Let’s Get Our Shit Together—Literally
It’s time to build the Poop Ark, a centralized collection of the entire animal kingdom's feces, for research, de-extinction, and more.
Book Review: The Past, Present, and Future of Poop
In “The Other Dark Matter,” Lina Zeldovich surveys the history and science of how human sewage is handled. When you are interested in...
Why Whale Poop Matters More Than You Might Think
A new paper in Nature suggest whales poop a lot. That’s great news! When a journalist follows a specific beat, they develop a network of...
When memes fail anatomy: The scale of a blue whale’s butthole
Is a politician really the world’s second biggest a-hole? Just in time for the new year, I have a story about whale butts! I cannot...
Do plants poop?
I responded to a public pitch request from a PopSci editor, and she invited me to suggest some topics for a new online series geared at...
How Sniffing Poop Helps Monkeys Stay Healthy
Like humans, mandrills of central Africa have strategies to avoid getting sick.
