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Solar activity undulates on an 11 year cycle. At the "solar maximum" there are more solar flares, more sunspots, more sun quakes, more of everything that solar physicists love to study. But the solar cycle is not just for academics -- it affects everyday life on Earth, sometimes in unexpected ways.