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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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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,...

The Trends Research Institute’s Occupy Peace rally, which will unveil a strategy for individuals and groups to advance peace in their communities across the country, is being rescheduled from May 2 to September 20 — the day before peace is celebrated worldwide. Rescheduling the event positions the institute to stage its unique rally and movement while...

It long has been the position of the Trends Research Institute that marijuana should not be legalized — but rather decriminalized. Legalizing marijuana would, in effect, create an industry that would enable government’s long regulative arm to reach into and, eventually, play party favorites with Big Pharma and other established mainstream companies. The neighborhood “pot-eries”...