The Secret of the Sun's Heated Atmosphere

eldavojohn writes "There has long been speculation on why the Sun's surface is a mere ten thousand degrees while the atmosphere can reach millions. Space.com is reporting that the mystery has now been solved. Researchers looked for Alfven waves in the solar chromosphere and found them. Followup studies employing simulations demonstrated that the energetics work out to transfer energy from the Sun's surface to its overlying corona.. The magnetic waves may also be the power source behind the solar wind."

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Re:Sound?

[GaryPatterson]

If the Electric Universe framework and Tesla's rumoured theories (little to nothing was published, leaving rumours and eyewitnesses as the main source of information) are correct, they'll stand up to testing and be accepted as valid.

If they're not, they'll wither and die leaving only a handful of crank scientists supporting them.

Re:Yaawwwwn.

[pln2bz]

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, Vol. 26, No. 4, 474-485 (2000)
DOI: 10.1177/0146167200266006
© 2000 Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Inc.

Jeer Pressure: The Behavioral Effects of Observing Ridicule of Others
Leslie M. Janes
University of Western Ontario

James M. Olson

University of Western Ontario, jolson@julian.uwo.ca

Two experiments examined "jeer pressure," which is a hypothesized
inhibiting effect of observing another person being ridiculed. Jeer
pressure was expected to induce conformity to others? opinions;
concern about failing or standing out; and conventional, uncreative
thinking. In both experiments, participants observed videotapes
containing either other-ridiculing humor, self-ridiculing humor, or
nonridiculing or no humor. Participants then completed tasks that
assessed conformity, fear of failure, and creativity. Results of both
experiments showed that participants who viewed ridicule of others
were more conforming and more afraid of failing than were those who
viewed self-ridicule or no ridicule. Creativity was not influenced by
the humor manipulation. Experiment 2 also included a lexical decision
task to assess whether salience of potential rejection mediated the
obtained behavioral effects. Salience of rejection mediated the
effects of humor on fear of failure but not the effects of humor on
conformity.

http://psp.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/26/4/474