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Title: Sense of Mystery Keywords: universe Girl: Yawn. Guy: How can the paranormal bore you? Where's your sense of mystery? Girl: Hmm. Well, let's see... Caption: The expansion of the universe should be slowing down, but cosmological redshift indicates that it's actually speeding up. [Diagram of eyeball observing redshift from an accelerating star.] Caption: Do you know why? Caption: It is possible for two particles to become "quantum entangled," after which changes in one seem to instantaneously affect the other, even over great distances. [Diagram of quantum entangled particles.] Caption: Can you explain the mechanism behind this? Caption: Evidence in the ocean floor and sedimentary rocks indicates that the Earth's magnetic field has often rapidly reversed its orientation throughout all of geologic history. [Diagram of Earth's magnetic field.] Caption: Why does it do that? Caption: Scientists can observe the formation of organic compounds and amino acids—the building blocks of life—by zapping simulated conditions on the early Earth with electricity. [Captain Jean-Luc Picard and Q stand in a cave in France 3.5 billion years ago, right next to a pool of amino acids which are about to form proteins on Earth for the very first time. BUT NOTHING HAPPENS!] Caption: Is this how life first formed? Girl: I could go on. Anyway, once all of the mysteries about REAL, detectable phenomena have been solved, then maybe we can discuss some of your little stories.