It’s a common scene: You’re hovering above the toilet in some airport or rest stop, when, mid-stream, the toilet beneath you starts flushing. By the time you’ve finished relieving yourself, the ...

One of the darker moments of my parenting career saw me holding a terrified three-year-old on a toilet that repeatedly automatically flushed at a volume that is only appropriate for the whooshing ...

Download the MP3 audio version of this story here, or sign up for Slate’s free daily podcast on iTunes. After a stint of telecommuting, I recently returned to working in a large downtown building. My ...

Most times when I use an automatic-flush toilet in a commercial building, it flushes two to three times. Do automatic-flush toilets waste or save water? – Ed Zajac, Orangevale Your experience is ...

A three-year-old starts having accidents at home after a bad experience with an automatic flush toilet at a local restaurant. Here's a topic that many moms out there have had to deal with. Even The ...

Many suggestions have been put forward following the announcement of the pending increase in water prices (“Provide raw water for non-drinking purposes” and “Saving water: Move beyond price to focus ...

Designed to keep patrons from having to touch handles in public restrooms, automatic toilets have created another problem — many young children are afraid to use them. Karen Deerwester, author of The ...

Tomorrow is World Water Day designated by the United Nations, so Best Auto, a local automatic flushing toilet seat manufacturer, introduced a water-saving seat called Best Seat. According to Best Auto ...

I see the automatic flushing toilet and I think to myself, how am I going to do this without getting splashed on and be successful and clean in my pursuit? Honestly, after using an automatic flushing ...