Today Is Not National Poop Day
Last month, Gizmodo got an email from WastewaterSCAN, a company that monitors sewage for traces of infectious disease. The outfit had a pitch for us: February 12th is “National Poop…
An Invasive Brain-Infecting Worm Has Made Its Way to Georgia
A parasitic brain-infecting roundworm primarily spread by rats and snails is planting down roots in more parts of the U.S., research this week suggests. Scientists appear to have confirmed the…
Turns out that poop-testing startup was full of it
There was gold in them thar hills of poop, or so the startup uBiome claimed. The Security and Exchange Commission on Thursday charged the founders of uBiome, a bankrupt San…
Scientists finally figured out why wombats poop cubes. Thank heavens.
Our long international nightmare is over: We finally know why wombats poop out cubes. The scientists did it. They really did it. Thank heavens. Wombats’ odd poop has long been…