"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." The glymphatic system is responsible for removing waste that builds up in the brain while we sleep. First ...

Globally, human excreta are a huge untapped source of nutrients. Now, a new perspective paper makes the case that biochar could help to unlock it. The PNAS paper shows that human waste contains over ...

The Santa Clara District Attorney’s Office intercepted eight trash deliveries from three county-owned hospitals over the last year. They found human tissue, blood, prescription drugs including ...

A federal grand jury on Monday returned a three-count indictment against the owners of a defunct floating strip club in Kodiak for offenses related to the "improper disposal of human waste." Kimberly ...

Many human waste disposal locations in Wisconsin do not meet the required rate of movement of liquid through the soil. The Department of Natural Resources requires that a liquid can not move through ...

One of the highest-risk components of nuclear waste is iodine-129 (I-129), which stays radioactive for millions of years and ...