--- description: Is Uber doomed, cosmic rays could be why your phone is on the fritz and more. title: Uber Could Be Doomed 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 * [Five Best Ideas](/tag/five-best-ideas/) ## Five Best Ideas Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Uber Could Be Doomed by [The Aspen Institute](/author/the-aspen-institute/) ## The Aspen Institute Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Feb 27, 2017 5:00 PM CUT by [The Aspen Institute](/author/the-aspen-institute/) ## The Aspen Institute Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Feb 27, 2017 5:00 PM CUT **1\.** [**Is Uber doomed?**](http://jalopnik.com/uber-is-doomed-1792634203 "undefined") By Ryan Felton in _Jalopnik_ **2\.** [**Cosmic rays could be why your phone is on the fritz.**](https://cosmosmagazine.com/physics/did-space-weather-just-fritz-your-phone "undefined") By James Mitchell Crow in _Cosmos_ **3\.** [**Your high cholesterol may be genetic — and we might have a way to reverse it.**](https://www.newscientist.com/article/2120369-injection-could-permanently-lower-cholesterol-by-changing-dna/ "undefined") By Michael Le Page in _New Scientist_ **4\.** [**Would you want a dog that was genetically engineered to be healthier?**](https://singularityhub.com/2017/02/26/would-you-want-a-dog-that-was-genetically-engineered-to-be-healthier/ "undefined") By Vanessa Bates Ramirez in _Singularity Hub_ **5\.** [**Kids thrive on feedback — but not necessarily praise. Are we spoiling them?**](https://daily.jstor.org/are-we-spoiling-our-kids-with-too-much-praise/ "undefined") By Joanna Pocock in _JSTOR Daily_  [_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/4683947/uber-could-be-doomed/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4683947/uber-could-be-doomed/"},"headline":"Uber Could Be Doomed","datePublished":"2017-02-27T17:00:32.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T04:59:02.057Z","description":"These are today's best ideas","url":"https://time.com/4683947/uber-could-be-doomed/","keywords":["Five Best Ideas","Children","Innovation","Dogs","health","Phones","Uber"],"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/five-best-ideas/","name":"Five Best Ideas"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4683947/uber-could-be-doomed/","name":"Uber Could Be Doomed"}}]}] ```