--- description: We need a moonshot for diabetes prevention, stress might be canceling out your exercise and making you fat and more. title: We Need a Moonshot For Diabetes Prevention image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Ideas](/section/ideas/) ## Ideas Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Innovation](/tag/innovation/) ## Innovation Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # We Need a Moonshot For Diabetes Prevention by [The Aspen Institute](/author/the-aspen-institute/) ## The Aspen Institute Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Oct 13, 2016 4:00 PM CUT by [The Aspen Institute](/author/the-aspen-institute/) ## The Aspen Institute Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Oct 13, 2016 4:00 PM CUT **1\.** [**We need a moonshot for diabetes prevention.**](http://www.strategy-business.com/blog/A-Diabetes-Prevention-Moonshot "undefined") By Chunka Mui in Strategy + Business **2\.** [**Stress might be canceling out your exercise — and making you fat.**](https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/media-spotlight/201610/are-stress-and-obesity-related "undefined") By Romeo Vitelli in Psychology Today **3\.** [**Streetlights are the secret backbone for the Internet of Things.**](https://backchannel.com/the-surprising-backbone-of-the-internet-of-things-4330301084b0#.eirrqhvzk "undefined") By Susan Crawford in Backchannel **4\.** [**Could brain training help keep seniors safely behind the wheel?**](http://news.psu.edu/story/430981/2016/10/10/research/brain-training-may-help-keep-seniors-road "undefined") By Victoria M. Indivero at Penn State University **5\.** [**This app could help parents diagnose autism early.**](https://www.fastcoexist.com/3064455/this-app-wants-to-help-parents-diagnose-autism-early "undefined") By Kathy Chin Leong in Fast Co.Exist  [_The Aspen Institute_](http://www.aspeninstitute.org/ "undefined") _is an educational and policy studies organization based in Washington, D.C._ ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"OpinionNewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4529769/we-need-a-moonshot-for-diabetes-prevention/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4529769/we-need-a-moonshot-for-diabetes-prevention/"},"headline":"We Need a Moonshot For Diabetes Prevention","datePublished":"2016-10-13T16:00:17.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T04:59:25.638Z","description":"These are today's best ideas","url":"https://time.com/4529769/we-need-a-moonshot-for-diabetes-prevention/","keywords":["Innovation","Autism","Stress","diabetes","senior citizens"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"The Aspen Institute","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/the-aspen-institute/"}],"articleSection":"Ideas","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/ideas/","name":"Ideas"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/innovation/","name":"Innovation"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4529769/we-need-a-moonshot-for-diabetes-prevention/","name":"We Need a Moonshot For Diabetes Prevention"}}]}] ```