How are we made?

Are we made of aliens?

How Fertilizer Recommendations Are Made

Recommendation, as we use the word here, means advice from a soil or crop specialist to those deciding how much of, what form of, and when to apply a fertilizer to a soil to benefit growth of a plant or crop. Recommendations of fertilizers and soil amendments must consider the interactions of all the factors discussed in this manual, including the soil, the crop, the climate, the beneficial eff...

How we are born.

Human reproduction is relatively inefficient. Nearly 30% of pregnancies result in spontaneous losses, which are both a clinical problem and a psychological stress to the families involved. Furthermore, although the human population is growing rapidly and is predicted to reach 9 billion by 2050, 15% of couples worldwide are childless because of infertility. Many underlying causes of infertility ...

How sustainable are we?

part of being human is our capacity to transform the natural world around us. although we rightly rejoice in our scientific knowledge, we are increasingly aware of the damage that we are causing as our technological powers have gone beyond harnessing forces and resources locally, to controlling and redirecting on a massive scale. if all the peoples of the world consumed resources at the rate of...

How are we doing?

Measuring the performance of community safety partnerships 'Safe and sound', published in May 2000, reported the findings of an Accounts Commission study of community safety partnerships. s The report identified the progress made to date, highlighted good practice and made a number of recommendations. The report found that across Scotland, community safety strategies are generally at an early s...