<blockquote>The natural sciences don't drive a lot of Web traffic, and to make a show interesting to the general public it would have to be both knowledgeable and accessible, academic and funny, thoroughly researched and spontaneous. The remarkable thing about Graslie, and what probably explains her success, is how effortlessly she hit that note from the first moment she was on camera. She showed Green finger monkey skulls and a four-legged duck, made jokes about arsenic, and explained that to prepare the museum's birds you "remove the brain with a very sophisticated tool called a brain scoop."</blockquote>
via <a href="http://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/field-museum-emily-graslie-brain-scoop-youtube/Content?oid=12236428">How Emily Graslie went from YouTube science star to full-time at the Field Museum | Feature | Chicago Reader</a>.