At a shocking 20 centimeters (8 inches) long and 5 centimeters (2 inches) wide, this coprolite is the largest intact piece of ...

Physicians of the Roman empire had a knack for making remedies from an assortment of components from various animals, ...

Do as the Romans doo? It’s not just plumbing that the ancient Italians pioneered. Turkish scientists have found a ...

Archaeologists analyzing a vial from Turkey have found the first physical evidence that ancient civilization used human feces ...

A new study shows that organic residues from a Roman-era glass medicinal vial came from human feces.

A small glass vial buried nearly two millennia ago is forcing archaeologists to confront an uncomfortable truth about ancient ...

When some ancient Romans were feeling a little under the weather, they were treated with human feces. While this practice was ...

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 ...

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 ...