&gt; I find these magazine-style articles that start with waffle instead of the conclusion very frustrating!<p>Imagine there was a rule that popular-press science articles were required to have an abstract that candidly summarized the article:<p>Title: &quot;Is there life elsewhere in the universe?&quot;<p>Abstract: &quot;We have no idea, and this article doesn&#x27;t change the status quo.&quot;