#WhyIScience

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[A montage of several people smiling and looking into the camera starts.]

MORDECAI-MARK MAC LOW (Curator, Division of Physical Sciences, American Museum of Natural History): Science is important to me because it's a way of knowing the world. And knowing the universe.

[Text appears next to Dr. Mac Low: “models galaxies.”]

CHERYL HAYASHI (Curator & Director, Division of Invertebrate Zoology, American Museum of Natural History): The most exciting aspect of science is discovery, when you're the first person to see a little secret of nature revealed.

[Text appears next to Dr. Hayashi: “spider scholar”]

MICHAEL NOVACEK (Provost of Science, American Museum of Natural History): It's a mission that takes place all over the world. It breaks down barriers.

[Text appears next to Dr. Novacek: “fossil finder”]

ANTHONY CARAGIULO (Assistant Director, Institute for Comparative Genomics, American Museum of Natural History): The most exciting thing is contributing to knowledge.

[Text appears next to Dr. Caragiulo: “tracks jaguars”]

CHILD: I like to learn about planets and I want to learn all about the solar system so I have to study.

[Text appears next to Child: “future astronomer”]

FELICITY ARENGO (Associate Director, Center for Biodiversity & Conservation, American Museum of Natural History): I science for a future with flamingos.

[Text appears next to Dr. Arengo: “conservation biologist”]

TEEN ONE: We need to incorporate science and new technologies in order for us to adapt to new things that are happening. Including climate change.

[Text appears next to Teen One: “loves marine biology”]

NANCY SIMMONS (Curator, Division of Vertebrate Zoology, American Museum of Natural History): In order to make good decisions about how to conserve biodiversity, we have to understand it to begin with.

[Text appears next to Dr. Simmons: “bat expert”]

TEEN TWO: When you're doing science, you feel really legit.

[Text appears next to Teen Two: “anemone identifier”]

MAUREEN PRICCI (Volunteer, American Museum of Natural History): Not everybody has to study science because they're going to be a scientist but everybody has to have a knowledge of science.

[Text appears next to Maureen: “butterfly magnet”. Then, next to the butterfly she is holding, text appears: “butterfly”.]

CHILD: And it helps, like everybody. It helps everybody.

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[The image fades to black. “#WhyIScience” appears on screen, followed by the logo for the American Museum of Natural History. Both disappear from the screen, and are followed by the following credit:

“From Generations” by Eheren Ebbage (BMI) / Warner Chappell Production Music

© American Museum of Natural History]

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