--- description: The expiration date might be a myth for many medicines, this sophisticated imaging technique can spot heart disease before it hurts and more. title: The Expiration Date May Be a Myth for Some Medications 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 # The Expiration Date May Be a Myth for Some Medications by [The Aspen Institute](/author/the-aspen-institute/) ## The Aspen Institute Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jul 20, 2017 4:00 PM CUT by [The Aspen Institute](/author/the-aspen-institute/) ## The Aspen Institute Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jul 20, 2017 4:00 PM CUT **1\.** [**For many medicines, the expiration date might be a myth.**](https://www.propublica.org/article/the-myth-of-drug-expiration-dates "undefined") By Marshall Allen in _ProPublica_ **2\.** [**This sophisticated imaging technique can spot heart disease before it hurts.**](http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/d-brief/2017/07/12/heart-disease-imaging/ "undefined") By Nathaniel Scharping in _Discover_ **3\.** [**Babies can learn a new language in just an hour a day.**](https://www.washington.edu/news/2017/07/17/bilingual-babies-study-shows-how-exposure-to-a-foreign-language-ignites-infants-learning/ "undefined") By Deborah Bach at the _University of Washington_ **4\.** [**To get people thinking about where food comes from, this floating forest is cruising around New York.**](https://www.theverge.com/2017/7/12/15949842/swale-floating-food-forest-barge-foraging-new-york-bronx "undefined") By Alessandra Potenza in the _Verge_ **5\.** [**Nuclear weapons changed the face of war. AI could do it again.**](https://www.wired.com/story/ai-could-revolutionize-war-as-much-as-nukes/ "undefined") By Tom Simonite in _Wired_  [_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/4866229/the-expiration-date-may-be-a-myth-for-some-medications/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4866229/the-expiration-date-may-be-a-myth-for-some-medications/"},"headline":"The Expiration Date May Be a Myth for Some Medications","datePublished":"2017-07-20T16:00:51.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T04:58:39.898Z","description":"These are today's best ideas","url":"https://time.com/4866229/the-expiration-date-may-be-a-myth-for-some-medications/","keywords":["Five Best Ideas","medicine","Innovation","Food","Heart Disease","language","AI"],"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/4866229/the-expiration-date-may-be-a-myth-for-some-medications/","name":"The Expiration Date May Be a Myth for Some Medications"}}]}] ```