--- --- # Congress Should Let Diplomacy Work in Cuba by [The Aspen Institute](https://time.com/author/the-aspen-institute/) ## The Aspen Institute Aug 14, 2015 4:01 PM UTC by [The Aspen Institute](https://time.com/author/the-aspen-institute/) ## The Aspen Institute Aug 14, 2015 4:01 PM UTC **1\.** [**The embassy is open. Now let diplomacy work in Cuba.**](http://www.bloombergview.com/articles/2015-08-14/kerry-s-cuba-trip-should-be-a-wake-up-call-for-congress) By the Editors of Bloomberg View **2\.** [**Here’s the best way bioethicists can promote innovation: Get out of the way.**](https://www.bostonglobe.com/opinion/2015/07/31/the-moral-imperative-for-bioethics/JmEkoyzlTAu9oQV76JrK9N/story.html) By Steven Pinker in the Boston Globe **3\.** [**This smart pen could change how we diagnose brain function.**](http://newsoffice.mit.edu/2015/could-pen-change-how-we-diagnose-brain-function-0813) By Adam Conner-Simons at MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab **4\.** [**With drones and data, Pompeii is reborn.**](http://www.worldcrunch.com/tech-science/revisiting-pompeii-with-drones-algorithms-and-super-processors/c4s19369/) By Yann Verdo in Worldcrunch **5\.** [**Could America cope with a resurgence of tropical disease here?**](http://mosaicscience.com/story/america-tropical-disease) By Carrie Arnold in Mosaic  [_The Aspen Institute_](http://www.aspeninstitute.org/) _is an educational and policy studies organization based in Washington, D.C._ Congress Should Let Diplomacy Work in Cuba ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"OpinionNewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3998150/congress-should-let-diplomacy-work-in-cuba/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3998150/congress-should-let-diplomacy-work-in-cuba/"},"headline":"Congress Should Let Diplomacy Work in Cuba","datePublished":"2015-08-14T16:01:43.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T05:02:02.585Z","description":"These are today's best ideas","url":"https://time.com/3998150/congress-should-let-diplomacy-work-in-cuba/","keywords":["Innovation","Cuba topic","Alzheimer's","Biotech","outbreak"],"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/3998150/congress-should-let-diplomacy-work-in-cuba/","name":"Congress Should Let Diplomacy Work in Cuba"}}]}] ```