [Fact Off]   Death fluorescence  https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/blue-death-in-worms/ https://journals.plos.org/plosbiology/article?id=10.1371/journal.pbio.1001613 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3735983/ Picture: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3735983/figure/F1/ Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y6S3D8Fy8N4   Millipede glowing genitals https://academic.oup.com/zoolinnean/article/187/1/117/5475011?searchresult=1 The Brain Scoop video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SjNQUOYtZC0   [Ask the Science Couch]   Freezing glow sticks https://www.compoundchem.com/2014/10/14/glowsticks/ https://www.thoughtco.com/how-do-lightsticks-work-607878 https://www2.chem.uic.edu/marek/apintropage/ap_notes/chapter18/rateseffectstempconcats.htm   [Butt One More Thing] Glow Woims  https://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/16/science/glow-worms-new-zealand.html

As you'll soon find out, Emily Graslie has a contagious enthusiasm for science and discovery. She holds the very real title of “Chief Curiosity Correspondent” at the Field Museum here in Chicago. She hosts a YouTube series called The Brain Scoop. And she’s also the host of a series on PBS called Prehistoric Road Trip, where she travels across the western United States to examine the history of our planet.We talk with Emily about exploration and discovery, how loving art and science does not have to be mutually exclusive, and then she drops more clam facts on us than we thought was possible.

Gaby and Allison give advice to a listener worried about bringing up marriage to her boyfriend who went through a nasty divorce. They then discuss anti-science sentiment with “Brain Scoop” host and museum curiosity correspondent Emily Graslie. And finally, they break down some defining childhood moments. Also, penis bones??? Listen to Just Between Us Ad-Free on Forever Dog Plus: http://foreverdogpodcasts.com/plus FOLLOW JUST BETWEEN US: https://www.instagram.com/jbupodcast JUST BETWEEN US IS A FOREVER DOG PODCAST: https://foreverdogpodcasts.com/podcasts/Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/just-between-us/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Gaby and Allison give advice to a listener worried about bringing up marriage to her boyfriend who went through a nasty divorce. They then discuss  anti-science sentiment with “Brain Scoop” host and museum curiosity correspondent Emily Graslie. And finally, they break down some defining childhood moments. Also, penis bones???

In this week’s show, Louise and Yasmeen discuss how the 2020 race for the Democratic Presidential Nomination fell came down to one last week, how some places around the country are mandating the use of face coverings in public and how animals are benefiting from us staying at home. Yasmeen speaks with the Columbia College Chicago Career Center about how graduating seniors can navigate the job market amidst the coronavirus pandemic, and Louise speaks with the Chicago Field Museums’s Chief Curiosity Correspondent and host of YouTube’s “The Brain Scoop” about how we can support our museums during this crisis, and how they are supporting us through online learning resources in return. #inthelooponcrx

Emily Graslie (2011 UM College of the Arts and Media graduate) is creator and host of the hugely successful Brain Scoop youtube channel and the Chief Curiosity Correspondent at Chicago's Field Museum of Natural History. Emily recently visited UM to be honored at this year's Odyssey of the Stars and was kind enough to stop by Studio 49. We talk about her experience in digital media, her time as an unpaid intern, and her confrontation of gender inequities in both entertainment and education.

Dr. Kevin Feldheim is interested in shark sex. Okay, shark reproduction. Like most vertebrates, sharks and their relatives reproduce sexually-- but while studying critically endangered sawfish (a very cool, very threatened cartilaginous fish), Kevin and his colleagues discovered something shocking: the female fish had given birth to clones, without having mated. It was the first time this phenomena had been studied in the wild for this species. Listen to hear the rest of the story.  Read the paper here: Facultative parthenogenesis in a critically endangered wild vertebrate, from Current Biology. Learn more about the Daniel F. and Ada L. Rice DNA Discovery Center at the Field Museum! --- Where are you in the world? Give us a listen! Record 30-45 seconds of your environment and email it to us at exploreastory(at)fieldmuseum(dot)org, with the subject line: "OK to share- EAS." Please include your name & location in the recording! By sending us the file you're giving us permission to use it at the end of a future episode or another Brain Scoop-related project, so thank you in advance. --- ExploreAStory is written and hosted by Emily Graslie, produced by Sheheryar Ahsan and Brandon Brungard, with music by Jason Weidner, and made with support from the Field Museum in Chicago, Illinois.

