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Seriously, what is it? To the average person, a number that big probably doesn't mean much. At some point long before the hundred-billion-dollar mark, large numbers simply become figures on the page, well beyond human scale and intuitive understanding. And yet as discussion about the economy and the impressive numbers that come along with it continue to dominate the news, it may be more important than ever to try to understand. Is a $700 billion financial-industry bailout a lot? Is a $775 billion economic-stimulus package enough? (See the worst business deals...
...Large-scale levitation may only be possible using smoke and mirrors, but researchers at the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences have measured a repulsive force resulting from quantum fluctuations that could be used to levitate objects on the nanometer scale...
When MEMS are built on the nanometer scale, the Casimir-Lifshitz force becomes dominant and can cause the metallic parts to stick together...
...terms of a new truce will need to include: no rocket fire on Israeli civilians, no offensive Israeli operations, an international mechanism for enforcing a ban on smuggling offensive weapons, Palestinian Authority (PA) involvement in the control of open passages, and large-scale humanitarian and reconstruction assistance funneled through the PA rather than via Hamas...
...Education: On the table are funds to help special ed students, expanded Pell grants for college students and increased money for Head Start programs. All of these items were Obama campaign promises that will require renewed funding in two years; they will be difficult for Democrats to scale back...