Poop
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Ancient Rome Was Infested with Human Parasites, Poop Shows
By Laura Geggel published
The Roman Empire is famous for its advanced sanitation — public baths and toilets — but human poop from the region shows that it was rife with parasites.
No Crap: Missing 'Mega Poop' Starves Earth
By Stephanie Pappas published
Earth has a poop problem. The extinction of whales and other megafauna has resulted in a shortage of mega-manure, which is essential for spreading nutrients around the globe at sea and on land.
Insect Parts and Mouse Poop: Gross Things in Your Food
By Cari Nierenberg published
The FDA reassures people that the allowable defects in the U.S. food supply "present no health hazards for humans." But these defects still seem pretty gross.
What Your Poop Says About Your Lifestyle
By Agata Blaszczak-Boxe published
The poop of people living in modernized countries differs from that of people who live in nonindustrialized countries in a key way, researchers say.
Medieval Parasite-Filled Poop Found in Jerusalem Latrine
By Laura Geggel published
The excavation of a roughly 500-year-old latrine in Jerusalem has uncovered thousands of eggs from human parasites, including some that may have come from Northern Europe, a new study finds.
Solid Gold: Poop Could Yield Precious Metals
By Megan Gannon published
Instead of flushing millions down the toilet, we could be mining our poop for gold.
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