Humor and storytelling are my two favorite devices for communicating science. My colleague Aimee Davis agrees: in a past life she was a classroom teacher, but after taking a series of classes at Chicago's hub of comedy, Second City, she decided on a new career. Today, here at the Field Museum, Aimee is tasked with bringing our science stories to thousands of visitors every year.  Learn more about the Grainger Science Hub, including current exhibits and upcoming events! --- Where are you in the world? Give us a listen! Record 30-45 seconds of your environment and email it to us at exploreastory(at)fieldmuseum(dot)org, with the subject line: "OK to share- EAS." Please include your name & location in the recording! By sending us the file you're giving us permission to use it at the end of a future episode or another Brain Scoop-related project, so thank you in advance. --- ExploreAStory is written and hosted by Emily Graslie, produced by Sheheryar Ahsan and Brandon Brungard, with music by Jason Weidner, and made with support from the Field Museum in Chicago, Illinois.

Would you ever think that calling up a natural history museum and asking for their 'crusties' would be a legitimate scientific request? Well, it is, and that's what Dr. Molly McDonough does. She studies mammals and their DNA, sometimes pulling out the genetic code from animals that have been dead for more than a hundred years. For those of you (like me) who have ever scratched your head thinking 'what the heck is DNA anyway?,' Molly gives a GREAT explanation in this episode! Molly stands in the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History gerbil collection, surrounded by specimens in drawers. photo c/o Molly McDonough --- Where are you in the world? Give us a listen! Record 30-45 seconds of your environment and email it to us at exploreastory(at)fieldmuseum(dot)org, with the subject line: "OK to share- EAS." Please include your name & location in the recording! By sending us the file you're giving us permission to use it at the end of a future episode or another Brain Scoop-related project, so thank you in advance. --- ExploreAStory is written and hosted by Emily Graslie, produced by Sheheryar Ahsan and Brandon Brungard, with music by Jason Weidner, and made with support from the Field Museum in Chicago, Illinois.

  Back in January we held a meetup at the Museum für Naturkunde in Berlin, and invited ExploreAStory listeners and Brain Scoop fans to share a story about a memorable experience they had in a museum, in nature, or while exploring the world around them. We split the recording from that day into two parts; here's 2/2!  Listen to Live Stories from Berlin Part 1! --- Where are you in the world? Give us a listen! Record 30-45 seconds of your environment and email it to us at exploreastory(at)fieldmuseum(dot)org, with the subject line: "OK to share- EAS." Please include your name & location in the recording! By sending us the file you're giving us permission to use it at the end of a future episode or another Brain Scoop-related project, so thank you in advance. --- ExploreAStory is written and hosted by Emily Graslie, produced by Sheheryar Ahsan and Brandon Brungard, with music by Jason Weidner, and made with support from the Field Museum in Chicago, Illinois.

Back in January we hosted a meetup for Brain Scoop fans and ExploreAStory listeners at the Museum für Naturkunde in Berlin. We invited you to come and share a story of a time you had a memorable experience in a museum, in nature, or while exploring the world around you. Here's part 1 of 2 from that afternoon.  Do you have a museum or nature story? I'd love to know! Share it in the comments. :)  The Nightingale City Berlin citizen science project: http://nightingale.berlin/  --- Where are you in the world? Give us a listen! Record 30-45 seconds of your environment and email it to us at exploreastory(at)fieldmuseum(dot)org, with the subject line: "OK to share- EAS." Please include your name & location in the recording! By sending us the file you're giving us permission to use it at the end of a future episode or another Brain Scoop-related project, so thank you in advance. --- ExploreAStory is written and hosted by Emily Graslie, produced by Sheheryar Ahsan and Brandon Brungard, with music by Jason Weidner, and made with support from the Field Museum in Chicago, Illinois.

Today's story is from someone who gets to live out basically every kid's dream of being a marine biologist on a beautiful tropical reef. Meg Malone studies fish behavior on a reef that's located off the shore of Moku o Lo'e, Coconut Island, which is famous in part for being the backdrop for the 1960's show 'Gilligans Island,' but today is better known as the site of the Hawai'i Institute of Marine Biology. In this episode she shares her day in the life of a marine biologist, recording and studying how fishes* interact with with their environment and one another. Fish do a lot of stuff in a day! Meg's helping us learn what all they're up to. For great photos and more information about Meg's research: http://marinebiomeg.weebly.com/fishes-research.html  *Fun fact, if you've got two fish of the same species, they're referred to as fish (e.g. 'there are two clownfish in our fish tank), but if you've got multiple different species of fish, you refer to them as 'fishes' (e.g. 'there are two clownfish and three other fishes in our fish tank).    --- Where are you in the world? Give us a listen! Record 30-45 seconds of your environment and email it to us at exploreastory(at)fieldmuseum(dot)org, with the subject line: "OK to share- EAS." Please include your name & location in the recording! By sending us the file you're giving us permission to use it at the end of a future episode or another Brain Scoop-related project, so thank you in advance. --- ExploreAStory is written and hosted by Emily Graslie, produced by Sheheryar Ahsan and Brandon Brungard, with music by Jason Weidner, and made with support from the Field Museum in Chicago, Illinois.

