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Tue, 07/13/2004 - 10:39 — kebernet

Good story at the NYT about the coming reversal of the Earth's magnetic field. There is also a REALLY good Nova on the subject entitled Magnetic Storm. This is one of those things that will keep you up at night if you think too hard about it.

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Tue, 07/13/2004 - 11:42 — jeepmutt (not verified)

RE: Flip Flopper

I saw the title and just assumed that this was about Kerry. ;)

Tue, 07/13/2004 - 13:37 — anonymous (not verified)

RE: Flip Flopper

Cooper posts great astronomy articles on here.

Tue, 07/13/2004 - 14:03 — cooper (not verified)

RE: Flip Flopper

Yeah well, if you really want a political rant: (NTY article)

"The discipline is one of a number - like high-energy physics and aspects of space science - where Europeans have recently come from behind to seize the initiative, dismaying some American experts."

Maybe its because Clinton killed the SSC, while CERN has all kinds of shiny new toys, and Bush has whacked the hard-science budget at the NSF and NASA to nearly nothing. Government spending on science and education is investment in the future. Cutting it is simply the most fiscally irresponsible thing you can possibly do.

There. :P

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