--- description: A brain scan will be the polygraph of the future, here's a cure for the common cold and more. title: Brains Scans Will Be the Polygraph of the Future 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 # Brains Scans Will Be the Polygraph of the Future by [The Aspen Institute](/author/the-aspen-institute/) ## The Aspen Institute Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Nov 28, 2016 5:00 PM CUT by [The Aspen Institute](/author/the-aspen-institute/) ## The Aspen Institute Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Nov 28, 2016 5:00 PM CUT **1\.** [**A brain scan will be the polygraph of the future.**](http://www.uphs.upenn.edu/news/News%5FReleases/2016/11/langleben/ "undefined") By Penn Medicine **2\.** [**No, really this time, a cure for the common cold.**](http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-3959132/How-scientists-cracked-cure-COMMON-COLD-simple-nasal-spray-cutting-edge-solution-waiting-for.html "undefined") By Lucy Elkins in the Daily Mail **3\.** [**Hollywood movies dominate the box office in China. Not for long.**](http://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-towson-china-hollywood-20161125-story.html "undefined") By Jeffrey Towson in the Los Angeles Times **4\.** [**Personalized medicine is unearthing new cures and treatments. Could it work for psychiatry?**](https://www.statnews.com/2016/11/23/psychiatry-personalized-medicine/ "undefined") By Adam Chekroud in STAT **5\.** [**Is fake news protected speech? Maybe not.**](https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2016-11-23/fake-news-may-not-be-protected-speech "undefined") By Noah Feldman in Bloomberg View  [_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/4583429/brains-scans-will-be-the-polygraph-of-the-future/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4583429/brains-scans-will-be-the-polygraph-of-the-future/"},"headline":"Brains Scans Will Be the Polygraph of the Future","datePublished":"2016-11-28T17:00:52.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T04:59:17.752Z","description":"These are today's best ideas","url":"https://time.com/4583429/brains-scans-will-be-the-polygraph-of-the-future/","keywords":["Innovation","Brain","China","News","health","psychiatry"],"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/4583429/brains-scans-will-be-the-polygraph-of-the-future/","name":"Brains Scans Will Be the Polygraph of the Future"}}]}] ```