In school, Divya Anantharaman used to get teased for having long skinny fingers like ET. But now she sees them as valuable asset for the intricate work she does. Divya runs Friends Forever Taxidermy in Brooklyn, New York. Content Note: Fleshy soundsIn this episode Divya carries a recorder with her while as she slowly disassembles a deceased pet parrot: snipping joints, scooping brains, removing eyes, separating the skin from the body. Birds' skin is very thin—Divya likens the peeling to removing a delicate silk stocking.We found out about Divya through Erika Harada, another skilled artist in the Brooklyn taxidermy scene.Producer: Jeff EmtmanEditor: Bethany DentonMusic: Serocell (new album out!) and Phantom Fauna

In school, Divya Anantharaman used to get teased for having long skinny fingers like ET.  But now she sees them as valuable asset for the intricate work she does.  Divya runs Friends Forever Taxidermy in Brooklyn, New York.  Content Note: Fleshy soundsIn this episode Divya carries a recorder with her while as she slowly disassembles a deceased pet parrot: snipping joints, scooping brains, removing eyes, separating the skin from the body. Birds’ skin is very thin—Divya likens the peeling to removing a delicate silk stocking.We found out about Divya through Erika Harada, another skilled artist in the Brooklyn taxidermy scene.Producer: Jeff EmtmanEditor: Bethany DentonMusic: Serocell (new album out!) and Phantom Fauna

In this episode Divya carries a recorder with her while as she slowly disassembles a deceased pet parrot: snipping joints, scooping brains, removing eyes, separating the skin from the body.

Sarah Ebel has one of the most interesting jobs at the Field Museum, but it's likely not one that would jump to mind if I asked you about exciting museum positions. She's an attorney, and in addition to helping us sort out copyright and licensing issues it's also her responsibility to do things like keep us up to date on federal wildlife trafficking laws, and, you know, figure out how to install a temporary sink for a tattoo parlor we built in an exhibition.  Today she's on the show to share a few stories. The first has to do with the time she was asked by the Fan Association of North America (fans of fans) to talk about how Obama's ban on the interstate trade of ivory was going to impact their hobby. It, uh. Didn't go so great.  ---- Sarah’s Very Legal Response to our request to use the Hamburger Helper logo in a video for The Brain Scoop: Subject: WATCH THE STOVE Fair Use Analysis Hi, Emily and Sheheryar-- You asked me whether the use of a portion of one of the tracks from the Hamburger Helper Mixtape, "WATCH THE STOVE," and the Hamburger Helper glove mascot ("the Helping Hand" or "Lefty") in an upcoming episode of The Brain Scoop would constitute fair use under copyright and trademark law, respectively. In both cases, I think the answer is yes, it would be a fair use provided you are not making extensive use of either the mixtape or Lefty, but are using both as a brief gag satirizing the recent trend of suddenly dropped mixtapes and using HamburgerHelper as an example (which is the use you previously described to me). However, if you were using an extended clip from the mixtape or using it as background or credits music or using Lefty in a way that implied that Hamburger Helper sponsored or endorsed The Brain Scoop or The Field Museum,  that would not be a fair use. (That was the tl:dr answer; the legal rationale wall-of-text follows) The mixtape is protected by copyright, and, as creative work is afforded a high degree of protection. Additionally, the use you propose does not alter the work, but it does use it in a satirical context. More importantly, you are proposing to use only a very small portion of the work (only enough to make your point) and this will have no negative impact on the original work or the market for it. In fact, seeing as Hamburger Helper released the mixtape for free as a marketing stunt, referring to it in The Brain Scoop might have a net positive effect on the market for the original by driving new listeners to the original mixtape. While this isn't a clear cut case of fair use (since satirical use is a tricky, often subjective, analysis), the fact that you're planning to use so little of the work (a brief clip from one track) which will have no recognizable impact on the market for the original. The Hamburger Helper mascot is likely protected under trademark as it serves as a brand identifier. Trademark fair use is different from copyright fair use, in that fair use of a trademark is allowed when the trademark is needed to accurately identify the source of a product, the use is constrained to the amount required, and there is no implication made that the use constitute endorsement or sponsorship by the trademark holder. Again, the use you described would fall under fair use, as you are using Lefty only briefly to identify the source of the mixtape and not in away that implies Hamburger Helper's endorsement. While you could just use Hamburger Helper's word mark, rather than its mascot, Lefty is immediately recognizable, which is efficient for a visual medium, and Hamburger Helper purposefully associated Lefty with the mixtape; it seems difficult to refer to the mixtape without referring to Lefty. If you have any other questions or if your planned use has drastically changed, let me know. But, otherwise, your mixtape gag passes legal muster (thanks for the fun question). Best, Sarah --- Where are you in the world? Give us a listen! Record 30-45 seconds of your environment and email it to us at exploreastory(at)fieldmuseum(dot)org, with the subject line: "OK to share- EAS." Please include your name & location in the recording! By sending us the file you're giving us permission to use it at the end of a future episode or another Brain Scoop-related project, so thank you in advance. --- ExploreAStory is written and hosted by Emily Graslie, produced by Sheheryar Ahsan and Brandon Brungard, with music by Jason Weidner, and made with support from the Field Museum in Chicago, Illinois.

