The Universe is magnetized. This is true on “small” length scales, such as in planets and stars, and over much larger scales, such as across the tenuous gas in galaxies and galaxy clusters and, possibly, the even more rarefied intergalactic medium. Physicists are fairly certain that these magnetic fields weren’t created in the big bang (the reason has to do with the symmetry of Maxwell’s equati...

Most graduating seniors are fairly sure they will receive a degree at Rice's May 12 commencement . Who will speak at the event, however, remains up in the air. T h e 2001 C o m m e n c e m e n t Speaker Committee will meet in the next week to discuss additional possibilities for this year 's speaker. For various reasons, none of the e ight c and ida t e s who were approached accepted the invita...