sun
the latest news from the sun seems to be that this sunspot cycle will be kinda mild. maybe the weakest in 150 years. the last time this happened was the last time we saw sunspots for nearly 200 years. and by we i mean the great great great great great great great great great great great grandfather's of today's sol-onomers. so what does that mean? well, it means minimal danger to extra terrestrial travel. which is good. it also means the sun will be a bit cooler. about 0.1%. which doesn't sound like much. but the last time this happened it coincided with europe's little ice age. between it and the stagnant global economy that disturbing warming trend should ease up a bit. maybe even reverse itself. though i wouldn't bet on it. at least until human population smashes through the current upper bound.