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<DIV>Here are some of riddles and unsolved mysteries from science that are very
curious indeed:</DIV>
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<P>1. How do homing pigeons and other migratory birds unerringly find their
way home? Do they have some special sensory organs to detect the earth's
magnetic field? If so why haven't we found it and characterized it yet? If
we do find out the mechanism, can we transhumans augment ourselves to
have it to, thereby eliminating the need to "litter" earth's orbit
with GPS satellites?<SPAN class=593495205-08112003><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2> </FONT></SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN class=593495205-08112003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
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<P><SPAN class=593495205-08112003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>GPS
sats are waaaay up there. No problem with litter there. Good
chance there</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN class=593495205-08112003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>never will be. Migratory birds' homing systems have end-game
guidance, so that</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN class=593495205-08112003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>their internal homing organs are not accurate enough to do cool
things like guide</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN class=593495205-08112003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>self-driving cars.</FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P>4. How can sperm whales hold their breath for half an hour at a time,
descend into the abyss, and have fights to the death with giant squid and
then surface without getting the bends or nitrogen narcosis? We can't
do that even with all our fancy diving gear unless we mix helium with our
air supply and spend hours depressurizing... or can we?<SPAN
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size=2> </FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P><SPAN class=593495205-08112003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>Whale's joints are different from ours. Mixing helium with the
air supply</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN class=593495205-08112003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>is a
perfectly appropriate technology, and it obviates depressuring. We
have</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN class=593495205-08112003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>the
technology, what's the problem?</FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P>5. How can some really bright people claim to understand the universe so
completely that there is nothing eerie, anomolous, or mysterious
about it yet still manage to misplace their car keys. ;)</P>
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<P><SPAN class=593495205-08112003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>They
neglected to affix radio frequency identification tags to their key
rings. Or</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN class=593495205-08112003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>they
had insufficient technology in that they did not purchase a car
with</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN class=593495205-08112003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>keyless entry and keyless start. Why are
we still building cars that need keys?</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=593495205-08112003>spike</SPAN></FONT></P></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>