Why does poop attract flies?

6 days ago
Dan Brokenhouse

The intriguing truth behind the age-old saying "flies on poop" and why flies find excrement so irresistibly delicious and beneficial.

Why do coffee bars and bookstores make you poop?

2 weeks ago

The sudden urge to defecate when entering bookstores or libraries, is likely due to the "Mariko Aoki phenomenon".

Lasers captured invisible aerosol from toilet flushes

3 weeks ago

How toilet aerosol plumes may transmit diseases and how we can reduce exposure and enhance public health.

A toilet as a sculpture

4 weeks ago

Samuel Ross and Kohler created the "Formation 02" smart toilet, a striking orange, textured design that blurs the line between…

The devil’s toilet paper plant

1 month ago

Here is the nightmarish "devil's toilet paper plant"—the agonizingly painful Australian stinging plant called dendrocnide moroides.

Rethinking toilets: from utilitarian to design

1 month ago

The fascinating transformation of toilets from utilitarian objects to artistic expressions reflects our changing attitudes toward everyday experiences.

Is it possible to survive by drinking your own pee?

2 months ago

Guidelines on if and how to drink urine for survival, including distillation methods, while emphasizing better emergency planning.

5 surprising ways toilets improve life

2 months ago

Toilets provide health, social, and environmental benefits, keeping communities disease-free, protecting vulnerable groups, and enabling education.

Designers are rethinking the toilet

2 months ago

From dry composting toilets to wastewater recycling, the aim is to reduce water use and convert waste into renewable resources.

The unspoken toilet psychology

2 months ago

How the overlooked psychology of excretion relates to emotions, mental illness, gender, prejudice, and personality.

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