[ExI] mixed items

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quantum effect explains the mysteries of the
extreme efficiency of the energy transfer in 
photosynthesis [any killer application?]
http://www.lbl.gov/Science-Articles/Archive/PBD-quantum-secrets.html
http://physicsweb.org/articles/news/11/4/10
http://www.scienceblog.com/cms/quantum-secrets-photosynthesis-13007.html
http://www.edn.com/blog/1470000147/post/590008459.html


quantum effect explains (they say) the power of 
green tea
http://www.nanowerk.com/news/newsid=1818.php


how a universe (maybe) arises out of itself
http://www.nanowerk.com/news/newsid=1818.php

but see also
http://www.arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/9712344
http://www.arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0506027
http://www.arxiv.org/abs/0704.3074

and the famous dictum ... 

"Cosmologists are often wrong, 
but never in doubt."
-Lev Landau