How do paleontologists know when they've found a new species of dinosaur, or any other extinct life? I have no idea but thankfully I've got a few scientists on speed-dial that comes in pretty handy for such questions. In today's episode we caught up with Gabriella Rossetto at the Denver Museum of Nature & Science to hear her story about a particularly eventful field season, and Dr. Ken Angielczyk, Associate Curator at the Field Museum comes back to share his experience being one of only a handful of world experts uncovering and studying Dicynodonts; tusked mammal-like animals that lived around 290-251 million years ago.  Oh, and here's the xkcd comic about spider paleontology Ken and I talk about. These first few episodes have been planted pretty firmly in the fossil record but coming up we'll hear from a mammalogist working with ancient DNA, a museum attorney responsible for setting up a fully-functioning tattoo parlor in a public exhibition, and a marine biologist who spends her field season examining coral reef fishes around the world. Stay tuned!  --- Each episode includes a segment at the end where we want to hear from you. Actually, we want to hear from your environment. We wanna know: Your name Where you are in the world, and what you're doing 30-45 recorded seconds of your environment, preferably outside, anywhere (and everywhere). Whether you're in an urban area on your way to work or school, conducting fieldwork near home or abroad, or just enjoying a moment outside-- we want to hear it! You can record it using the voice memo app on your smartphone and email the file to us either by responding to this newsletter or sending it to exploreastory(at)fieldmuseum.org, with the subject line "OK to share- EAS." Please include your name & location in the recording! By sending us the file you're giving us permission to use it at the end of a future episode or another Brain Scoop-related project, so thank you in advance. --- ExploreAStory is written and hosted by Emily Graslie, produced by Sheheryar Ahsan and Brandon Brungard, with music by Jason Weidner, and made with support from the Field Museum in Chicago, Illinois.

Dr. Ken Angielczyk is an Associate Curator at the Field Museum. While his research primarily focuses on a group of ancient mammal relatives called Dicynodonts, he's dabbled elsewhere in the fossil record, too- but no matter the subject of study, there's usually a story involved. There was that one time a broken fossil turtle shell led to a surprising discovery, or another instance in which he very nearly walked away from a site teeming with Asilisaurus- one of the oldest dinosaurs ever discovered. Mistakes in life and inevitable and scientists certainly aren't immune to them, either. Today's episode explores what these little learning opportunities in disguise have to offer us when we decide to pay attention.  --- Each episode includes a segment at the end where we want to hear from you. Actually, we want to hear from your environment. We wanna know: Your name Where you are in the world, and what you're doing 30-45 recorded seconds of your environment, preferably outside, anywhere (and everywhere). Whether you're in an urban area on your way to work or school, conducting fieldwork near home or abroad, or just enjoying a moment outside-- we want to hear it! You can record it using the voice memo app on your smartphone and email the file to us either by responding to this newsletter or sending it to exploreastory(at)fieldmuseum.org, with the subject line "OK to share- EAS." Please include your name & location in the recording! By sending us the file you're giving us permission to use it at the end of a future episode or another Brain Scoop-related project, so thank you in advance. --- ExploreAStory is written and hosted by Emily Graslie, produced by Sheheryar Ahsan and Brandon Brungard, with music by Jason Weidner, and made with support from the Field Museum in Chicago, Illinois.

