--- description: Is there an environmental case for genetic engineering, our understanding of ‘emotional intelligence’ needs a rewrite and more. title: There’s an Environmental Case for Genetic Engineering 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 # There’s an Environmental Case for Genetic Engineering by [The Aspen Institute](/author/the-aspen-institute/) ## The Aspen Institute Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Aug 7, 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 Aug 7, 2017 4:00 PM CUT **1\.** [**Is there an environmental case for genetic engineering?**](https://e360.yale.edu/features/should-new-genetic-engineering-be-used-as-a-conservation-tool "undefined") By Richard Conniff in _Yale Environment 360_ **2\.** [**Our understanding of ‘emotional intelligence’ needs a rewrite.**](http://nautil.us/issue/51/limits/emotional-intelligence-needs-a-rewrite "undefined") By Lisa Feldman Barrett in _Nautilus_ **3\.** [**Doctors and insurers are looking harder at non-health factors to help patients — and it’s working.**](http://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2017/08/04/539757759/your-zip-code-can-be-as-important-to-health-as-your-genetic-code "undefined") By Kristian Foden-Vencil at _NPR_ **4\.** [**This new catalyst could vastly simplify drawing clean hydrogen power from water.**](http://news.rice.edu/2017/07/26/triple-layer-catalyst-does-double-duty/ "undefined") By _Rice University_ **5\.** [**Could the so-called love hormone fight PTSD?**](http://www.ozy.com/rising-stars/could-the-love-hormone-help-with-ptsd-she-wants-to-find-out/79839 "undefined") By Melissa Pandika in _Ozy_  [_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/4889615/theres-an-environmental-case-for-genetic-engineering/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4889615/theres-an-environmental-case-for-genetic-engineering/"},"headline":"There’s an Environmental Case for Genetic Engineering","datePublished":"2017-08-07T16:00:57.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T04:58:36.553Z","description":"These are today's best ideas","url":"https://time.com/4889615/theres-an-environmental-case-for-genetic-engineering/","keywords":["Five Best Ideas","Innovation","PTSD","health","Science"],"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/4889615/theres-an-environmental-case-for-genetic-engineering/","name":"There’s an Environmental Case for Genetic Engineering"}}]}] ```