growth

While I think this old claim seems quite ridiculous, I'd like to see some studies on the subject. So far all I've been able to find are grade school science projects, and I'd like something a little bit more reliable and scientific.

This sounds very woo-wooish. Is there any sense in this?

The world population is currently 6.4 billion and change. The earth is of finite size, but population continues to grow exponentially. This is something that personally worries and bothers me...will growth taper off? Will we find a way to keep sustaining new millions of people every year...

When I was an adolescent my parents told me that a lot of strenous physical exercise increases testosterone, thereby diminishing the hairiness on the chest and legs, because this will stimulate the testosterone and have it used for muscles rather than hairiness on the chest and legs; so they...

OK. Over the last few weeks I have been running an experiment using magnetised water in plant growth. Seeds are germinated with both mag and non mag water. They are raised inside under a 400w sodium HPS on a 15-9h lcycle. Both mag and non mag plants are seperated with drip trays. The mag...

Growth rates are tricky things to work with, especially population growth rates. They *never* grow at a smooth rate and often have prolonged periods of negative growth. Here's an illustration. We start with 2 people, Adam & Eve, who appeared around 4004 BC according to a literalist's Biblical...

Here's an excellent description, full of sound economics, as to why Republican "Tax Cuts" just don't work: [The article here describes what I have in other threads detailing how lending creats money in the economy.] http://www.mises.org/fullstory.asp?control=1243 Tax cuts are meaningless...