The great spikes in longevity across most of the world can be attributed to advances in food sanitation and safety, as well as science or, specifically, drugs. A century ago, contaminated foods and water caused foodborne diseases to flourish. Typhoid fever, tuberculosis and botulism were among the diseases that cut life short. The next longevity...
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Millennials force new hotel stylings
If you’re a concierge, start sending out your resume. That’s what hotel chains across the world are promoting through the new brands they’re creating, focused specifically on the millennial traveler. Millennials are surpassing baby boomers as the world’s dominant generation with more than 75 million waddling around the US, eyes and fingers tethered to the...
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Radisson’s attempt is confusing and poorly imagined, but take it from Aloft, Moxy and other millennial brands: The guestroom is shrinking, the workspace is expanding, and the on-the-go hotel experience is coming to your town, thanks to an emerging generation.
Tiny homes on fast track
Work every day in a concrete urban wasteland. Commute 35 minutes to your suburban home with the plastic front lawn and meteoric property taxes. Rinse and repeat, reducing your soul while running up the utility bill. That’s the big-sell American Dream. A few folks have shunned this for a compact, moveable tiny house of 100...
Researchers closer to easily editing human genes
In mid-April, researchers announced they had used a promising new gene-splicing technique to “edit out” of living human embryos the genes that could cause inherited conditions such as cystic fibrosis and hemophilia. The test was conducted in China. The technique is called CRISPR, short for “clustered regularly inter-spaced short palindromic repeats.” CRISPR uses inert, repeating...
From slow food to slow living
The global “slow food” movement — forsaking fast food for the pleasures of cooking, community and simplicity — has spawned the “slow cities” trend, dubbed “Cittaslow,” which holds implications for employers, retailers and rental-property owners. Adherents seek out tiny apartments with cheaper rents, look for less-consuming jobs, or streamline their work lives. (One professional stripped...
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At first, the Cittaslow organization only recognized towns with fewer than 50,000 residents. But that’s changing with a wave of interest from major cities. Urban centers with public transportation and amenities such as a robust infrastructure enabling telecommuting are eager to take part. Recently, a group from the booming Chinese city of Wenzhou visited Cittaslow’s...
China Goes Ponzi
TRENDS THIS WEEK: China Goes Ponzi By Gerald Celente Trends Journal Publisher When the Panic of ’08 hit, the United States — the financial and military police of the world — led the charge to stop the spread of economic terror. Under the command of US Secretary of Treasury Hank Paulson, orders were given to save too-big-to-fail banks and over-leveraged...
Newark factory goes from steel to salads
Extending the trend to turn abandoned industrial buildings from brown to “green,” the site of an abandoned steel plant in Newark, New Jersey, is slated to become a 69,000-square-foot vertical farm. The $30 million project is being organized by the private AeroFarms company, which also will maintain its headquarters on the site. The initiative is...
Human remains as compost? A trend in the making
The sheer number of Baby Boomers is challenging social, government and medical systems as they age, but what happens when they die? Burying? Burning? How about composting? Between 2024 and 2042, 76 million Americans could reach the current average life span of 78 years. Burying their remains would claim an area bigger than Las Vegas....