--- --- # How to Make Better Pesticides Without Chemicals by [The Aspen Institute](https://time.com/author/the-aspen-institute/) ## The Aspen Institute Mar 21, 2016 4:01 PM UTC by [The Aspen Institute](https://time.com/author/the-aspen-institute/) ## The Aspen Institute Mar 21, 2016 4:01 PM UTC **1\.** [**Who needs chemicals? Microbes — found in nature — are the new pesticides.**](http://www.wired.com/2016/03/good-riddance-chemicals-microbes-farmings-hot-new-pesticides/) By Sarah Zhang in Wired **2\.** [**What if investors could back college students like a smart investment?**](http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/a-new-spin-on-college-financing-treating-students-like-stocks/) By Laura Pappano at PBS Newshour **3\.** [**Once we’re all riding in driverless cars, we won’t need traffic lights.**](http://www.computerworld.com/article/3045942/car-tech/mit-hopes-to-eliminate-traffic-lights.html) By Lucas Mearian in Computerworld **4\.** [**Will Americans eat slaughter-free meat grown in a lab?**](http://www.huffingtonpost.in/2016/03/14/indian-american-scientist%5Fn%5F9456524.html?) By PTI in the Huffington Post India **5\.** [**Can we save the link between hard work and wealth?**](http://www.cnn.com/2016/03/18/opinions/no-financial-stability-today-conway/index.html) By Maureen Conway at CNN  [_The Aspen Institute_](http://www.aspeninstitute.org/) _is an educational and policy studies organization based in Washington, D.C._ How to Make Better Pesticides Without Chemicals ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"OpinionNewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4265794/better-pesticides-without-chemicals/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4265794/better-pesticides-without-chemicals/"},"headline":"How to Make Better Pesticides Without Chemicals","datePublished":"2016-03-21T16:01:35.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T05:00:14.949Z","description":"These are today's best ideas","url":"https://time.com/4265794/better-pesticides-without-chemicals/","keywords":["Innovation","Income Inequality","meat","Pesticides","college loans","driverless cars"],"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/4265794/better-pesticides-without-chemicals/","name":"How to Make Better Pesticides Without Chemicals"}}]}] ```