To me science is something that stems
from curiosity. The reason I became a
paleontologist was in part because I
loved science, but I loved exploration
and I loved being outdoors. Every time
you turn a corner you might find
something that no one has ever seen
before, an animal that no one ever knew
existed. Last summer we made a really incredible
discovery, and it's the first time we
found this type of dinosaur egg in a
nest like that here on the North
American continent. What we do in this
lab is discovery. We have 1 million
visitors a year that come look through
the glass walls and see what a scientist
actually looks like and what a scientist
does on a regular basis. So it's both
doing the science and connecting the
public with the thrill of what we're
doing that really moves me.
I study ancient life to learn more about
the world today, and that's how I think
and do at NC State.
