GLP-1 medications can alter bowel movements, with constipation and diarrhea being the most common side effects. These drugs slow digestion to help control appetite, which can lead to changes in stool ...

There’s been much debate about whether or not we actually ingest a credit card’s worth of plastic per week. These new findings won’t help you poop money, but they do suggest certain foods might rid ...

Forget checking your Oura ring data. If you really want insight into your health, you should check out your poop. Even if you don’t go to the lengths of mailing your excrement to a team of scientists ...

This light lager from Columbia Sportswear and Breakside Brewery features notes of berries and honey. Stasia Brewczynki is a New England–based writer specializing in food, drink, and travel ...

A revolting reality has emerged as the snow from January’s storm melts away: New York City's dog owners don’t scoop their pets' poop from the sidewalks. Sidewalks throughout the five boroughs resemble ...

Seabird poop, along with food waste, feathers and carcasses, accumulates as guano, which is prized as a nutrient-rich fertilizer. Richard McManus via Getty Images Before the Inca civilization rose to ...

Thirteen miles off the coast of Peru lies a trio of islands with mountainous piles of guano, nicknamed “white gold.” This seabird poop mixed with other waste is such a powerful nitrogen deposit that ...

Researchers in Turkey say they have unearthed archaeological evidence that the Romans used human feces in medical treatments. Although Roman texts described the practice, this is the first time that ...

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Rumors circulated online in late January and early February 2026 that U.S. President Donald Trump ended an Oval Office news conference early after soiling himself. In a video posted to YouTube by ...

Unless you’ve been living under a rock (or a cascade of “snowcrete,” which might actually be plausible) for the past two weeks, you have probably heard that a deluge of poop water has been wending its ...