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What It’s Like to Swim Through Poop All Day at Work

Being a professional sewage diver is not as smelly as you'd think.

A Smart Pill Could Study Your Farts Before You Release Them

Hey, it's better than a rectal catheter.

Doctors Are Testing Freeze-Dried Poop Pills to Treat Obesity

Dieting may not work, but someone else’s poop could.

How Much Does a Fart Weigh?

Science has given us an idea of the volume of our toots.

Cockroaches Can Communicate Through Gut Bacteria

The cockroach microbiome is responsible for the insects’ ability to find friends, a new study finds.

Rare European Dung Beetle Found Living in Cow Poop

Aphodius affinis beetles inhabit cow pies on the island of Jersey.

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Seabird Poop Carries Ocean Pollution Ashore

The birds eat our garbage, then return to shore to do their business.

Dinosaur nest found in South Africa, Daderot via Wikimedia Commons // CC0 1.0

6 Types of Fascinating Trace Fossils You Can Visit

Most fossils reveal an animal's death—these reveal its life.

Why Is Poop Brown?

There’s a lot of stuff in your poop that your body can’t digest or doesn't need. Food comes in all kinds of colors, but poop usually comes out brown.

Megan Murphy, Smithsonian's National Zoo

Poop-Eating Naked Mole Rats Get Suckered Into Babysitting

Hormones in the queen rats’ poop may turn their subordinates into willing babysitters.

Are Squat Toilets Better for Your Health?

Proponents of squatting say seated pooping is hazardous to your health.

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Poop-Like Plant Tricks Dung Beetles Into Burying Its Seeds

Looking like crap isn’t always a bad thing.

Chris Wood and Nicola Fawcett, Creative Commons

Elevating Poop Science to an Art

A microbiologist paints beautiful botanical vignettes using gut bacteria.

Where Does Astronaut Poop End Up?

It burns up in the atmosphere like a fecal shooting star.

Check Your Email in the Bathroom? You're Not the Only One

According to Adobe, 42 percent of Americans do it.

Want To Talk To Fellow Poopers While You Go? There's An App For That

There's a new social networking app for chatting with strangers on the toilet around the world.

Pooping on Airplanes Could Contribute to Public Health Research

Scientists are analyzing toilet waste from long-distance flights to learn about international differences in the microbiome.

Why Do Dogs Eat Poop?

Fine fecal dining, explained.

15 Ways to Profit From Poop

Stop flushing money down the toilet.

Why Are Public Toilet Seats U-Shaped?

Plumbing codes require u-shaped toilets for hygienic reasons.

How Bird Poop Nearly Destroyed California's Power Grid

Poop can conduct electricity. This is never a good thing.

The Floating Poop Mystery That Has Haunted NASA Since 1969

The astronauts on NASA’s Apollo 10 mission in May 1969 paved the way for a pivotal moment in human history. But in the process, they introduced an entirely new kind of space exploration mystery.

Your best bet is to embrace the baldness.

12 of History’s Most Bizarre Baldness Cures

From herb and fat concoctions to various forms of animal poop potions, here are some historical hair loss remedies you probably don't want to slather on your head.

Do Fetuses Go to the Bathroom in the Womb?

A couple of months into their development, fetuses begin peeing freely into the amniotic fluid that surrounds them in the womb.