No, not another PK Dick short story abused. The sun has no spots, unseen for a century:
http://www.dailytech.com/Sun+Makes+History+First+Spotless+Month+in+a+Century/article12823.htm http://snipurl.com/3m72o [www_dailytech_com] "According to data from Mount Wilson Observatory, UCLA, more than an entire month has passed without a spot. The last time such an event occurred was June of 1913. Sunspot data has been collected since 1749." <more>
