--- title: Five Best Ideas of the Day: April 14 description: Have Nigeria's missing schoolgirls been forced to join Boko Haram? Plus why we should be realistic about a nuclear deal with Iran and more. canonical: https://time.com/3821001/five-best-ideas-of-the-day-april-14/ author: TIME article:opinion: true article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-04-14T16:01:49.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-05-11T05:04:34.522Z article:section: Ideas og:title: These Are Today's Best Ideas og:description: Have Nigeria's missing schoolgirls been forced to join Boko Haram? og:url: https://time.com/3821001/five-best-ideas-of-the-day-april-14/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: These Are Today's Best Ideas twitter:description: Have Nigeria's missing schoolgirls been forced to join Boko Haram? twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Five Best Ideas of the Day: April 14 by [The Aspen Institute](/author/the-aspen-institute/) ## The Aspen Institute Apr 14, 2015 4:01 PM CUT by [The Aspen Institute](/author/the-aspen-institute/) ## The Aspen Institute Apr 14, 2015 4:01 PM CUT **1\.** [**Have the missing Nigerian schoolgirls been trained to fight?**](https://www.amnesty.org/en/articles/news/2015/04/nigeria-abducted-women-and-girls-forced-to-join-boko-haram-attacks/ "undefined") By Amnesty International **2\.** [**Why more roads means more traffic, not less.**](http://theconversation.com/do-more-roads-really-mean-less-congestion-for-commuters-39508 "undefined") By Matthew Beck and Michiel Bliemer in the Conversation **3\.** [**Let’s face it. There’s no perfect deal to be made with Iran.**](http://www.indystar.com/story/opinion/2015/04/09/atlas-need-realistic-iran-deal/25523967/ "undefined") By Pierre Atlas in the Indianapolis Star **4\.** [**Does more spending guarantee a better military?**](http://theweek.com/articles/549001/real-problem-conservatives-unquestioning-support-defense-spending "undefined") By Pascal-Emmanuel Gobry in the Week **5\.** [**What if we could detect some types of cancer with a simple breath test?**](http://www.bbc.com/news/health-32284633 "undefined") By Smitha Mundasad at the BBC  [_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/3821001/five-best-ideas-of-the-day-april-14/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3821001/five-best-ideas-of-the-day-april-14/"},"headline":"Five Best Ideas of the Day: April 14","datePublished":"2015-04-14T16:01:49.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T05:04:34.522Z","description":"Have Nigeria's missing schoolgirls been forced to join Boko Haram? Plus why we should be realistic about a nuclear deal with Iran and more.","url":"https://time.com/3821001/five-best-ideas-of-the-day-april-14/","keywords":["Innovation","Iran","Cancer","roads","Construction","Research","Pentagon","Traffic","Nigeria","Boko Haram"],"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/3821001/five-best-ideas-of-the-day-april-14/","name":"Five Best Ideas of the Day: April 14"}}]}] ```