Constants Not Constant?

grytpype writes: "According to this story, a team of astronomers have determined (based on their observations of distant quasars) that [certain physical constants] may have been different in the far past of the universe. The discovery (if validated) is said to be good news for string theorists."

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for those that don't have a NYTimes acct..

[TechnoVooDooDaddy]

http://archive.nytimes.com/2001/08/15/science/15PH YS.html