What was once a chute for both human and material waste in Jerusalem has now proven to be a store of new information about Christian migrants to the city, and the pathogens they brought with them.

Jeff Chapin first learned of Cambodia’s sanitation problem when the head of the not-for-profit International Development Enterprises, Cambodia, emailed Ideo seeking help. Chapin was told that ...

University of Massachusetts professor Caitlyn Butler piloted the “Green Latrine” in Agona Nyakrom, Ghana this past spring as a way to deal with health risks, farming needs and as a way to create ...

In military-related patents this week, we have an invention that addresses the most basic of needs: a portable individual collapsible latrine. "A long standing problem for man has been the provision ...

Nyakhot Deng washes her hands in front of the latrine she built herself in the Tierkidi camp for South Sudanese refugees in the western Ethiopia region of Gambella. Dagmawi Tadesse/Oxfam To improve ...

A researcher has uncovered evidence of intestinal parasites in a 500-year-old latrine from Bruges, Belgium, and while the finding may induce queasiness in some, it is expected to provide important ...

AMHERST - When Caitlyn Shea Butler was just Caitlin Shea and a student at Northampton High School, her chemistry teacher urged her to do more than study science. Her teacher Jim Miller said, "use ...

In honor of Amazon's Prime Video rolling out its adult animated series Fairfax, Amazon turned a shop on the hypest street in Los Angeles into Latrine, the center of hype culture and all the hottest ...

Q: Raccoons are leaving droppings at the end of our deck steps. What can we do about it? A: They’ve turned your deck into a raccoon latrine. Clean up any waste promptly. Raccoon feces can harbor ...

In his new TV commercial, Democratic gubernatorial candidate Jeff Greene calls Biscayne Bay a “latrine,” and attacks opponent Philip Levine’s environmental record as mayor of Miami Beach. But the ...