Kate Golembiewski is a Public Relations and Science Communications Manager for the Field Museum. As a science writer tasked with bringing the Field's research to the press, her work isn't exactly 'behind-the-scenes' -- thousands of people have read her stories on topics ranging from 'ridiculously cute mouse lemurs' to the similarities of ancient houses and the McMansions of today -- but she's usually not the one in front of the camera. Then, on a day that started like any other work day, she unexpectedly found herself in the role of a charismatic dinosaur expert for one of the biggest television networks in Japan. UPDATE: A listener was able to locate the video clip of Kate, which you can see here. --- Each episode includes a segment at the end where we want to hear from you. Actually, we want to hear from your environment. We wanna know: Your name Where you are in the world, and what you're doing 30-45 recorded seconds of your environment, preferably outside, anywhere (and everywhere). Whether you're in an urban area on your way to work or school, conducting fieldwork near home or abroad, or just enjoying a moment outside-- we want to hear it! You can record it using the voice memo app on your smartphone and email the file to us either by responding to this newsletter or sending it to exploreastory(at)fieldmuseum.org, with the subject line "OK to share- EAS." By sending us the file you're giving us permission to use it at the end of a future episode or another Brain Scoop-related project, so thank you in advance! --- ExploreAStory is written and hosted by Emily Graslie, produced by Sheheryar Ahsan and Brandon Brungard, with music by Jason Weidner, and made with support from the Field Museum in Chicago, Illinois.

Welcome to ExploreAStory, a science podcast by the makers of The Brain Scoop. Every other week we'll bring you a new story about the fantastic people who work behind-the-scenes at natural history museums, and the scientists who are making new and exciting discoveries about our world every day. ExploreAStory is written and hosted by Emily Graslie, and produced by Sheheryar Ahsan and Brandon Brungard with music by Jason Weidner. It's made possible by the Field Museum in Chicago, Illinois. --- Boreal Chorus Frogs in Yellowstone National Park recording courtesy NPS & MSU Acoustic Atlas / Jennifer Jerrett

