[Psycho_Bunny]

A new theory of the universe suggests that space and time...

"New"?  A "new" theory?

Ya, if you were born 20 minutes ago this would be a new theory.

This theory's been around for ages.

Who's the moron that wrote this article.

[asformeandformyhouse]

Ya, if you were born 20 minutes ago this would be a new theory.

Stephen Hawking's 'A Brief History of Time' spoke of this theory, and even he didn't suggest that it was new at that time.

[RightWhale]

Steinhardt's cyclical 5-D brane model isn't completely new. In fact the unique-event version was discussed on FR sometime last year. The brane theory is testable, but the equipment is very expensive and not yet available. This cyclical brane version seems to be an addition to the single colliding branes model, and is not closely related to the Big Bang or oscillating models.