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The surprising link between caterpillar poop and our climate

The surprising link between caterpillar poop and our climate

By Elana Spivack

Roomba robot vacuum and pets.

The newest Roomba is finally smart enough to avoid pet poop

By Colleen Hagerty

Millennium- old poop reveals the surprising diversity of our ancestors’ microbiomes

This rocket launched from Pad-0A at NASA's Wallops Flight Facility (Virginia) on Jan. 9, 2014, and also performed a resupply to the ISS—though it did not carry new toilet hardware.

International Space Station

Watch live as NASA launches a $23 million toilet into space

By Rachael Zisk

a woman sits in a metal box while a man speaks to her

The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week

This scientist thought he’d found the source of all sexual energy

By Popular Science Team

A kitten in a litter box.

Toilet training your cat isn’t as great as it sounds

By Candice Wang

public bathroom

You probably won’t get COVID-19 from flushing the toilet

wastewater treatment facility

Poop could be the key to tracking COVID-19 outbreaks

By Kate Baggaley

An elephant causing chaos inside a restaurant

The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week

How much acid should you give an elephant? These scientists learned the hard way.

By Popular Science Team

Illustration of a box of wild animal poop.

Eleven animals you can identify by their poop

By Bill Heavey/Field & Stream

pottery showing athletes jumping

The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week

Ancient athletes did something truly shocking with their genitals

By Popular Science Team

The weirdest things we learned this week: Pooping magic rocks, how we ruined bison, and lies you’ve been told about the common cold

The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week

The weirdest things we learned this week: Pooping magic rocks, how we ruined bison, and lies you’ve been told about the common cold

By Popular Science Team

The weirdest things we learned this week: 10k steps a day is totally made up and Charmin knows exactly how you poop

The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week

The weirdest things we learned this week: 10k steps a day is totally made up and Charmin knows exactly how you poop

By Popular Science Team

Check out the year’s best research on cube-shaped poop, magnetic cockroaches, and toasty scrotums

Check out the year’s best research on cube-shaped poop, magnetic cockroaches, and toasty scrotums

The inside scoop on Charmin’s fake poop (and how it helps keep your butt clean)

The inside scoop on Charmin’s fake poop (and how it helps keep your butt clean)

By Rachel Feltman

These toilets use worms to compost your poop, and they are our future

These toilets use worms to compost your poop, and they are our future

A new species of superbug is emerging—and it loves when you eat sugar

The weirdest things we learned this week: Nazis ate camel poop and pregnancy tests spread a fungal plague

The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week

The weirdest things we learned this week: Nazis ate camel poop and pregnancy tests spread a fungal plague

By Popular Science Team

Two kids in a swimming pool full of bacteria

Swimming pools are full of poop, but they probably won’t make you sick

By Sara Chodosh

What to know about fecal transplants in the wake of the first death

What to know about fecal transplants in the wake of the first death

By Sara Chodosh

11 stories about poop to fix your crappy day

11 stories about poop to fix your crappy day

By Rachel Feltman

The world secretly runs on hippo poop

The world secretly runs on hippo poop

By Eleanor Cummins

At the height of the Peruvian guano boom, people mined poop instead of gold

At the height of the Peruvian guano boom, people mined poop instead of gold

By Alice Outwater

Finding the world’s super poopers could save a lot of butts

Finding the world’s super poopers could save a lot of butts

By Dana G. Smith

Ancient poop is helping archaeologists understand a midwestern city’s demise

Ancient poop is helping archaeologists understand a midwestern city’s demise

By Kaitlin Sullivan

a drawing on a chalkboard of intestines with bacteria inside

Scientists think they’ve found 1,952 new species living in our poop

a man wearing a face mask and holding some tubes

International Space Station

A leaky toilet on the International Space Station is about as fun as it sounds

By Neel V. Patel

a naked mole rat braces itself inside a tube

9 jaw-dropping facts about naked mole rats to celebrate the bloody ascent of their new queen

By Rachel Feltman

We finally know how wombats poop cubes

We finally know how wombats poop cubes

Do plants poop?

Do plants poop?

By Jenny Morber

There’s plastic in your poop, but we have no idea how dangerous that is

There’s plastic in your poop, but we have no idea how dangerous that is

By Sara Chodosh

During a hurricane, where does all the pig poop go? Into your water.

