--- description: Your gut bacteria might help protect you from high blood pressure, how high schools are letting down students with disabilities and more. title: Your Gut Bacteria Might Protect You From High Blood Pressure 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 # Your Gut Bacteria Might Protect You From High Blood Pressure by [The Aspen Institute](/author/the-aspen-institute/) ## The Aspen Institute Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Nov 16, 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 Nov 16, 2017 5:00 PM CUT **1\.** [**Your gut bacteria might help protect you from high blood pressure.**](http://news.mit.edu/2017/gut-microbes-can-protect-against-high-blood-pressure-1115 "undefined") By Anne Trafton at _MIT News_ **2\.** [**Graduating to the couch: How high schools are letting down students with disabilities.**](http://hechingerreport.org/vast-majority-students-disabilities-dont-get-college-degree/ "undefined") By Jackie Mader and Sarah Butrymowicz in the _Hechinger Report_ **3\.** [**Google and Facebook are bringing back an old tradition: the company town.**](https://medium.com/cxo-magazine/google-and-facebook-are-building-the-ultimate-perk-housing-3ec8ba3c4f6b "undefined") By Luke Stangel in _CXO Magazine_ **4\.** [**We’re learning more about the importance of a diverse teaching force.**](https://www.brookings.edu/research/the-importance-of-a-diverse-teaching-force/ "undefined") By David Figlio at the _Brookings Institution_ **5\.** [**To catch poachers and save the species, decoy sea turtle eggs are getting a GPS upgrade.**](https://www.fastcompany.com/40492542/these-fake-gps-implanted-sea-turtle-eggs-will-help-track-poachers "undefined") By Adele Peters in _Fast Company_  [_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/5027395/your-gut-bacteria-might-protect-you-from-high-blood-pressure/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5027395/your-gut-bacteria-might-protect-you-from-high-blood-pressure/"},"headline":"Your Gut Bacteria Might Protect You From High Blood Pressure","datePublished":"2017-11-16T17:00:47.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T04:58:20.433Z","description":"These are today's best ideas","url":"https://time.com/5027395/your-gut-bacteria-might-protect-you-from-high-blood-pressure/","keywords":["Five Best Ideas","Social Media","Environment","Innovation","Education","health","teaching"],"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/5027395/your-gut-bacteria-might-protect-you-from-high-blood-pressure/","name":"Your Gut Bacteria Might Protect You From High Blood Pressure"}}]}] ```