<story><title>Hidden Portals in Earth&apos;s Magnetic Field</title><url>http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/sunearth/news/mag-portals.html</url><text></text></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>bitwize</author><text>&quot;Cave Johnson here. I think we found something that will help us stick it to those blowhards at Black Mesa. Turns out there&apos;s a natural portal phenomenon connecting the magnetic fields of the earth and the sun. The lab boys are still trying to figure out the properties of this thing, see how it can be exploited for science, so we need volunteers. All test subjects who want to go on an all-expense-paid trip to the surface of the sun please meet in Testing Annex 5B and await further instructions. There&apos;s $60 in it for you if you make it back alive!&quot;</text></comment>
<story><title>Hidden Portals in Earth&apos;s Magnetic Field</title><url>http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/sunearth/news/mag-portals.html</url><text></text></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>jerf</author><text>&quot;A favorite theme of science fiction is &quot;the portal&quot;--an extraordinary opening in space or time that connects travelers to distant realms. A good portal is a shortcut, a guide, a door into the unknown. If only they actually existed.... It turns out that they do, sort of,...&quot;&lt;p&gt;Yes, if by &quot;sort of&quot;, you mean, &quot;not at all like how science fiction uses the term&quot;. What a terrible opening.</text></comment>