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…