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Meet the YouTuber who became a chief curiosity correspondent at Chicago’s Field Museum

August 18, 2018 by cbsnews Leave a Comment

Emily Graslie comes alive talking about dead things. As the star of her own YouTube channel, “The Brain Scoop,” the 29-year-old is part comedian and part science tutor. Her warm and witty delivery turns the most unappealing topics into entertaining science lessons, and her channel as almost half-a-million subscribers.  She also holds one of the coolest job titles: chief curiosity correspondent at Chicago’s Field Museum of Natural History, reports CBS News’ Meg Oliver. “Are there any other chief curiosity correspondents at museums across the country?” CBS News’ Meg Oliver asked. “Not that I know,” Field Museum president Richard Lariviere said. Lariviere remembers spotting Graslie for the first time. “Well, it was astonishing. A young woman whom I’d never heard of just happened to blog that she was visiting the Field Museum, and families took their kids out of school. And 100 of them came in here to see her,” he recounted. “And you decided to hire her on the spot?” Oliver asked. “On the spot,” Lariviere said. “And you accepted the job on the spot?” Oliver asked Graslie. “Oh, absolutely. I was – I said, ‘Whatever you want,'” she responded. Her job is to highlight the museum’s scientific research on her show. She’s done it all from digging up fish fossils to dissecting animals like skunks and zebras.”You really love dead things,” Oliver said.  “Yeah, they can teach you so much,” Graslie said.  Her unusual journey started in 2013. Graslie was an art major at the University of Montana when she visited… [Read full story]




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