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Radiolab

The Beauty Puzzle

Radiolab

WNYC Studios

Natural Sciences, History, Documentary, Science, Society & Culture

4.644.5K Ratings

🗓️ 8 February 2019

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

When a female animal is checking out her prospects, natural selection would dictate that she pay attention to how healthy, or strong, or fit he is. But when it comes to finding a mate, some animals seem to be engaged in a very different game. What if a female were looking for something else - something that has nothing to do with fitness? Something...beautiful? Today we explore a different way of looking at evolution and what it may mean for the course of science. This episode was reported by Robert Krulwich and Bethel Habte and was produced by Bethel Habte. Support Radiolab today at Radiolab.org/donate.

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Oh, wait, you're listening.

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Okay.

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Okay.

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All right.

0:08.5

You're listening to Radio Lab.

0:11.4

Radio Lab.

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From W. N.Y.

0:13.9

See?

0:15.1

Yeah.

0:19.3

Whose pad is this?

0:21.1

Oh, I think that's mine.

0:22.2

Oh, my gosh, Bethel.

0:23.3

Your handwriting is awful.

0:25.1

Your handwriting is not awful.

0:26.5

It's actually very elegant.

0:28.9

Legible, not so much, but elegant.

0:32.1

Jed here, this is Radio Lab.

0:33.3

So not too long ago, Robert and our producer Bethel Hoppeh.

0:36.7

It has a nice lean to it.

0:38.0

Pulled me into the studio to walk me through this story that they've been working on together for quite some time.

0:44.2

Everybody? Here's everybody?

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