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At the end of October in 2009 sunspot region 11029 interrupted an
extended spot-free interval on the Sun, and produced a remarkable
series of solar flares during one week. I studied the statistics of
these flares using original Bayesian methods, and found a departure
from a long-standing rule of flare occurrence. Links to overheads
from talks on the study are available
here ("A sunspot's tale"). I wrote an article for Australian
Sky & Telescope, which appeared in the July 2010 issue. The article
is linked to below, together with two other related media stories. A
journal article on the results
was published in the Astrophysical Journal.
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