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Parenting is pretty well known for being a herculean task that can be revelatory for those who decide to take it on. And, though doing so while in the public eye and separated from your child’s other parent can be even harder, it can certainly still be a positive game changer for many. Oscar nominee Bradley Cooper (who’s up for several awards for Maestro, which those with a Netflix subscription can enjoy) was recently quite candid about how he has heart to heart talks with his young daughter while on the toilet, because,…

Epic Cleantec's soil amendment Photograph: Matt SimonResearchers are experimenting with using the same technique for wastewater solids, basically turning sludge into a solid product. “If you do pyrolysis—because it’s thermochemical, it’s a heated process—you kill these bacteria, kill these pathogens, kill these viruses. It’s much cleaner,” says engineer Fengqi You, who studies wastewater at Cornell University. In addition, sludge is a heavy, unwieldy liquid to ship from facility to farm. “You transport a lot of water in…

Gawain Antell knew something was seriously wrong when students started vomiting.In spring 2019, the paleobiologist — then earning a Ph.D. at the University of Oxford — was working as a teaching assistant on a geological mapping field trip in Scotland when, after returning to the hotel, a handful of undergraduate women grew grievously ill. Antell soon learned that the students hadn’t been drinking enough water, a situation made worse by the unusually warm weather.Antell was particularly alarmed to discover that the…

“Trapped,” “toilet,” and “plane” are three words that, when put together in the same sentence, would make anyone with experience flying flinch with apprehension, and with good reason.One passenger experienced the combination of those three words in real life during what could only be described as the crappiest flying experience ever after being trapped in the toilet of his plane for almost the entire journey.“A passenger unfortunately got stuck inside the lavatory for about an hour,” SpiceJet, the airline responsible…

Some companies take monitors, TVs or AI-fueled laptops to CES. Others bring a toilet seat you can talk to. The 151-year-old bathroom appliance company Kohler will introduce the PureWash E930 Bidet Seat in Las Vegas next week. The accessory fits onto most elongated toilets, transforming your dumb can into an Alexa- or Google Assistant-powered smart-loo.Kohler says the PureWash E930 Bidet Seat “brings you the freshness of personal cleansing in a slim, low-profile design.” At $2,149, it isn’t cheap, but it could save you…

Elon Musk, known as one of the most brutal trolls on X, shares some of the best memes on the platform. More often than not though, these memes, hit closer to home than one would want. Case in point would be one of his most recent memes, on phone booths…

Being in a relationship with someone means showing love and appreciation for your person all the time. It means being there to support them through hardships and to celebrate their wins. Unfortunately, though, not everyone understands that.In the following story, the woman was shocked by how reluctant her partner was to help her with one of the most mundane tasks ever—passing her some toilet paper while she was using the bathroom.How can someone that loves you refuse to help you when you’re in such a vulnerable…

What goes in the toilet, and what goes in the trash? It’s the kind of discussion one has with a 2-year old, and is all the more delightful because it’s a topic generally regarded as taboo in polite conversation. You get to say things such as only “the three Ps” — pee, poop and paper — go in the toilet. Everything else goes in the trash can. Right?Alas, modern human life is much more complicated and the conversation far more difficult, though fundamentally important for health, safety and good manners. The last century…

It was just this August that we heard about a super-slippery 3D-printed toilet bowl, which bacteria slide right off of. Well, if you want that same sort of functionality in your existing toilet, a special coating may do the trick.Led by Prof. Mustafa Serdar Onses, a team of scientists at Erciyes University in Turkey set out to develop a new method of grafting hydrophobic (water-repelling) polymers onto surfaces such as porcelain. Although there already are methods of doing so, they're labor-intensive and involve the use…

In a moment of weakness involving a rather stressful day and quite shallow pockets, my partner managed to drop their reliable, regular ol' AirPods down the toilet right after flushing, losing them forever. Perhaps a sense of embarrassment and a desire for a good deal kicked in because they have been using an old battered wireless pair of headphones for a while. But now is the perfect time to upgrade again. The Amazon Black Friday sale is live and with that comes tons of excellent deals across a wide range of sections.…