The other day I was talking to my friend and we were just thinking about infinity. I used this analogy to prove how it is that we cannot 'see' some things.
Lets take parrots, they can see ultraviolet I've read somewhere. But we cannot so we can't even imagine such a colour. It's beyond us. Such...
Maybe to a non-expert who doesn't want much math these web sites are quite good.
http://www.fortunecity.com/emachines/e11/86/big-bang.html
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/1270726.stm
If energy is an ability, what about quanta, packets of energy? what are quarks and leptons made of?
And the strong nuclear force binds the nucleon together, not the energy. Anyway, I think that energy is the interactions between the fundamental particles through the fundamental forces.
past the edge of the universe, if it were finite that is, it would be meaningless nothingness... Anyway, the universe is expanding at the speed of light, I've read somewhere.
I guess the only way is to pack out as soon as possible but that's not to say they're quitting. Let its neighbours, say Iran, help out and then provide whatever help they need to do so. More of an indirect rebuilding.