[aerohead]

I thought that this was going to have something to do with space weather and cosmic catastrophe.
Earth doesn't have these strong fields or microgravity.
In my next life I may have time for recreational research, but in the time I have remaining, I need to stay focused on research germane to Earth science.
Al gave me a neodymium rare-earth magnet out of a computer drive. I took it outside and failed to get any dirt, rocks, lava, or quartz to stick to it.
I figured, if one of the strongest magnets known, at zero-distance, can't attract any surface lithospheric objects, it would be dubious to expect any geomagnetic field to do any better.
I was also unable to get my compass to demonstrate any unusual needle dip deflections, under any orientation. Day or night. Week to week. Month to month.