It's our first-ever very special highlights episode! We're bringing you some of our favorite illuminating moments from four guests who all have at least one circle of their Human Venn Diagrams in the world of STEM communication. You'll hear Bobak Ferdowsi of NASA's JPL, Danielle Feinberg of Pixar, Emily Graslie of Chicago's Field Museum and The Brain Scoop and our favorite high school teacher Monsieur Le Nadj of Interlochen Arts Academy. It's our gift to you! Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Thanks to 23andMe for sponsoring this video! http://www.23andme.com/minuteearth When we domesticate an animal species, their brains shrink and they freak out less. Thanks also to our supporters on ___________________________________________ To learn more, start your googling with these keywords: Domesticated animal: a species of animal bred by humans over generations to become nonreactive and gain characteristics suitable for life as a farm animal or pet Tame animal: an individual animal raised in a way that it has become less dangerous and frightened of people Feral animal: an animal that escapes from captivity or domestication (& regains some similar & some different characteristics compared to its pre-domesticated state) "Fight or flight": an instinctive physiological response to a threatening situation that readies a creature to either to resist forcibly or escape Limbic system: the brain’s “panic button” - a system of nerves and networks near the bottom of the cortex that controls basic emotions (e.g. fear, pleasure, anger) and drives (e.g. hunger, sex, dominance) Telencephalon: the most developed and anterior part of the forebrain, consisting chiefly of the cerebral hemispheres, and the brain region that shrinks most in domesticated animals Domestication: a sustained multigenerational, mutualistic relationship in which one species (e.g. humans) assumes a significant degree of influence over the reproduction and care of another species (e.g. cows) in order to secure a more predictable supply of a resource of interest (e.g. milk/meat/traction), and through which the domesticated organisms gain advantage over individuals that remain outside this relationship (e.g. aurochs, which went extinct), thereby benefitting and often increasing the fitness of both species involved ___________________________________________ If you liked this week’s video, you might also like: Brain Scoop video on brain size and intelligence: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hJW8jIDfP9E Russian Fox Domestication Experiment: https://goo.gl/5nWnXz What happens to domesticated animals & their brains when they escape back to the wild?: http://www.nature.com/news/when-chickens-go-wild-1.19195#/free%5C _________________________________________ Subscribe to MinuteEarth on YouTube: http://goo.gl/EpIDGd Support us on Patreon: https://goo.gl/ZVgLQZ And visit our website: https://www.minuteearth.com/ Say hello on Facebook: http://goo.gl/FpAvo6 And Twitter: http://goo.gl/Y1aWVC And download our videos on itunes: https://goo.gl/sfwS6n ___________________________________________ Credits (and Twitter handles): Script Writer: Alex Reich (@alexhreich) Script Editor: Emily Elert (@eelert) Video Illustrator: Keenan Parry & Ever Salazar (@unpuntocircular) Video Director: Emily Elert (@eelert) Video Narrator: Emily Elert (@eelert) With Contributions From: Henry Reich, Kate Yoshida, Ever Salazar, Peter Reich, David Goldenberg Music by: Nathaniel Schroeder: http://www.soundcloud.com/drschroeder ___________________________________________ References: Agnvall, B. et al. 2017. Is evolution of domestication driven by tameness? A selective review with focus on chickens. Applied Animal Behaviour Science. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.applanim.2017.09.006 Eberhard, W. G., & Wcislo, W. T. 2011. Grade changes in brain-body allometry: morphological and behavioural correlates of brain size in miniature spiders, insects and other invertebrates. Advances in Insect Physiology, 40, 155. http://www.stri.si.edu/sites/publications/PDFs/2011_Eberhard_Wcislo_AdvIns_Physiol.pdf Kruska, D. C. 2005. On the evolutionary significance of encephalization in some eutherian mammals: effects of adaptive radiation, domestication, and feralization. Brain, behavior and evolution, 65(2), 73-108. https://goo.gl/J86NEd Kruska, D. C. Personal Communication, Oct 2017. Marchetti, M. P., & Nevitt, G. A. 2003. Effects of hatchery rearing on brain structures of rainbow trout, Oncorhynchus mykiss. Environmental biology of Fishes, 66(1), 9-14. https://goo.gl/GL6LWG Marchetti, M. Personal Communication, Oct 2017. Wright, D. Personal Communication, Oct 2017. Zeder, M. A. 2012. Pathways to animal domestication. Biodiversity in agriculture: Domestication, evolution and sustainability, 227-259. https://goo.gl/2xWSB8 Zeder, M. A. 2015. Core questions in domestication research. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 112(11), 3191-3198. http://www.pnas.org/content/112/11/3191.full Zeder, M. A. Personal Communication, Oct 2017.

In this episode of Professional Geek Podcast, hosts Mark Beers and Blaire Knight-Graves interview Emily Graslie, the Chief Curiosity Correspondent at The Field Museum in Chicago, IL and host of the educational YouTube channel “The Brain Scoop”. As host of “The Brain Scoop”, Emilie brings an infectious enthusiasm as she shares the work that goes behind the scenes at not only The Field Museum, but other museums and science communities around the country. Emily dives into the strange circumstances that lead to her becoming a YouTube influencer, what it is like to be a woman in STEM (even though she has an art degree), how being a digital native lead to her career, and discusses her background in fan fiction, her love of Battlestar Galactica and Sailor Moon, and why she calls herself a “nature nerd”. Learn more at our website www.professionalgeekpodcast.com. 

Emily Graslie is the the host of The Brain Scoop and the Chief Curiosity Correspondent at The Field Museum in Chicago. The Brain Scoop is an educational YouTube channel devoted to exploring all aspects relating to the curious world of natural history museums, and the culture of animal preservation. On this episode of The Show About Science, Emily gives Nate a behind the scenes tour of the Field Museum and introduces him to some of the scientists that work there. Music on this episode was written by Jeff and Theresa Brooks, Sounds Like An Earful and FreeSFX.co.uk. For more episodes of The Show About Science, try the Pinna iOS app for free today! Pinna is the home of quality audio stories and podcasts for kids ages 4-12 (and their adults!). For unlimited access to ad-free, immersive, interactive, and 360° audio-on-demand, download Pinna in the App Store or visit http://pinna.fm/promo.

