Five Best Ideas of the Day: October 10, 2016

Have Americans forgotten how to talk to each other?

Steven Petrow in the Washington Post
This is a better way to care for infants born into drug withdrawal.

Christine Vestal in the Pew Charitable Trust’s StateLine
Get science education out of the classroom.

Amanda Giracca in Orion
Minority and low-income communities need cleaner air.

Georges C. Benjamin in the Huffington Post
This bike lane glows in the dark.

Monika Kozub in Next Nature