With cities wondering how to protect themselves as seas rise, engineers have looked to the past – specifically to Roman sea walls that still stand 15 centuries after the empire fell and seem to be stronger with time. The secret: Romans’ recipe for concrete. Today’s concrete relies on Portland cement, a mixture of limestone and clay. The Roman formula instead...
Spending gets under your skin
At the 2016 Rio Olympics, Visa gave athletes rings for their fingers that would let them buy something just by waving a hand at it. Now the company is making the technology smaller and, perhaps someday, ubiquitous. Visa’s contactless credit card has been reduced to the size of a small sticker you can wear on your hand – perhaps the...
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Gerald Celente’s “Trends This Week,” a weekly show on the Progressive Radio Network, PRN.fm, airs live online each Wednesday at 11 a.m. EST. Trends This Week breaks down essential trends in economics, geopolitics, health and well-being, pop culture and more in classic Celente style. And, if you can’t catch the show live, you can listen 24/7 by accessing Trends This Week in...
Sex Education Based on Abstinence? There’s a Real Absence of Evidence
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Coal Mining Health Study Is Halted by Interior Department
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Fat Bias Starts Early and Takes a Serious Toll
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The Best College Football Team You’ve Probably Never Heard Of
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A Birkin Bag in the Box Is Worth a Lifetime of Debt
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Another Variation on the Selfie: Get Ready for the Elfie
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Iran War coming. World War III? Market crash?
Iran War coming. World War III? Market crash? Get ready for the next war. It may be the war to end all wars… and much of civilization. The Trends Research Institute has identified a series of critical geopolitical events, many barely hitting the mainstream media. Among the most powerful under-reported trend lines now forming is the global trigger point for...