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...look back to what astronomers call the Dark Ages - the era between the Big Bang and the birth of stars - provoked awe at the ability to peer through such vast expanses of time and space. Some readers said scientists have reached beyond their data, while others found an affirmation of God's work...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Dawn Of The Universe | 9/19/2006 | See Source »

...wonderfully conveyed the feeling of using a big telescope and showed how astronomers work together observing in different parts of the spectrum to gain a complete picture of that early stage of our universe. Jay M. Pasachoff Director, Hopkins Observatory Williams College Williamstown, Massachusetts, U.S. The article on the birth of stars was a breath of fresh air at a time when too many people are busy counting planets on the head of a pin. The ongoing scientific discovery of the unfolding of our early universe is far more important for people to understand than how to divide the solar...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Dawn Of The Universe | 9/19/2006 | See Source »

...Iran's Caesarean Section Craze Well-accustomed to elective surgery, Iranian women are choosing C-sections at such a high rate that it's a challenge now to find a doctor who will perform a "medieval" vaginal birth...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How Iran's Populist Lost His Popularity | 9/18/2006 | See Source »

...look back to what astronomers call the Dark Ages--the era between the Big Bang and the birth of stars--provoked awe at the ability to peer through such vast expanses of time and space. Some readers said scientists have reached beyond their data, while others found an affirmation of God's work...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Sep. 25, 2006 | 9/17/2006 | See Source »

...article on the birth of the stars a breath of fresh air at a time when too many people are busy counting planets on the head of a pin. The ongoing scientific discovery of the unfolding of our early universe is far more important for people to understand than how to divide the solar system into sheep and goats. Our connection to those early epochs is not just academic. Many of the oxygen atoms we inhale were forged in those very first stars...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Sep. 25, 2006 | 9/17/2006 | See Source »

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