Meet a paleontologist

What does a scientist do all day? The Smithsonian's Matthew Carrano explains his job as a paleontologist, what he hopes to discover, and why he made a career out of dinosaurs.

Maggie Koerth-Baker is the science editor at BoingBoing.net. She writes a monthly column for The New York Times Magazine and is the author of Before the Lights Go Out, a book about electricity, infrastructure, and the future of energy. You can find Maggie on Twitter and Facebook.

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I was at the Rocky Mountain Dinosaur Resource Center, and after making contact with one of the Paleontologists who work there, got a full tour, even in the back where they clean and replicate fossils.
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reminds me of this lovely song, “i am a paleontologist” by they might be giants: youtube.com/watch?v=B7zo2zY1Zqg
Thomas Zaraat

Q: What does a scientist do all day?

A: I can’t answer that yet. I’m still waiting for funding.