explain this to us nonscientists. >> here is how it goes.stronomers want to characterise how the magnetic field around the earth and stars like our son generate energy. they do it through a process where their lines cross. they disconnect and when they reconnect they release enormous amounts of energy. we see that release of energy in terms of solar flares big eruptions off the surface of the sun. here on the earth we see a smaller scale event which we characterise as the aurora or the northern lights. we want to understand how the process generates that energy. >> other are than understanding it what are the practical implications, how does this help us on earth. >> the way it helps us is we understand the environment that we live in. it's best to understand how the system does this is it blasts systems out all the time especially when we have intense flares. what we want to understand is how intense they'll be how they affect the earth's magnetic field, and how does the magnetic fieldwork, so we know how well protected we are from the bigg

nonscientist rick scott's denial is going further. according to a new report officials in florida's department of environmental protection were ordered not to use or global warming in any official communications e-mails or reports. the unwritten policy went into effect after governor rick scott took office in 2011. so basically in rick scott's world of denial climate change and global warming are dirty words. we could see a new edition of jimmy kimmel's unnecessary censorship. >> i'm not qualified to debate the science blp[ bleep ]. >> instill the [ bleep ] fear in the american people. >> they haven't yet said that love causes [ bleep ]. >> they insist the greatest threat to american security is [ bleep ]. >> when anyone dares question their computer modeled [ bleep ]. >> our democratic colleagues spent the night talking about [ bleep ]. >> did rick scott think we wouldn't notice his failed climate denial experiment? nice try, but we [ bleep ]. wait a second is that thing still on? let's try this again. nice try, but no bleeps here because we gotcha. ♪ [epic music] ♪ introducing aleve pm... the pm pain reliever. that dares to work all the way u