History Medieval castle toilets doubled as assassination shafts Popkin

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

politics The Norwegian Dawn cruise ship flunks health inspection Jennifer Sandlin

History 1920s library sticker told kids to wash their hands before touching Popkin

French teen arrested for licking vending machine straw in Singapore Rob Beschizza

chicago "Abolish ICE" wins overwhelming majority of votes in Chicago's "Name a Snowplow" contest Jennifer Sandlin

chicago Choose from "Abolish ICE," "Chance the Scraper," and more when you cast your vote in Chicago's 2026 "You Name a Snowplow" contest Jennifer Sandlin

travel This $40 NYC tour shows you rats, garbage, and the city's grimy underbelly Séamus Bellamy

Science Another cruise, another norovirus outbreak! Jennifer Sandlin

History Love means never having to say 'I slipped arsenic into your meat juice' Popkin

documentary Upcoming documentary recounts story of cursed "poop cruise" Jennifer Sandlin