Sewers are a great way to make pooping safe, but they’re not always the right solution because they require specific resources that many places just don’t have.

Because of the way digestion works, human poop not only contains dangerous microbes, it also contains a wide variety of other things, many of which we could potentially put to use.

Everybody pees and poops — and we know that urine and stool contain a rich source of information on our health, says data detective Newsha Ghaeli. Exploring the growing field of wastewater epidemiology, she shows how studying sewage can...

In 2003, Singapore's national water agency launched an unprecedented program to provide more than 50% of their nation's water supply by recycling wastewater. The program had been planned for decades to ensure the island nation never ran...

Throughout history, people have been trying to figure out how our bodies work and how to fix them when things go wrong. This has led to some ideas that, with the benefit of hindsight, seem very strange

Right now, scientists need additional COVID-19 monitoring methods. And our poops might help!

What's link between the ocean's health and our health? Marine biologist Stephen Palumbi shows how toxins at the bottom of the ocean food chain find their way into our bodies -- and tells a shocking story of toxic contamination in the...

On sunny days, citizens of ancient Rome could be found exchanging news and gossip while attending to more urgent business at the public latrines. Today, most cultures consider trips to the restroom to be a more private occasion. But even...

There’s a lot of confusion over what organic means, and food with that label might not be as healthy or environmentally friendly as you think.

The old combined sewer systems of many major cities are no match for modern storms and impermeable surfaces.

Sure, throwing grease down the drain is not great for the plumbing in your home, but it can actually cause problems on a much bigger scale in the form of FOGs - also known as fatbergs. And yes, those are as gross as they sound.

Across the world, and throughout history, different peoples have developed different ways to deal with their own waste. And while they didn’t always nail the design, their efforts to keep themselves safe have led to the thrones and...

It's easy to take waste disposal for granted, so here are six ways modern technology has made your poop safer and less... gross.

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Humans have always peed and pooped, but where it goes after we’ve done our business has changed a lot. In fact: The water you just drank may well have been a part of someone’s urine just weeks ago! SciShow explains!

Being able to use human feces as fertilizer could be really helpful for human colonies on other planets. It could also be useful for human colonies on THIS planet! And who doesn’t love recycling!?

In this video Paul Andersen explains how water quality can be degraded by pollutants. Wastewater is the main source of water pollution and can be measure using the BOD (biochemical oxygen demand). Dead zones, cultural eutrophication,...

In this video, produced for and with the Museum of Oxford, our presenter, Ben Kehoe, explores the challenges facing Oxford's residents as their city became the Royalist Capital during the English Civil War.

Howcast - Find the elevator to the Upper City in Binary Domain, the squad-based third-person shooter from Yakuza Studio.

During the building of the National Museum of African American History in Washington, D.C., engineers faced major flooding risks, especially from underground water that could have damaged the nearby Washington Monument. To protect the...

Discover how Soneva Kiri Hotel ensures a steady water supply through rainwater collection and advanced filtration systems. Learn about their eco-friendly waste water treatment that uses natural processes to recycle sewage into...

Corals all over the world are threatened by warming ocean temperatures. But 30 years of data show that reefs off the Florida Keys could protect themselves from rising temperatures if they weren’t also dealing with nutrient pollution...

How does water get polluted? Discover what water pollution means for the environment and how it affects humans. Earth Science - Human Impacts - Learning Points. Industry, agriculture and sewage all contribute to water pollution....

Most of the world's waste ends up in landfills – what effect is this having on our environment?
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