--- description: The gym improves one place you wouldn't expect, the case for open borders and more. title: The Gym Improves One Place You Wouldn’t Expect 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 Gym Improves One Place You Wouldn’t Expect by [The Aspen Institute](/author/the-aspen-institute/) ## The Aspen Institute Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Dec 5, 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 Dec 5, 2017 5:00 PM CUT **1\.** [**The gym improves one place you wouldn’t expect: your mouth.**](http://www.ozy.com/acumen/go-to-the-gym-your-gums-will-thank-you/79401 "undefined") By Sushmita Pathak in _Ozy_ **2\.** [**The case for open borders.**](https://daily.jstor.org/case-open-borders/ "undefined") By Farah Mohammed in _JSTOR Daily_ **3\.** [**Your brain is your phone.**](https://howwegettonext.com/your-brain-is-your-phone-ab850d67fe3f "undefined") By Kieran Yates in _How We Get to Next_ **4\.** [**Tattoos may be the future of medicine.**](https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2017/09/harvard-researchers-help-develop-smart-tattoos/ "undefined") By Alvin Powell in the _Harvard Gazette_ **5\.** [**Severe burn patients now have new hope thanks to a cutting-edge procedure.**](https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/massive-skin-replacement-saves-childs-life/ "undefined") By Karen Weintraub in _Scientific American_  [_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/5049689/the-gym-improves-one-place-you-wouldnt-expect/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5049689/the-gym-improves-one-place-you-wouldnt-expect/"},"headline":"The Gym Improves One Place You Wouldn’t Expect","datePublished":"2017-12-05T17:00:05.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T04:58:17.893Z","description":"These are today's best ideas","url":"https://time.com/5049689/the-gym-improves-one-place-you-wouldnt-expect/","keywords":["Five Best Ideas","Innovation","Smartphones","Immigration","health","tattoos"],"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/5049689/the-gym-improves-one-place-you-wouldnt-expect/","name":"The Gym Improves One Place You Wouldn’t Expect"}}]}] ```