Welcome to the March edition of Trends Monthly, our biggest, most comprehensive newsletter to date. It is another example of how the Trends Research Institute, with more analysts at the table and new, dynamic platforms to work from, has continued to expand the content and services we provide. With the continued support of our expanding subscriber base, we will continue...

Online registration is now available for “Find Your Future in Trends,” a dynamic one-day conference hosted by Gerald Celente and his Trends Research Institute. This unique symposium is designed to show participants how to identify, evaluate and act on emerging trends that directly affect them.   Held at the institute’s historic facilities in Colonial Kingston, N.Y., on Saturday, June 6, this...

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The biggest economic and financial bubble in history has been inflated. Several years of record low interest rates and extravagant central bank money-pumping schemes have bloated total world debt to over $200 trillion, 286 percent of the global Gross Domestic Product. Thus, when interest rates eventually do rise, so too will the cost of servicing the debt. As debt burdens...

Despite recent breakthroughs in carbon-based batteries, lithium-ion cells will remain the standard for years to come. Lucky, then, that University of Michigan researchers have found a way to cut lithium-ion batteries’ weight – one of the biggest range limitations for electric vehicles – while extending their lives. The team was trying to solve the “dendrite problem” – microscopic lithium filaments...

In 2002, the Florida Society of Newspaper Editors launched Sunshine Sunday, an initiative designed to compel Florida lawmakers to keep public records accessible – and open to everyone.  The success of Sunshine Sunday quickly caught on and, under the auspices of the American Society of Newspaper Editors, became Sunshine Week, marked in the middle of each March. During the observance,...

What was once the exclusive domain of natural health practitioners espousing the benefits of probiotics to the converted is about to become as mainstream as frozen veggie burgers and protein drinks – and produced, promoted and sold by some familiar corporate names. Over the last seven years, about $500 million has been invested in basic research on the workings of...

Buzzback.com, the online marketing and survey company, provided some new data on food-purchasing preferences of millennials. Summed up simply: “Gen Yers are particularly interested in experimenting with food, creating experiences around dining, and sharing the occasion with others.” The Buzzback study also found that nutritional claims made by manufacturers influence consumption less than the leading factor, taste. This research also...

Health-information sites are among the most popular on the Internet worldwide but, when it comes to privacy, they’re also among the most vulnerable to the silent intrusion of data tracking. Analyzing 80,000 Web pages at health-related sites, Timothy Libert, a doctoral student at the University of Pennsylvania’s Annenberg School for Communication, found that 91 percent of them siphoned information about...

PUBLISHER’S NOTE: Dr. Paul Craig Roberts, a man I greatly admire for his courage, intelligence and deep insights was recently honored in Mexico at the annual awards conference of the Club De Periodistas De Mexico with the International Award For Excellence In Journalism. His brilliant speech, emphasizing the fading role of truth in contemporary journalism, is reprinted here with his...