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Enlarge / Lactobacillus acidophilus and L. casei cultured from a commercial probiotic food gel sold in health food stores. (credit: Getty | Scimat) There’s a pungent cloud of hype and hope around probiotics—and researchers have long tried to clear the air about what the bowel-blasting products can ( and mostly can’t) do. Now, a new […]
Rat invasions ripple across an island ecosystem into places you’d never expect—including all the way into surrounding coral reefs. https://media.wired.com/photos/5b4538689c437f0b55a3383f/master/pass/bird.jpg
The University of Alberta has only seven people who are regular donors of stool. A study, led by third-year medical student Breanna McSweeney, looked at why people why people donate their fecal matter and what deters others from doing so.
No one but Keita Takahashi could make a game like Wattam. He’s known for Katamari Damacy and Noby Noby Boy, and his newest project sports his signature cheery colors, goofy sense of humor, and playful mechanics. Even though it might appear as friendly chaos, it’s not all random — Takahashi created it with a reason in mind. […]
Scientists have collected poop samples from over over 10,000 participants in the world’s largest crowdsourced citizen science project. The ongoing study is researching how the microbes in our gut cause disease. Microbes are responsible for breaking down the fiber in our diet and producing critical nutrients. Illnesses such as obesity, depression, liver disease, heart disease, […]
Poop Talk, loaded with renowned comedians. (credit: Copyright 2017 Comedy Dynamics and Party of Seven Entertainment) For some, a 75-minute film of famous and talented comedians letting rip a steady stream of explicit jokes and messy misadventures involving fecal matter is an easy sell. Sign me up. For others, some pushing and straining may be […]
Enlarge (credit: York Museums Trust staff) A thousand years ago, gigantic 12-foot-tall flightless birds roamed New Zealand, snacking peacefully on plants and fungi. Then humans came along. Within two hundred years, the giant moa—along with a host of their close cousins—were dead at our species’ hands. What did the world of the moa look like? […]
Enlarge / A typical bed bug aggregation showing blood-fed and unfed bed bugs and fecal spots that contain histamine (photo credit: Matt Bertone) (credit: DeVries et al.) It’s official: pooping the bed is not the worst thing you can do. Letting bedbugs do it is worse. As the creepy critters bite you while you slumber, […]
YouTube / Team Coco Comedian Nicole Byer said she found poop on her in-flight blanket while flying first-class on Delta Air Lines. She said Delta told her it may have come from a disgruntled employee. Byer said she received 600 Delta Dollars, 50,000 miles, and a refund on her ticket after reporting the incident to […]
Astronauts aboard the ISS drink recycled pee for a reason: we can only bring so much food and water to to space. Imagine how much more we need to take for that year-long journey to Mars. Since bringing more resources means higher costs — the heavier a spacecraft is, the more fuel it needs, after […]
