This Christmas, Darlene Fiske is giving her 22-year-old son a pair of cowboy boots, athletic socks—and a gut microbiome test kit that requires a DIY poop sample. “He’s super into learning about his ...

How to Do It is Slate’s sex advice column. Have a question? Send it to Stoya and Rich here. It’s anonymous! This is one of those things I only discovered once I moved in with my boyfriend a couple of ...

Most people have a preferred way of communication—phone, text, email—but bare-nosed wombats have an unusual way of relaying information. The Australian marsupial communicates by … there's no delicate ...

Poo anxiety, bashful bowels, shy bowel syndrome: they’re all terms for what’s medically known as parcopresis or difficulty pooping when you’re not at home. The Germans have given a name to this ...

Everyone has one at some point: a weird colored poop. Some of them come from something you ate, but others might indicate that something worrisome. Dr. Trisha Pasricha, The Washington Post’s Ask a ...

"That’s when poo products made from healthy donor poo are transplanted into another person to improve their health." New Atlas has covered fecal transplantation extensively, and there's growing ...

Did you know that unko, or poop, is a symbol in Japan’s kawaii culture? In Japan, poop isn’t always seen as something gross — it’s often portrayed as cute and funny, especially in manga and pop ...

Nadeem O. Kaakoush receives funding from Australia's National Health and Medical Research Council, and the Crohn's and Colitis Foundation (US). BiomeBank and Centre for Digestive Diseases, mentioned ...

Everyone poops. But how often? Given the fact that modern society has, for good reason, sequestered the ritual to isolation, it’s normal to wonder what it’s like—and the frequency with which it ...

In Columbus, Ohio, pet owners are legally required to pick up their dog's waste. Several other communities in Franklin County have similar ordinances regarding pet waste. It's annoying when a neighbor ...

GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. In Ghost of Yotei, when you're not actively battling Lord Saito's forces or frolicking through the fields of Ezo, there's a pretty good chance you're ...

New England Water Environment Association is hosting Poo & Brew in New Bedford on Thursday. The unusual event pairs a tour of a water treatment facility with beer-tasting. After touring the facility ...