As Mathilde Poyet ushers me through the Global Microbiome Conservancy’s laboratory in Kiel, Germany, I’m met with all sorts of state-of-the-art equipment. It’s an impressive facility, with typical lab ...

It has been described as nutty, chocolatey, earthy and even fishy: a wildly expensive coffee that can sell for more than 100 times the price of regular brews, made from beans eaten and excreted by ...

In the wake of massive, peaceful “No Kings” protests against him and his polices, President Donald Trump responded like a mad king, disgracing the office he holds by posting an AI video showing him ...

Etelka is a post-doctoral research fellow exploring aerosol science with biology and engineering.View full profile Etelka is a post-doctoral research fellow exploring aerosol science with biology and ...

Lindsay Curtis is a health & medical writer in South Florida. She worked as a communications professional for health nonprofits and the University of Toronto’s Faculty of Medicine and Faculty of ...

You may be able to tell a lot about your health from how often you poop. “In the scientific literature, we see strong associations between bowel movement frequency abnormalities (constipation, in ...

Sherri Gordon, CLC is a certified professional life coach, author, and journalist covering health and wellness, social issues, parenting, and mental health. She also has a certificate of completion ...

Eucalyptus has toxins that babies can't digest, so moms help them out. An adult koala eats a eucalyptus leaf. Joeys can't break down the toxic, fibrous plants on their own yet. When they’re born, ...

Scientists fighting the ever-growing threat posed by antibiotic-resistant 'superbugs' are increasingly confident that they might have found a solution – in pills of poo. And, if preliminary trials are ...

When we dreamt of a magic pill that could cure anything, we weren’t thinking of poo pills — also known as “crapsules.” But these little capsules packed with freeze-dried fecal matter have recently ...

Fumes of ammonia rising from piles of droppings in Antarctica’s crowded penguin colonies help boost the formation of clouds, which have a cooling effect by reflecting sunlight away from the surface.