The short answer to "who knows?" is "no one, really" – but we shall come to some intriguing new scientific research on the matter shortly.
The distribution of the continental platforms and ocean basins on the surface of the globe and the distribution of the major landform features have long been among the most intriguing problems for scientific investigation and theorizing.
This increase was likely achieved by posing a second intriguing set of scientific problems, in which the same tool can be used to further analyze similarities and differences of gene content among microbial pathogens.
It is, however, only the quirkiest prong of an intriguing new train of scientific thinking that investigates ways in which the human body no longer fits into its surroundings.
Similarly, we are feverishly looking for an Earth twin -- "Earth 2.0" -- because we think that finding it may get us one step closer to answering what is arguably the most intriguing of all current scientific questions: Are we alone?
I found this possibility intriguing both from a scientific point of view as well as a sci-fi point of view: there are plenty of books out there on zombies and aliens, but what about ancient viruses that thawed from the ice thanks to global warming?
Overall the manuscript is well written; the findings are intriguing and have broad scientific interest.
"There might be other explanations for the association, but the findings are intriguing enough to warrant further scientific investigation".
If various polymorphs of the MS J-aggregate can be transferred onto solid substrates controlling the subphase conditions, it is intriguing both from technological and scientific point of views.
