Table of Contents: September 4, 2006
Select an Edition
In this issue
Edition: South Pacific
Edition: South Pacific
No. 35
COVER
Let There Be Light
(Cover Story)
400,000 years after the big bang, the cosmos went black. Here's what happened next
ASIA
Japan's Mystery of Majesty
A succession crisis has led to debate on the monarchy--and the shadowy agency behind it
Royal Roots
A brief guide to 2,666 years of imperial history
ARTS
The Curse of Keeler
(The Arts)
The infamous woman's photo made him famous, but Lewis Morley finds just as much magic in unknown faces and ordinary things
Photos: Ninja Warriors - From Myth to the Movies
Pippa Lee: Robin Wright Penn's Moment
Cartoons of the Week
TIME.com's Holiday Gift Guide 2009
Norman Rockwell: The Photographs Behind the Art
Ask Your Questions: NPR's Garrison Keillor
Weekly Acoustic News: Thanksgiving Edition
The Gospel of Glee: Is It Anti-Christian?
Can a Good Guy Fix College Football's Worst Thing?
The Road on Film: Beautiful, Bleak