Science There's a thriving microbiome inside your microwave oven Allan Rose Hill

sanitation Did the Brontës all die young from inadvertently drinking graveyard-contaminated water? Gareth Branwyn

pandemic Modern bathroom design is a direct response to pandemic planning Thom Dunn

san francisco San Francisco spends $3.1m/year on homeless toilets and $65m/year cleaning up poop Cory Doctorow

beds Human beds have much more saliva and fecal bacteria than chimp beds Carla Sinclair

late stage capitalism There's an 820-foot-long fatberg clogging an east London sewer Cory Doctorow

politics The peculiar struggle to make parts of India "Open Defecation Free" Cory Doctorow

video Cityscapes created inside toilet paper rolls Andrea James

cruises All aboard for the puke party on luxury cruise liner Queen Mary 2 Rob Beschizza

public health NYC discovers amazing new rat-fighting technology called "garbage cans with lids" Ellsworth Toohey

deli slime for sale Boar's Head insects, grime, and "unidentified slime" found in more than one plant, say inspectors Carla Sinclair

corruption New York Police Department's top uniformed officer resigns after sex abuse claims Rob Beschizza

Delightful Creatures The prison that replaced its guard dogs with geese (video) Gail Sherman

AI Tesla patents "Full Self Sanitizing" taxis Jason Weisberger

new jersey New Jersey town to gas geese for excessive poop Natalie Dressed

nyc NYC's "Lost Valuables Search" lets you dig through raw garbage Yoy Luadha

cholera Norwegian cruise ship quarantined off Mauritius coast due to possible cholera outbreak Jennifer Sandlin

capitalist killjoy Stanley water bottle madness grips America Jennifer Sandlin