Tuesday, July 12, 2022

Big Picture Science for July 11, 2022 - Flush with Excitemen







Big Picture Science - Flush with Excitement

(REPEAT) The toilet: A ubiquitous appliance that dates to the time of Shakespeare. But billions of people around the world still lack modern sanitation infrastructure. And the incentive to modernize includes the possibility that recycling human waste could help with conservation efforts, energy generation, and even medicine.

Also, a sixth-grader puts lipstick on cats’ bottoms to map places their tush has touched, and in Michigan, why peeing on the peonies can be a good thing.

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This repeat podcast originally aired on -
June 14, 2021

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