The flats existed as a sandbar since before Europeans arrived. Henry Hudson, the English explorer, ran aground on the flats while navigating up the river on his ship, the Half Moon, in 1607, according ...

O n April 13, 2024, a woman we’ll call Rachel stepped out of her home in Northeast DC following a heated argument with her soon-to-be-ex-husband. A brisk walk through the neighborhood, she thought, ...

Composting toilets are a great idea, but no one likes to think of the waste just sitting there and slowly … fermenting. A new ...

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A primary school teacher was left horrified after discovering a dead body in the school toilet, a mystery that remains unsolved over 30 years later. Despite local speculation of a murder, no one knows ...

A primary school teacher was left shocked after discovering the grim reality of what she initially thought was a peculiar object protruding from a school toilet. Despite it being over 30 years since ...

As China aims to install 33,500 new toilets across the nation, many say squatting is healthier and cleaner, but are their reasons based mostly on myth? Wang Le, 31, will scrub a public sit-down toilet ...

Scrolling on your smartphone while on the toilet may be doing more than passing the time. A new study has found it could raise your risk of hemorrhoids by nearly 50%, thanks to the extra minutes spent ...

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Jocelyn Solis-Moreira is a freelance health and science journalist based in New York. There’s nothing like shutting the bathroom door, maybe even locking it and hiding away from one’s family, even ...

In June 1930, the New York Times ran a story commemorating the 1000th anniversary of the convening of the world’s first ...