How Do We Know What Extinct Animals Ate?
We can learn a lot about animals that lived millions of years ago from studying their fossils. Morgan from our education team explains how we can analyze fossil teeth to tell us amazing things about a...
5 Heinä 202213min
Will Any Stars In Our Sky Explode Soon?
We chat with astronomy graduate student Daisuke Taniguchi about his clever method of looking back in time at the peculiar behavior of the star Betelgeuse, which will explode and disappear from our ski...
27 Kesä 202210min
Do You Get To Choose Which Animals to Work With?
We have over one hundred species of animals living at the museum. Visitors often ask our educators: are you assigned an animal for a live show, or do you get to pick your partner? Lauren from our prog...
13 Kesä 202214min
What’s The Most Powerful Rocket Ever, as of 2022?
We ask NASA's Jay Hollenbeck about the Space Launch System, a towering new rocket that will soon launch humans on a path back to the moon while claiming the title of most powerful rocket ever built.
30 Touko 202213min
Do Snakes Have Tails?
Are snakes all tail? Or do they not even have tails? We ask museum educator and snake superfan Becca about snake anatomy as well as some of our most frequently received snake questions, such as: Why i...
9 Touko 20229min
Can Ancient Sea Level Rise Prepare Us for the Future?
We talk with geologist and climate scientist Dr. Patrick Nunn, who has studied the history of sea level rise and its effect on human civilizations.
5 Huhti 202211min
What Happens When the Sun Runs Out of Fuel?
We talk with astronomer Dr. Joshua Blackman about the fate of the Earth at the very end of our solar system, when the sun will render our planet quite uninhabitable.
21 Maalis 202212min
Where Do the Museum‘s Animals Come From?
With over 100 species of animals living here at the museum, visitors are always asking how they got here. We chat with Stacy, the Curator of our Live Animal Care Center, to get the whole story.
17 Tammi 202211min
