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“In America, the majority of fast-food restaurants aren’t owned by the corporation itself, but by franchisees — individuals who pay for the right to use a brand name.

“Common sense” suggests that as we age, our political views tend to harden and shift to more conservative positions.

The journal Science publishes a weekly column in which scientists write about various challenges they have faced in their careers.

Note: This column was originally submitted and initially accepted for publication by an associate editor at the journal Science. After two months of work and nine revisions, it was spiked at the last moment by a senior editor.

Every decent science writer has, at some point in his or her career, been called a "corporate shill." It's a rite of passage.

There is something to reading the newspaper in the morning, with a good cup of coffee. I know the newspaper has changed, it no longer is paper, but pixels.

Humans are problem solvers. Though our species name is Homo sapiens (Latin for “wise man”), perhaps a better one would be Homo problematis solvendis (“problem solving man”).

It took me the usual three minutes to come up with these. Either 1) I'm really fast or 2) there is so much craziness out there that a stoned marmoset could have done the same job, and maybe in two minutes. I'd go with #2. 

Previous study has suggested that as the air temperature increases, so does crime.