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By Apr 27, 2020
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Poop could be the key to tracking COVID-19 outbreaks

Searching wastewater for the coronavirus is fast, cheap, and anonymous.
By Sep 23, 2019
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182,000 Indians clean sewers largely by hand. These robots could help.

To transform manholes into robo-holes, the country must seek broader social change.
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Scientists are scrutinizing city sewage to study our health

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