Five Best Ideas of the Day: August 15, 2019 - The Aspen Institute

Humans are damaging our oceans at an alarming rate.

Jenny Seifert at UC Santa Barbara
What makes a song country, indie or rock? This algorithm knows.

Caitlin Dawson at the USC Viterbi School of Engineering
This new drug aims to block the earliest elements of Alzheimer’s disease.

Richard Harth at Arizona State University
Why do some people wake up extremely early?

Olga Khazan in the Atlantic
How to weave social and emotional development into education.

Helyn Kim and Katherine M. Ross at the Brookings Institution