Five Best Ideas of the Day: September 5, 2017 - The Aspen Institute

College football is a moneymaking sham.

Sean Illing at Vox
Insect eyes are inspiring a new generation of more affordable solar cells.

Mark Shwartz at Stanford University
America needs its historians now more than ever.

Karen L. Cox at CNN
Congress can stop the unfolding crisis in Yemen.

Willis L. Krumholz in Defense One
A targeted ethanol injection could be a silver bullet against some tumors.

Alex Berezow at the American Council on Science and Health