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Museums and research labs quietly contribute $50 billion to the American economy. Their work includes the collection of 11 million embalmed specimens in Chicago and molten lava experiments in upstate New York.
But whenever the federal government shuts down, national institutions like the Smithsonian grind to a halt.
We take a look deep behind the scenes of the government-run Smithsonian, as well as the Field Museum and the La Brea Tar Pits, to show how scientists preserve and uncover Earth’s biggest mysteries.
00:00:00 – Introduction
00:00:42 – The Field Museum’s 11 Million Embalmed Specimens
00:09:17 – How 4 Million Fossils Are Extracted From Tar at La Brea Tar Pits
00:18:10 – Why the Smithsonian Stores 148 Million Specimens
00:42:01 – How an 8,000-Pound Crystal Went From Mine to Smithsonian
00:53:13 – We Dissolved Fossils to Prove Dinosaurs Were Warm Blooded
01:07:44 – How Far Volcanologists Go to Test Lava
01:19:29 – How Far Scientists Go to Create Your Face From Your DNA
01:28:37 – Credits
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