The Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History safeguards 148 million objects, yet 99% of them remain hidden from public view. Behind the scenes, these treasures solve real-world problems, like helping planes avoid birds and identifying invasive species threatening agriculture. Now, the museum is tackling one of its most ambitious projects ever: assembling a DNA library of every complex life form on Earth. We went behind the scenes to see how breakthroughs in AI, high-resolution imaging, and robotics make that possible. 00:00 - Introduction 01:26 - Hidden Collections 03:06 - Preserving Specimens 04:36 - Digitization Project 05:20 - Breaking Down Dietary Fats 06:20 - Feather ID Lab 08:48 - L.A.B. - Laboratories Of Analytical Biology 10:58 - Earth BioGenome Project 13:30 - Environmental DNA (eDNA) 18:21 - How Collections Help Humans 19:35 - Protecting Crops From Invasive Species 21:52 - The Future 23:28 - Where Are The Giant Humanoid Skeletons? 23:52 - Credits --------------------...