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Science News, Nov 17, 2001 by Robert A. Gorkin

I've just read your account of the "ekpyrotic model" of the universe ("When branes collide," SN: 9/22/01, p. 184). Although descriptive, "ekpyrotic" seems rather contrived and is hard to pronounce. Certainly it lacks the pizzazz of "Big Bang." And "Big Crunch" has been used previously to refer to the "anti-Big Bang" catastrophe thought to be awaiting the universe. How about the "Big Bump"?

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