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QUICK FACTS Name: Colugo, or Sunda flying lemur (Galeopterus variegatus). Also known as the Malayan flying lemur Where it lives: Tropical rainforests in Southeast Asia What it eats: Flowers, buds, shoots, leaves, sap and nectar Why it’s awesome: Colugos are commonly called “flying lemurs,” but the name is misleading. These nocturnal mammals look somewhat like lemurs, with small, furry faces …

It’s a girl — again! And again! Why a baby’s sex isn’t random.  The Washington Post A child’s biological sex may not always be a random 50-50 chance  Science News Your chance of having a boy or girl may not be 50/50  New Scientist Having only boys or girls sometimes runs in the family. Here’s why  BBC Science Focus Magazine Source link

The stock market isn’t waiting around for Aug. 1 to decide if tariffs will hurt consumers  MarketWatch Retail sales jumped more than expected last month  CNN Consumer Spending Is Starting to Crack. What It Means For Retail Stocks.  Barron’s US retail sales growth, steady job market bolster Fed’s rate-cut delay  Reuters Retail sales jump after spring pullback in shopping  Axios Source link

Like a lot of people, I mocked the term “friendslop” the first time that I heard it. It’s inherently funny to think of somebody getting upset about games that are made to give you an excuse to spend time with a few buddies. But as the term spread on social media, snowballing into a flurry of dunks and discourse, I …

Sign up for Big Think on Substack The most surprising and impactful new stories delivered to your inbox every week, for free. “Two souls, alas, dwell in my breast.” Like Goethe’s Doctor Faust, we all have an inner duality. Recent discoveries about the deep past of human evolution reveal that for more than a million years, humanity was divided into …

Here are some things that happen in Smurfs, the 2025 animated movie about those little blue guys called Smurfs. I could go on, but you get the idea. Smurfs is garbage. It’s a randomized assortment of Stuff That Happens in Kids’ Animated Movies, which scriptwriter Pam Brady (Hot Rod) and director Chris Miller (Shrek the Third, Puss in Boots) seem …

Mars Isn’t as Red as You Think: A Physicist Uncovers the Real Color of the Red Planet—and the Optical Illusion Fooling Us All  Energy Reporters Source link

When you try to come up with the Earth’s largest waterfall, there are a lot of factors to take into account. Some might break it down based on sheer size, the flow rate or volume of water coming through it, and more. But, if you ask the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), the answer is clear: the Denmark Cataract. …

Since my review of 150 hours spent in Starfield at launch, my opinion on the game has only soured. The added survival mechanics were of fleeting interest to me, and there are a handful of neat mods to toy with. However, nothing I’ve heard of the game’s singular expansion since its 2023 release–from the inclusion of features beyond the marginally …

It’s water under the bridge for the Mets.  Their first-round pick at No. 38 overall, Mitch Voit, was buzzworthy way before the draft for a viral celebration in March that involved pretending to snort the third base line chalk, mimicking snorting cocaine.  On Monday, Mets vice president of amateur scouting Kris Gross said they addressed the celebration with Voit in …