Thanks to 23andMe for sponsoring this video! http://www.23andme.com/minuteearth Due to a revolution in our understanding of the tree of life, birds are dinosaurs, while dimetrodons are not. Thanks also to our supporters on https://www.patreon.com/MinuteEarth ___________________________________________ FYI: We try to leave jargon out of our videos, but if you want to learn more about this topic, here are some keywords to get your googling started: Systema Naturae: A 1735 book by Carl Linnaeus that outlined his hierarchical classification of animals. Plagiuri: an early,now disused, biological subclassification of fish used by Linnaeus that also included dolphins and whales. Anthropomorpha: a defunct taxon established by Linnaeus for genera Homo (humans), Simia (monkeys and apes in general) and Bradypus (sloths). Cladogram: A branching diagram showing the evolutionary relationship between species. Dimetrodon: An extinct carnivorous synapsid related to early mammals. Plesiosaur: An extinct marine reptile with a long neck related to modern snakes. Species featured in this video: Brown-throated sloth (Bradypus variegatus) Sperm Whale (Physeter macrocephalus) Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) Flathead Grey Mullet (Mugil cephalus) ___________________________________________ Credits (and Twitter handles): Script Writer: David Goldenberg (@dgoldenberg) Script Editor: Emily Elert (@eelert) Video Illustrator: Ever Salazar (@eversalazar) Video Director: Kate Yoshida (@KateYoshida) Video Narrator: Kate Yoshida (@KateYoshida) With Contributions From: Henry Reich, Alex Reich, Peter Reich Music by: Nathaniel Schroeder: http://www.soundcloud.com/drschroeder _________________________________________ Like our videos? Subscribe to MinuteEarth on YouTube: http://goo.gl/EpIDGd Support us on Patreon: https://goo.gl/ZVgLQZ Also, say hello on: Facebook: http://goo.gl/FpAvo6 Twitter: http://goo.gl/Y1aWVC And find us on itunes: https://goo.gl/sfwS6n ___________________________________________ If you liked this week’s video, we think you might also like: After her great video on Dimetrodon https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-tdVPiyVDsQ, The Brain Scoop’s Emily Graslie started a blog devoted to the dinosaur confusion in modern toys: http://isnotadinosaur.tumblr.com/. ___________________________________________ References: Angielczyk, K. (2009). Dimetrodon is not a Dinosaur: Using Tree Thinking to Understand the Ancient Relatives of Mammals and their Evolution. Evolution: Education and Outreach 2:257–271. Retrieved from: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12052-009-0117-4 Romero, A. (2012). When Whales Became Mammals: The Scientific Journey of Cetaceans From Fish to Mammals in the History of Science. New Approaches to the Study of Marine Mammals. Chapter 1. Retrieved from: http://www.intechopen.com/books/new-approaches-to-the-study-of-marine-mammals Switek, B. (2010). Why a Pterosaur is Not a Dinosaur. Smithsonian. Retrieved from: http://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/why-a-pterosaur-is-not-a-dinosaur-87082921/

STEMxm Episode 7 -  Interview with Dr. Corrie Moreau, Evolutionary Biologist & Entomologist Dr. Corrie Moreau holds Bachelor and Masters degrees from San Francisco State University. She earned a PhD at Harvard. Currently, Dr. Moreau is a Curator at the Chicago Field Museum of Natural History, and she holds a faculty position at the University of Chicago. Dr. Moreau's professional interests include the origin, evolution, and adaptation of species and maintenance of symbioses; read more about how research interests and pursuits here. Women in Science group at the Natural Field Museum PBS - Still airing great shows where kids can learn about interesting careers in science, etc. :) Brain Scoop stuff featuring Dr. Corrie Moreau Romantic Ants with Dr. Moreau on Brain Scoop Dissecting Ants with Dr. Moreau on Brain Scoop Terms Mutualism Bio-Geography Speciation Up-regulating (as in up-regulating the host's diet) What Corrie was studying at the time of the interview: Turtle Ants or Cephalotes Corrie's favorite - Caphalotes Varians Alexander Wild Photography - Turtle Ants STEMxm is available on iTunes & Stitcher:

