These are today's best ideas
1. Reboot Guantanamo Bay as a home for U.S.-Cuba research diplomacy.
By Joe Roman and James Kraska in Science
2. The GOP might regret its stand against President Obama’s Supreme Court nominee. Here’s why.
By Jack Goldsmith in Time
3. The world has too many ships.
By Matt Phillips at Quartz
4. In education, sometimes ‘throwing money at the problem’ works.
By Bridget Ansel at the Washington Center for Equitable Growth
5. Here’s how drones could save lives in the fight against HIV in Africa.
By Karen Allen in BBC News
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