HMNS Beyond Bones Podcast
de Houston Museum of Natural Science
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A museum is only as special as the treasures it watches over. For the Houston Museum of Natural Science, that’s more than 2.5 million objects. Each of these amazing items -- from hulking dinosaur mummies to delicate butterfly wings and intricately carved seashells -- has a story.
Got an object you’d like to learn more about? How about a science question you’ve been dying to ask? Let us know at [email protected].
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- We Are Still Here | Meet Some of the HMNS Indigenous Advisory Group · 29 minSometimes, a crowning achievement can be as equally humbling as it is a privilege…such is the case with the recent establishment of the Office of Indigenous Community Relations…
- Texas Beach Ecology, with HMNS Malacology/Marine Invertebrate Curator Tina Petway & Asst. Mar Carranza · 45 minThe Texas coast is a critical, dynamic ecosystem full of wonders worth protecting. In this episode of the HMNS Beyond Bones Podcast, HMNS' "Mental Curator" Johnny Hemberger joins…
- Freedom Plane National Tour: Documents That Forged a Nation · 22 minThe Freedom Plane National Tour is making its way across the United States and has landed in Houston, Texas. These 9 historic documents that helped forge our nation as we know it…
- "Biff" (Nathaniel Hackmann) from the smash-hit at TUTS, "Back to the Future: The Musical"! · 54 minMy wonderful guest today is the spellbinding actor of stage and screen, Nathaniel Hackmann. Nathaniel plays the iconic character "Biff" in the award-winning Broadway smash-hit…
- "Mom, could you fix this victim for an open-casket?" · 22 minMy sweet mother is a funeral director and world-renowned restorative artist. In this episode, I walk her around our "Death by Natural Causes" exhibit to discuss how she might…
- Radioactive Fossils · 39 minIs their any truth to the idea that fossils can be radioactive? Colin Diggins is a paleontologist and our paleontology laboratory manager here at the Houston Museum of Natural…
- Minerals & Geology with Alex Ruff · 30 minScientists can be found everywhere in the museum. Alex Ruff may seem like a mild-mannered Building Manger here at the Houston Museum of Natural Science, but he is actually an…
- Terracotta Warriors · 38 minThey march once more, this time to Houston 📍 Explore World of the Terracotta Warriors, opening November 14. See ancient China’s unification under Qin Shi Huang brought to life…
- The Science & History of Bourbon · 54 minEven if you do not drink it, the science and history behind bourbon is infused with notes of wonder, curiosity, and fascination. Bourbon expert Randy Bruner helps us to get…
- Ever Wondered How Asteroids Get Their Names? · 48 minHave you ever noticed asteroid names and wondered how they came to be? Let's go to the HMNS George Observatory in Brazos Bend State Park and talk to astronomer Tracy Knauss to…
- Let's call this a kind of...Mummification "Orientation" · 1 h 19 minKat Havens joins the podcast in our beautiful Hall of Ancient Egypt to discuss the, well, gutwrenching process of mummification! Website: https://www.hmns.org/ eMail…
- Fennec Foxes & How We Care for Our Animals · 59 min(00:00:00) Fennec Foxes & How We Care for Our Animals (00:22:08) In with the Foxes Our new exhibit "Extreme Animals Alive" showcases the superhero-like adaptations of some…
- Two Big, Two Fail: The Life and Demise of Ice Age Giants, Ground Sloths & Armadillos · 46 minGiant Ground Sloths and Giant Armadillos (Eremotherium and Glyptodon) were seemingly too big to fail...yet time comes for us all. So, how did these Ice Age (Pleistocene) get SO…
- Quantum Computing: A Qubit Crash Course · 13 minWhile Ai is the current hype, even thinking about Quantum Computing can seem daunting, if not ominous...honestly. So here is a crash course in qubits to hopefully help ease us…
- Dinosaur Conspiracies & Misconceptions with James Washington · 34 minWho is allowed to dig for fossils? What do you do with fossils that are found? Why don't I find fossils in my yard? Are fossils a hoax? Are fossils radioactive? James Washington…
- Killer Asteroids & Planetary Ponderings · 34 minHMNS Curator of Astronomy, Dr. Carolyn Sumners joins "Mental Curator" Johnny Hemberger to discuss the likelihood of asteroid 2024 YR4 impacting Earth in 2032, the upcoming lunar…
- Rhodochrosite and the "Alma Queen", The "best mineral specimen in the world" · 7 minRhodochrosite is one of the most breathtaking minerals on Earth, and among connoisseurs, the "Alma Queen" is the most heart-stopping example of ANY mineral specimen yet known to…
- Fossil Preparation, "From the Grave to the Cradle" · 32 minIn this episode of the HMNS Beyond Bones Podcast, we discuss and show you how a fossil comes out of the actual dirt to be prepared and displayed in such a breathtaking manor…
- How dinosaur diseases make them more real and relatable. · 15 minUnfortunately, a lot of us have suffered through the agony of disease either in ourlselves, in those we care about, or in our beloved pets. Yet, in a meaningul way, it is this…
- What can modern animals teach us about extinct dinosaurs? · 29 minIs it scientifically feasible to hypothesize about the behaviors and habits of extinct animals based on the behaviors of modern animals? I sit down with our Paleontology Lab…
