In the wild, sloths are no lazier than the average teenager. The average day of the average sloth isn't so different from yours or mine, it seems. It goes something like this: 8 a.m.: wake up; 6 p ...

We’re not slothful – we’re just misunderstood! Evolutionary secrets of the mammals appearing lazy in order to survive. William Hartston uncovers the history of sloths in a fascinating new book ...

Steve Forbes and Brian Wesbury discuss the misplaced assumptions about American consumption. Steve Forbes: There's a myth that we're a nation binging on consumption. You make the point, "No, if ...

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And three-toed sloths may be the most slothful of them all: A species of the animal has a field metabolic rate that is the lowest ever recorded for any mammal in the world.

In a week that had too much tragedy and evil, we found some unwitting levity from an NPR segment in which "Morning Edition" host David Greene interviewed science correspondent Shankar Vedantam ...

I am a slothful pray-er. At Mass I pray standing up, kneeling or sitting along with the flock. But at home I seem to pray more earnestly—in a prone position. Sheer laziness, probably, but I ...

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