Now that millionaire space tourist Dennis Tito has officially announced his intention to send a man and a woman on a round-trip journey to Mars in 2018
Manned Mars mission plans include a radiation shield made of poop
Rosacea could be caused by mites unleashing feces inside your pores
Holy crap. File this away under things you desperately wish you could un-know: lurking in your pores right now are tiny bugs, closely related to spiders, that live off your facial oils. Usually, these bugs are harmless, but harbor too many of them and their tendency to die and decompose while they're inside you becomes …
This is what blue whale poop looks like from an airplane. Tremble.
The average blue whale is approximately the length of three school buses. Heck, even a newborn calf is 23 feet long at birth. And do you see that horrific orange streak trailing behind those whales above? Yup, that's a big load of whale feces, an oceanic skidmark maybe the length of a few Volvos.
10 Surprising Things That Bacteria Like to Eat
You've probably heard of necrotizing fasciitis
Bacteria colors your poop to diagnose what ails you
What if diagnosing salmonella or colorectal cancer was as easy as looking in the toilet? Scientists and designers are collaborating to create a new type of bacteria that beautifies your fecal matter while diagnosing your illness.
Sperm whales' doo-doo keeps their carbon footprint in check
Every year, the average sperm whale poops out 50 metric tons of iron, an amount equal to 30.3 2009 Hyundai Accents. These ferrous feces nourish phytoplankton at the ocean's surface, which in turn absorb CO2 for photosynthesis.
Where Does The Poop Go?
Since we were old enough to flush, we have been amazed by the miracle of sewage. How disorienting and constipating to learn that this miracle is not quite a miracle, per se. London-based science journalist Rose George's book about the subject, The Big Necessity: The Unmentionable World of Human Waste and Why It Matters
