OMG, mind control rays… from the SUN! 😉

Okay, not really. At worst, the solar storms only added some additional impetus, the basic reasons for both the riots and the market fluctuations were already there. But I find it very interesting that research has linked solar storms to pessimism and depression. Our local star may play a far more active role in our activities than we thought.

(If the initial line of this post hasn’t been used in some cheesy science-fiction story already, I’d be VERY surprised.)