In partnership with the National Geographic Society. The inevitable has happened. Microplastics have already been found in birds and fish and whales, so it should have come as no surprise that they ...

Everybody poops, but only some of that poop fossilizes, turning into coprolites. While ancient droppings may sound gross — after all, who wants to go digging through feces that are centuries or even ...

Wes Siler is your guide to leading a more exciting life in the great outdoors. As Outside’s outdoor lifestyle columnist, he writes about the intersections of science, news, politics, gear, vehicles ...

If the Great Pacific Garbage Patch showcases the disturbing amount of trash in our oceans, then human poop illustrates the accumulation of plastic in our bodies. In a new study, scientists’ results ...

History remembers warriors for their conquests and kings for their reigns. But this one Viking left behind something more ...

April 9 (UPI) --NASA is offering $3 million to anyone who proposes technology to solve an unusual problem: recycling feces and other human waste in space. The space agency's LunaRecycle Challenge ...

Here's the scoop on ancient human poop. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Everybody poops, but only some of that poop fossilizes, ...

Tiny pieces of plastic measuring less than five millimeters in length—or roughly the size of a sesame seed—have become a nearly ubiquitous presence in our world. Scientists have found the particles, ...

It's not exactly appetizing conversation, but a small pilot study on poop is making global headlines. Tiny pieces of plastics invisible to the human eye have been detected in human feces for the first ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Bruce Y. Lee, M.D., MBA, covers health, medicine, wellness and science There are two bits of microplastic news from this weekend.