Everybody poops, but only some of that poop fossilizes, turning into coprolites. While ancient droppings may sound gross — after all, who wants to go digging through feces that are centuries or even ...

In the wee hours of the morning in a lab in Amherst, Massachusetts, geoscience graduate student Rob D’Anjou sat looking over test results, a pot of coffee nearby. He’d been pulling long days to ...

In the late 1950s, archaeologists discovered a cave in the Rio Zape Valley of Mexico. There were ancient human remains in the cave dated to between 660 and 1430 A.D., many of which belonged to ...

Microsoft announced a deal on Thursday to purchase 4.9 million metric tons of human waste and pump it 5,000 feet underground as part of its sustainability drive. For each ton of waste, Microsoft will ...

Microsoft is looking to lower its vast carbon footprint by pumping human waste 5,000 feet below the ground’s surface. The tech giant hopes to offset its massive carbon footprint, only exacerbated by ...

The presence of human waste in sewage overflow or stormwater runoffs that ultimately find their way into rivers and lakes is a major public health hazard. As a result, it is imperative that water ...

“Poop is central to the story of how dogs came into our lives," write Duke University dog researchers Brian Hare and Vanessa Woods in their wonderful new book, Survival of the Friendliest: ...

An estimated 1,650 hikers poop each year on Colorado’s tallest and busiest 14er. And because what those hikers do with their waste can have widespread environmental and human impacts, PACT Outdoors, a ...