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Australia's Who Gives a Crap makes 100% bamboo toilet paper that also claims to be "so soft it'll make your bottom smile."

In the building industry it is a big question, for all the wrong reasons.

A group called SOIL installs waterless toilets in hard-to-reach, impoverished communities and then transforms the waste into compost, improving food security.

They were better in 1904 than they are today.

They have not changed much since Archimedes' time.

They do a terrific job of taking bacteria from your hands and spreading it all over the walls and floors.

A visit to the Interior Design Show does not shed a lot of light on the subject.

It's gross, but it's not dangerous.

A look back at the Roman Bath, which was a wonderful idea.

The Orca Helix moves up and down so that it is easy to get on and off when high, easy on the body when low.

There are very good reasons for using in-wall units, especially in smaller spaces.

Public washrooms really are just as important as public roads because, in both cases, people gotta go.

There are many lessons about health and hygiene to be learned from the great French architect

It's about time; they are better for the environment and for your bottoms.

These things should be banned, or at least they should come with a real warning.

Through trial and error, these are the indoor plants that have taken well to living in my bathroom.

Another way that the coronavirus is bad for the environment.

Save the trees and a lot of water too.

Onion Flats redesigned their bathrooms to save space, but it actually is a healthier design.

We have to stop building highways and start building toilets as we face a whole new public bathroom crisis.

The bacteria are winning.

The technology is still in the beginning stages, but the potential is great.

Grimy fingers in the mouth leads to decreased risk of developing allergies, new study suggests.

The Atlantic writer challenged the notion that scented means clean.

Triclosan may have been banned in soap, but antimicrobials are still allowed in more than 2,000 other products, which is a big problem.

Forget about Tony Stark or the Bionic Man, the real cyborg action starts with microscopic swamp creatures

This biotech startup uses methane-eating bacteria to create fully biodegradable polymers.

But paper towels are four times as bad for the environment. What's a treehugger to do?

The microorganisms already exist in the ocean, but researchers want to amplify their effect.

Bacteria is found everywhere, but it's how you handle it that matters most.

But is it too much of a good thing?

This organism has been alive for thousands of years

Researchers found that those little guys living inside you need their beauty sleep as well.

Architecture critic Mark Lamster thinks so.

When it comes to potentially infectious microbes, beards beat the dogs.

New research comparing Amish and urban-dwelling babies in Ohio finds a notable difference in fecal bacteria.

Researchers 'astonished' to find potentially deadly bacteria, including E.coli and Staphylococci, in 9 out of 10 products they tested.

Steven M. Johnson is at it again.

This could be the future of slow travel.

Not by a long shot, but the answer is still interesting.

It's still vaporware and we don't know much about it, but that doesn't stop people from talking about it.

They could also make their vehicles less deadly, but let's put the onus on the cyclist first.

But would you want to sit in a plane with no windows?

We all knew that, but this study is randomized.

This is not an attack on electric cars; it's a rage against all cars.

Forget drones and self-driving cars; this is the future of deliveries, whether goods or kids.

The political football that is the third runway gets kicked down again.