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Italian photographer Oliviero Toscani made an exhibit about poop

Italian photographer Oliviero Toscani's "CACAS" exhibit featured animal and human excrement, challenging norms through unconventional artistic expression.

6 months ago

Why do coffee bars and bookstores make you poop?

The sudden urge to defecate when entering bookstores or libraries, is likely due to the "Mariko Aoki phenomenon".

7 months ago

Lasers captured invisible aerosol from toilet flushes

How toilet aerosol plumes may transmit diseases and how we can reduce exposure and enhance public health.

7 months ago

A toilet as a sculpture

Samuel Ross and Kohler created the "Formation 02" smart toilet, a striking orange, textured design that blurs the line between…

7 months ago

The devil’s toilet paper plant

Here is the nightmarish "devil's toilet paper plant"—the agonizingly painful Australian stinging plant called dendrocnide moroides.

7 months ago

Rethinking toilets: from utilitarian to design

The fascinating transformation of toilets from utilitarian objects to artistic expressions reflects our changing attitudes toward everyday experiences.

8 months ago

Is it possible to survive by drinking your own pee?

Guidelines on if and how to drink urine for survival, including distillation methods, while emphasizing better emergency planning.

8 months ago

5 surprising ways toilets improve life

Toilets provide health, social, and environmental benefits, keeping communities disease-free, protecting vulnerable groups, and enabling education.

8 months ago

Designers are rethinking the toilet

From dry composting toilets to wastewater recycling, the aim is to reduce water use and convert waste into renewable resources.

8 months ago

The unspoken toilet psychology

How the overlooked psychology of excretion relates to emotions, mental illness, gender, prejudice, and personality.

9 months ago