We interview Emily Graslie, Chief Curiosity Correspondent at The Field Museum in Chicago and host of The Brain Scoop on YouTube. How a landscape painter found her calling of getting people excited about dead things, climactic uncertainty, why quitting your job can be super strategic, and lots of Hamilton references! Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Have you ever wondered just how much of an impact STEM has on your daily life? Even if you've never given it a pondering, it's worth considering. Buildings are making people healthier, food is smarter, and wearable technology has become an extension of our brain. On this episode, I chat with two experts in STEM: Marisa Long, the Communications Director of the U.S. Green Building Council and Hank Green, a YouTube star who's all about educating the next generation on the importance of STEM.These interviews were made possible by the U.S. Green Building Council and EmersonResources from This Episode:Grow your career with a free book on Audible.com - http://www.audibletrial.com/blcFollow me on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/jvpsaidConnect with the U.S Green Building Council online: http://http://www.usgbc.org/Connect with Hank Green on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/vlogbrothersBusiness, Life, and Coffee is powered by Jumpstart:HR, LLC | HR Outsourcing for Small Businesses and Start-Ups (http://www.jumpstart-hr.com)About Marisa Long: As the Communications Director of the U.S. Green Building Council, Marisa Long serves as a spokesperson for the organization and oversees media relations, external communications, public affairs, social media, multimedia and public relations efforts forUSGBC. She supports all USGBC brands and programs, most notably, USGBC’s flagship product, LEED. She works closely with staff and stakeholders to promote and advocate for green buildings through the media and in the marketplace. Prior to USGBC, Marisa served as a vice president at Quinn & Co. Public Relations in New York, successfully implementing numerous creative and strategic PR campaigns for a variety of high-profile real estate clients.About Hank Green: William Henry "Hank" Green II is an American entrepreneur, musician, and vlogger, known for his YouTube channel VlogBrothers, where he and his brother, John Green, regularly upload videos. He is also the creator of the online environmental technology blog EcoGeek, and the developer of Subbable. Hank, along with his brother John Green, is the co-creator of VidCon, the world's largest online video conference/convention. He is involved with several other channels on YouTube, including Crash Course, SciShow, The Lizzie Bennet Diaries, The Brain Scoop, Animal Wonders, SciShow Space, hankschannel, GamesWithHank and Sexplanations. Green was born in Birmingham, Alabama, and his family soon moved to Orlando, Florida, where he was raised. He graduated from Winter Park High School in 1998 and then earned a Bachelor's degree in Biochemistry from Eckerd College and a Master's degree in Environmental Studies from the University of Montana. He resides in Missoula, Montana with his wife Katherine Green, their cat, Cameo, and dog, Lemon.

Episode Seven October 29, 2015 Creative Costumes with Megan, Kier, Sarah, and Larry Music from "The Cat's Meow" by Larry Heyl Related To Geeks Links: http://relatedtogeeks.com http://relatedtogeeks.com/podcast http://youtube.com/user/relatedtogeeks http://relatedtogeeks.tumblr.com Show Links: 250 Dwarf Galaxies http://www.americanbazaaronline.com/2015/10/23/astronomers-discover-250-dwarf-galaxies-from-earths-early-days/ [caption id="attachment_82" align="alignnone" width="300"] This image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope shows the galaxy cluster MACSJ0717.5+3745. This is one of six being studied by the Hubble Frontier Fields programme, which together have produced the deepest images of gravitational lensing ever made. Due to the huge mass of the cluster it is bending the light of background objects, acting as a magnifying lens. It is one of the most massive galaxy clusters known, and it is also the largest known gravitational lens. Of all of the galaxy clusters known and measured, MACS J0717 lenses the largest area of the sky.[/caption] Reaper Bones Stress Test https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M6aCtVJKwRg Crash Course https://www.youtube.com/user/crashcourse Sci Show https://www.youtube.com/user/scishow AnimalWonders Montana https://www.youtube.com/user/Anmlwndrs The Brain Scoop https://www.youtube.com/user/thebrainscoop Vi Hart https://www.youtube.com/user/Vihart Mini Maker Faire at B&N http://www.barnesandnoble.com/h/makerfaire Reaper https://www.reapermini.com/ Telephone Box https://www.reapermini.com/Miniatures/telephone%20box Angels of Sorrow https://www.reapermini.com/Miniatures/angel/latest/77362 Xena: Warrior Princess http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0112230/ Scary Game Squad https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLFx-KViPXIkFNftmkbEGV3rJSa7bKHngs Avengers: Age of Ultron http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2395427/ My Drunk Kitchen https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL2EC7F45DBD9D9B1A Stampy https://www.youtube.com/user/stampylonghead

Emily Graslie, host of the YouTube science show The Brain Scoop, explains how an encounter with a dead mouse at a natural history museum steered her toward one of the most important discoveries of her life. (This episode contains references to preserving dead animals.) Music in this episode is by Podington Bear. Brain Scoop clips used with permission

Nerdette LIVE featuring Tricia, Greta and Brain Scoop host Emily Graslie of The Field Museum in Chicago. Plus audience nerd confessions and the musical stylings of Drew Edwards from Blue Police Box Music. Our live audience? A heap of WBEZ members. Speaking of WBEZ... we have a pretty giant announcement in this episode.