--- description: Cancer detecting yogurt, youth’s affinity for LGBT TV, diversifying the climate change fight, equitable delivery of oral hygiene and more title: These Are Today's Best Ideas 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 # Five Best Ideas of the Day: October 2 by [The Aspen Institute](/author/the-aspen-institute/) ## The Aspen Institute Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Oct 2, 2014 4:17 PM CUT by [The Aspen Institute](/author/the-aspen-institute/) ## The Aspen Institute Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Oct 2, 2014 4:17 PM CUT **1\.** [**A global competition could prime the pump for development of disease-fighting treatments.**](http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2014/08/25/ebolanomics "undefined") By James Surowiecki in New Yorker **2\.** [**Cancer detecting yogurt? New technology could make diagnosing colon cancer as simple as taking a pregnancy test.**](http://www.technologyreview.com/news/531241/cancer-detecting-yogurt-could-replace-colonoscopies/ "undefined") By Kevin Bullis at the MIT Technology Review **3\.** [**Youth-targeted networks are leading a surge in LGBT-friendly television programming.**](http://www.vanityfair.com/vf-hollywood/2014/10/glaad-tv-study-youthquake?mbid=social%5Ftwitter "undefined") By Joanna Robinson in Vanity Fair **4\.** [**California’s massive expansion of teledentistry could revolutionize delivery of oral hygiene to underserved areas.**](http://capsules.kaiserhealthnews.org/index.php/2014/09/california-to-launch-medicaid-funded-teledentistry/ "undefined") By Daniela Hernandez in Kaiser Health News **5\.** [**The climate change movement desperately needs diversity and corporate leadership.**](http://www.aspeninstitute.org/about/blog/future-climate-change-movement-interview-m-sanjayan "undefined") By Caitlin Colegrove in conversation with M. Sanjayan in the Aspen Idea  [_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/3456830/five-best-ideas-of-the-day-october-2/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3456830/five-best-ideas-of-the-day-october-2/"},"headline":"Five Best Ideas of the Day: October 2","datePublished":"2014-10-02T16:17:43.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T05:07:35.001Z","description":"Cancer detecting yogurt, youth’s affinity for LGBT TV, diversifying the climate change fight, equitable delivery of oral hygiene and more","url":"https://time.com/3456830/five-best-ideas-of-the-day-october-2/","keywords":["Innovation","California","climate change","Cancer","Youth","Disease","LGBT","Global","yogurt","Medicaid","Competition","TV","LGBTQ","ebola"],"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/3456830/five-best-ideas-of-the-day-october-2/","name":"Five Best Ideas of the Day: October 2"}}]}] ```