--- description: This is why you can’t resist running yellow lights, are we harming our atmosphere with rocket launches and space junk and more title: Why You Can’t Resist Running Yellow Lights 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 # Why You Can’t Resist Running Yellow Lights by [The Aspen Institute](/author/the-aspen-institute/) ## The Aspen Institute Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Dec 8, 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 8, 2017 5:00 PM CUT **1\.** [**This is why you can’t resist running yellow lights.**](https://www.pbs.org/newshour/science/why-you-cant-always-resist-running-yellow-lights "undefined") By Teresa Carey at P_BS Newshour_ **2\.** [**Are we harming our atmosphere with rocket launches and space junk?**](https://www.space.com/38884-rocket-exhaust-space-junk-pollution.html "undefined") By Leonard David at _Space.com_ **3\.** [**AI could take the racial bias out of this critical medical research.**](https://www.thedailybeast.com/down-syndrome-research-has-been-racist-will-artificial-intelligence-help "undefined") By Sarah Wild in the _Daily Beast_ **4\.** [**The case for making school cafeterias more like fast-casual restaurants.**](https://civileats.com/2017/11/29/should-school-cafeterias-be-more-like-fast-casual-restaurants/ "undefined") By Steve Holt in _Civil Eats_ **5\.** [**What can modern capitalism learn from Martin Luther’s 95 theses?**](https://work.qz.com/1148497/martin-luther-and-the-future-of-capitalism/ "undefined") By Judy Samuelson in _Quartz_  [_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/5055995/why-you-cant-resist-running-yellow-lights/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5055995/why-you-cant-resist-running-yellow-lights/"},"headline":"Why You Can’t Resist Running Yellow Lights","datePublished":"2017-12-08T17:00:38.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T04:58:17.495Z","description":"These are today's best ideas","url":"https://time.com/5055995/why-you-cant-resist-running-yellow-lights/","keywords":["Five Best Ideas","Innovation","Food","Space","driving","Capitalism","AI"],"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/5055995/why-you-cant-resist-running-yellow-lights/","name":"Why You Can’t Resist Running Yellow Lights"}}]}] ```