Do as the Romans doo? It’s not just plumbing that the ancient Italians pioneered. Turkish scientists have found a 1,900-year-old Roman vial that could provide the first concrete evidence of human poop ...

A group of young students became bonafide biomedical scientists before they even started high school. Through a partnership with a nearby university, the middle schoolers collected and analyzed ...

(David Izquierdo/Getty Images) Whether poop speeds through your gut like a bullet train or takes a more smell-the-roses ...

As Mathilde Poyet ushers me through the Global Microbiome Conservancy’s laboratory in Kiel, Germany, I’m met with all sorts of state-of-the-art equipment. It’s an impressive facility, with typical lab ...

Most stool tends to sink to the bottom of your toilet bowl, but we've all had the occasional 'floater,' and of course science has an explanation.