Sometimesaseeminglysillyquestiongetsstuckinyourcrawandyoucan’tshakethefeelingthatsomethingbigliesbehindit.Weareconstantlycollectingthesekindsofquestionsfromourlisteners,nottomentionpilingupastorehouseofourown“stupid”questions,aswelovinglycallthem.Andalittlewhileback,wenoticedalittleclusterofquestionsthatseemedtohaveasharededgyenergy,andallledustothesameplace:Ourownbodies.So,todayonRadiolab,wegodownourthroatsandgetunderourskin,wetakeonevolutionandanatomyandmolecularcosmetics,todiscoversomeverynot-stupidanswerstoourseeminglystupidquestions. 

SpecialthankstoMarkKrasnow,SachiMulkey,KariLeibowitz,AndreaEvers,Dr.MonaAmin,BenjaminUngar,PrabySingh,BryeandRachelAdler

EPISODECREDITS: 

Reportedby-MollyWebster,BeccaBressler,LatifNasser,andAlanGoffinskiwithhelpfromEkediFausther-KeeysProducedby-SindhuGnanasambandan,BeccaBressler,AlyssaJeongPerry,MollyWebster withhelpfrom-MattKieltyOriginalmusicandsounddesigncontributedby-JeremyBloom withmixinghelpfrom-ArianneWackFact-checkingby-DianeKelley,EmilyKriegerandeditedby -PatWaltersandAlexNeason

 

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