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Elephant poop paper

Explore how the innovative, eco-friendly, and sustainable elephant poop paper is produced in Sri Lanka.

7 days ago

‘Pee-stained’ jeans

A fashion brand sells $600 jeans purposely designed to look pee-stained. Will this start a new trend for fashion?

2 weeks ago

Why does poop attract flies?

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

3 weeks ago

Why do coffee bars and bookstores make you poop?

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

4 weeks ago

Lasers captured invisible aerosol from toilet flushes

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

1 month ago

A toilet as a sculpture

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

1 month ago

The devil’s toilet paper plant

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

2 months ago

Rethinking toilets: from utilitarian to design

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

2 months ago

Is it possible to survive by drinking your own pee?

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

2 months ago

5 surprising ways toilets improve life

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

2 months ago