During a hurricane, where does all the pig poop go? Into your water.

a many trying to sleep

The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week

The weirdest things we learned this week: deadly insomnia, the prettiest poop, and emergency beekeepers

By Rachel Feltman

Illustration of mice astronauts in a spaceship.

Mouse poop might get humans to Mars

By Erin Blakemore

two kids stare down into a pool

The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week

The weirdest things we learned this week: skin-peeling soup, secret drug toilets, and a chlorinated ocean

By Rachel Feltman

The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week

The weirdest things we learned this week: artistic farts, meat lozenges, and Tesla’s beloved pigeon

By Rachel Feltman

Why you should think twice before getting in a pool

Why you should think twice before getting in a pool

By Sara Chodosh

New poop sample analysis reveals interspecies monkey romance

New poop sample analysis reveals interspecies monkey romance

We’re so close with dogs, even our poop looks similar

We’re so close with dogs, even our poop looks similar

You cannot escape poop bacteria

You cannot escape poop bacteria

By Sara Chodosh

They don’t make baby poop like they did in 1926, that’s for sure. Here’s why scientists care.

They don’t make baby poop like they did in 1926, that’s for sure. Here’s why scientists care.

By Claire Maldarelli

Pooping on a mountain is even more complicated than it sounds

Pooping on a mountain is even more complicated than it sounds

By Rachel Feltman

puppy going potty

Not all dogs eat poop, but the ones that do like it fresh

By Jacqueline Boyd/The Conversation

We might need to turn our poop into food to survive in space

We might need to turn our poop into food to survive in space

By Rachel Feltman

This tiny shark eats grass and it’s doing just fine

This tiny shark eats grass and it’s doing just fine

By Kate Baggaley

All the cool new friends you’ll meet when you drink raw water

All the cool new friends you’ll meet when you drink raw water

By Rachel Feltman

Dinosaur poops show that even herbivores ate shellfish

Dinosaur poops show that even herbivores ate shellfish

By Sara Chodosh

PETA thinks vegans should donate their poop to those in need

PETA thinks vegans should donate their poop to those in need

By Rachel Feltman

To save endangered whales, look to the poop

Endangered Species

To save endangered whales, look to the poop

By Kate Baggaley

Scientists are scrutinizing city sewage to study our health

Scientists are scrutinizing city sewage to study our health

By Kate Baggaley

Pandas, which are basically giant poop machines, may inadvertently help save other species

Pandas, which are basically giant poop machines, may inadvertently help save other species

By Rachel Feltman

Yorkshire terrier pooping

All mammals poop in 12 seconds and there’s an equation for the ‘duration of diarrheal defecation’

By Sara Chodosh

megaliner cruise ship

Where does the poop go?: The hidden machines of cruise ships

By Amy Schellenbaum

These monkeys avoid sick friends by sniffing their poo

These monkeys avoid sick friends by sniffing their poo

By Rachel Feltman

Could you fertilize Martian crops with human poop?

Could you fertilize Martian crops with human poop?

By Michael Koziol

Bluebirds’ poop proves their value to California vineyards

Bluebirds’ poop proves their value to California vineyards

By Mary Beth Griggs

Bird poop might help keep the Arctic cool

Bird poop might help keep the Arctic cool

By Rachel Feltman

Roads Paved With Pig Manure Could Mean A Cleaner Future

Roads Paved With Pig Manure Could Mean A Cleaner Future

By Mary Beth Griggs

Pandas Might Be Painfully Pooping Out Their Gut Lining Each Year

By Kate Baggaley

Can You Get Diseases From Bad Bathroom Smells?

Can You Get Diseases From Bad Bathroom Smells?

By PopSci Editors

Scientist Gives Himself Fecal Transplant To Try A Hunter-Gatherer’s Microbiome

Scientist Gives Himself Fecal Transplant To Try A Hunter-Gatherer’s Microbiome

How Gorilla Poop Could Help Stop Ebola

How Gorilla Poop Could Help Stop Ebola

By Lois Parshley

You Can Own The Longest Piece Of Fossilized Feces Ever Sold

You Can Own The Longest Piece Of Fossilized Feces Ever Sold

By Alexandra Ossola

FYI: Why Do I Poop More When I Have My Period?

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FYI: Why Do I Poop More When I Have My Period?

By Francie Diep