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The Interplanetary Magnetic Field ( which no one has mentioned ), remains, actively shielding Earth from cosmic radiation.

Not everyone just discovered this, as you apparently have.

Here's one of today's Featured Links:

Evidence from Galactic Cosmic Rays That the Sun Has Likely Entered A Secular Minimum in Solar Activity
F. Rahmanifard,A. P. Jordan,W. C. de Wet,N. A. Schwadron,J. K. Wilson,M. J. Owens,H. E. Spence,P. Riley
First published: 16 December 2021 https://doi.org/10.1029/2021SW002796

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Abstract
Since the beginning of the space age, the Sun has been in a multi-cycle period of elevated activity (secular maximum). This secular maximum is the longest in the last 9300 years. Since the end of solar cycle 21 (SC21), however, the Sun has shown a decline in overall activity, which has remarkably increased the fluxes of galactic cosmic rays (GCRs). Here, we investigate the correlation between the modulation of GCRs, the heliospheric magnetic field, and solar wind speed for the last 24 solar cycles to find trends that can potentially be used to predict future solar activity. Specifically, we develop a tool for predicting future magnetic field intensity, based on the hysteresis in the GCR variation, during the last phases of the current cycle. This method estimates that SC25 will be as weak as or weaker than SC24. This would mean that the Sun has likely entered a secular minimum, which, according to historical records, should last for another two cycles (SC25 and SC26).

Plain Language Summary
We investigated the correlation between the modulation of galactic cosmic rays (GCRs) and solar wind parameters to find trends that could be used in predicting future solar activity. Using this method, we estimate that SC25 will be as weak as or weaker than SC24. Furthermore, these trends suggest that the Sun might be in a secular minimum.

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Ball? Bar? Why did Plato say it was a dodecahedron? Via DDG:

"The Dodecahedron, or the Shape of the Earth According to Plato
https://link.springer.com › chapter › 10.1007 › 978-1-4419-8116-5_17
Abstract. The discovery of the spherical shape of the earth is the finishing touch of the new world picture that was introduced by Anaximander. Strictly speaking, it is not right to use the word "discovery," since the idea of a spherical earth, as we will see in this and the next chapter, was the product of metaphysical speculations, rather than a discovery based on verifiable observations."