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Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When you think of natural history museums,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you probably picture exhibits \Nfilled with ancient lifeless things,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like dinosaurs
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,meteroites,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and gemstones.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But behind that educational exterior,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which only includes \Nabout 1% of a museum's collections,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there are hidden laboratories \Nwhere scientific breakthroughs are made.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Beyond the unmarked doors,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and on the floors \Nthe elevators won't take you to,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you'd find windows into amazing worlds.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This maze of halls and laboratories \Nis a scientific sanctuary
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that houses a seemingly \Nendless variety of specimens.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Here, researchers work to unravel \Nmysteries of evolution,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,cosmic origins,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the history of our planet.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One museum alone \Nmay have millions of specimens.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The American Museum of Natural History\Nin New York City
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,has over 32,000,000 in its collection.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let's take a look at just one of them.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Scientists have logged exactly where \Nand when it was found,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and used various dating techniques \Nto pinpoint when it originated.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Repeat that a million times over,\Nand these plants,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,animals,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,minerals,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,fossils,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and artifacts present windows into times\Nand places around the world,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and across billions of years of history.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When a research problem emerges,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,scientists peer through these windows\Nand test hypotheses about the past.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For example, in the 1950s, populations\Nof predatory birds,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like peregrine falcons,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,owls,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and eagles started to mysteriously crash,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to the point where a number of species,\Nincluding the bald eagle,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,were declared endangered.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Fortunately, scientists in \NThe Field Museum in Chicago
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,had been collecting the eggs \Nof these predatory birds for decades.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They discovered that the egg shells \Nused to be thicker,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and had started to thin around the time
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when an insecticide called DDT \Nstarted being sprayed on crops.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,DDT worked very well to kill insects,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but when birds came \Nand ate those heaps of dead bugs,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the DDT accumulated in their bodies.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It worked its way up the food chain
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and was absorbed by apex predator birds