--- title: Five Best: How We Can Preserve Musical Biodiversity description: How we can preserve the world’s rich musical biodiversity, could we really be hailing flying taxis in ten years and more. canonical: https://time.com/4931515/how-we-can-preserve-musical-biodiversity/ author: TIME article:opinion: true article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-09-07T16:00:51.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-05-11T04:58:31.151Z article:section: Ideas og:title: How We Can Preserve Musical Biodiversity og:description: And four more of today's best ideas og:url: https://time.com/4931515/how-we-can-preserve-musical-biodiversity/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: How We Can Preserve Musical Biodiversity twitter:description: And four more of today's best ideas twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # How We Can Preserve Musical Biodiversity by [The Aspen Institute](https://time.com/author/the-aspen-institute/) ## The Aspen Institute Sep 7, 2017 4:00 PM UTC by [The Aspen Institute](https://time.com/author/the-aspen-institute/) ## The Aspen Institute Sep 7, 2017 4:00 PM UTC **1\.** [**This is how we can preserve the world’s rich musical biodiversity.**](http://www.folklife.si.edu/talkstory/sound-futures-understanding-musical-ecosystems-as-a-key-to-sustainability) By Huib Schippers in _Smithsonian Folklife Magazine_ **2\.** [**Could we really be hailing flying taxis in ten years?**](https://qz.com/1069714/tencent-the-owner-of-wechat-is-leading-the-latest-investment-in-an-uber-style-flying-taxi-network/) By Karen Hao in _Quartz_ **3\.** [**This cancer-detecting pen could give doctor’s real-time help to remove the full tumor.**](https://www.statnews.com/2017/09/06/masspec-pen-cancer/) By Kate Sheridan in _STAT News_ **4\.** [**The war in Afghanistan might not be effective, but for some, it’s profitable.**](https://psmag.com/news/the-war-in-afghanistan-profitable-for-some) By Catherine Lutz in _Pacific Standard_ **5\.** [**As a new football season begins, the race is on to find a ‘concussion pill.’**](http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2728620-the-race-is-on-for-a-concussion-pill-as-new-nfl-season-begins) By Mike Tanier in _Bleacher Report_  [_The Aspen Institute_](http://www.aspeninstitute.org/) _is an educational and policy studies organization based in Washington, D.C._ ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"OpinionNewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4931515/how-we-can-preserve-musical-biodiversity/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4931515/how-we-can-preserve-musical-biodiversity/"},"headline":"How We Can Preserve Musical Biodiversity","datePublished":"2017-09-07T16:00:51.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T04:58:31.151Z","description":"These are today's best ideas","url":"https://time.com/4931515/how-we-can-preserve-musical-biodiversity/","keywords":["Five Best Ideas","Afghanistan","Innovation","Music","Cancer","Football","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/five-best-ideas/","name":"Five Best Ideas"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4931515/how-we-can-preserve-musical-biodiversity/","name":"How We Can Preserve Musical Biodiversity"}}]}] ```