The flush toilet is sanitary, convenient -- and needs lots of water. The problem is, that design only works if you have a functioning sewage system and access to a steady water supply. Those ...

Researchers from the University of Colorado Boulder have just returned from New Dehli, India, where they unveiled a new solar-powered toilet at the “Reinvent the Toilet Fair,” an event held last week ...

If you’ve ever had the pleasure of using an outhouse, then you’re undoubtedly familiar with its rancid, pit of fecal despair. I clearly remember the outhouse behind my grandparents’ European farm, ...

Officials in the city of Perth will spend $278,000 to install a solar toilet near a spot popular with social media users. The Crawley Edge Boatshed is on the edge of the Swan River. It’s one of the ...

A revolutionary University of Colorado Boulder toilet fueled by the sun that is being developed to help some of the 2.5 billion people around the world lacking safe and sustainable sanitation will be ...

PERTH, Australia (WHDH) — The state of Western Australia plans to spend $278,000 to install a solar toilet near a spot popular with social media users. The Crawley Edge Boatshed, a wooden house on the ...

PORTLAND, Ore. -- The City of Portland unveiled the first in a line of new solar-powered public toilets that will be popping up throughout the city Monday and it's now open for public use. The first ...

While some engineers are busy perfecting sexting apps, others have turned their expertise to a decidedly less seductive, but more important pursuit. They’re trying to figure out what to do with all ...

SEATTLE — Seattle officials are hoping to purchase and install a new public toilet in Pioneer Square by the end of the year. The Seattle Times reported that the new toilet will be solar-powered and ...

Discovered: A record-breaking galaxy cluster; how squids change hue; the way our brains deal with waste; engineering better toilets. Cerebral refuse. Even the brain has to deal with waste matter, and ...

A plan for a massive solar farm is facing an objection over fears toilet waste could pollute local waterways. The Environment Agency (EA) said it had concerns about temporary toilets installed during ...