Michael McCutcheon

Two companies are battling it out for the best burger chain in America. One is a family enterprise. The other is a $2.9 billion public company. In the coming years, things could really heat up between America's two "fast casual" burger chains:…

Autism is a buzzword surrounded by a slew of misconceptions. Young people with autism are far more likely to be misunderstood and bullied in school. They often end up being caricatured through Rain Man-like Hollywood stereotypes. And the narrative…

The scale of the universe is almost beyond our imagination. The universe keeps expanding (at 42.5 miles per second per megaparsec), and we constantly form new hypotheses about how it was created and what will happen next. Our farthest space probe…

People rarely think about their waste beyond the curb, and it's leading us to a dark place. Experts warn that waste poses a major threat to our environment and health. While much of it ends up in regulated landfills around the world, much of it does…

Earlier this month, the Internet freaked out when a new species of frog was discovered that looked just like Kermit. This discovery proves that even in 2015, there's still a lot of mystery left in the world. We discover 15,000 to 20,000 new species…

Tequila is like the Champagne of liquor. The blue agave plants that go into tequila sprout from the rich soil of certain areas in Mexico. The liquor is known to give many the night of their lives, along with a morning of terrible headaches and a day…

Last week, Pope Francis and church officials encouraged everyone to consume less and think more about our impact on the environment. It's a timely warning because the next six months will be critical to our future. Ahead of a series of major events…

Pop quiz: Which of these activities is the most dangerous? Judging from the overwhelming extent to which marijuana is regulated by our government — we arrest more than 700,000 people for marijuana possession and spend $3.6 billion enforcing those…

You've probably never been to a restaurant quite like this before. Karma Kitchen is shaking up the restaurant business with a radical approach to paying for your meal. The idea is simple: Pay it forward. Customers don't pay for themselves, they pay…

The only people who support marijuana are lazy stoners who want to legalize it because it's cool and rebellious, right? Nope. Legalizing marijuana is having a transformative impact in places like Colorado and Washington, and the drug has been…

Pit bulls are perhaps the most misunderstood dog in America, and one pit bull and her owner are on a mission to change that. The public perception continues to be that pit bulls are innately aggressive killers — a stereotype that has driven cities…

The only way to be successful in life is to play it straight and narrow. Just hard work. No funny business. And certainly no marijuana. Everyone knows you should never smoke weed if you want to be successful in life. Do you want to run a hit TV…

With 4/20 upon us, it's time for us to finally admit it: Marijuana legalization would be the worst thing to happen to America. First off, it has turned places like Colorado and Washington state into total hellscapes. But even more than that, smoking…

The best way to solve a problem is to make it illegal. It works with everything: underage drinking, marijuana use, speeding, consuming too much trans fat. Now, there's a growing wave of cities across America applying the same logic to chronic…

Now that a woman is in the race for president, pundits can start talking about the important stuff, like their hairstyles and pantsuits. The reality is there isn't any need to ask women candidates about their experience or views on the issues,…

There's a rash spreading across America, and we need to make sure every state gets it: new legislation that forces people on welfare to be drug-tested. It's common sense. Everyone knows that beneficiaries of the Temporary Assistance for Needy…

In a recent interview with Vice News, President Barack Obama encouraged millennials to drop marijuana legalization from their list of priorities. Hard as it may be to admit, Obama is a total sage. Marijuana legalization may seem like the cool thing…

'Chances are you saw the headlines on Wednesday: "Casual marijuana use linked to brain changes," "Marijuana re-shapes brains of users, study claims" or "Casual marijuana use may damage your brain." Oh my god, marijuana is bad for my brain! Not so…

An agency born out of the Cold War may one day save our lives. This is the incredible story of NASA, an agency that has revolutionized our understanding of Earth and our place in the galaxy. It embodies the trait that has made us the most advanced…