Alternative sanitation systems use creatures that find homes in human poop. This is an Inside Science story. (Inside Science) -- Big, black wasplike things living in your toilet may sound more like a ...

Environmentally friendly toilets may no longer be just for environmentalists. The toilets of the future will be their own treatment facilities, and future sewer systems will have the ability to create ...

Bill Gates has invested hundreds of millions of dollars in a mission to reimagine the humble toilet. In an interview with The Wall Street Journal, he describes what the future of sanitation may look ...

According to the World Health Organization, 2.5 billion people lack access to modern sanitation services. But a group of students from University of British Columbia has created a toilet out of ...

High-tech toilets are on the market, but are they worth the money? No need to be embarrassed, everybody uses them. Some call it the commode. Others refer to them as the head, bowl, John, even their ...

For researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, flushing is the future. In most workplaces, "toilet talk" is frowned upon. "Our toilet, our smart toilet will have a collection container in the ...

I met the king of toilets. The lights turned on, the seat rose to welcome me. There was no need for toilet paper. This throne of the future offers an almost entirely hands-free experience, and better ...

The flush toilet, which has existed in essentially the same form since 1775, is long due for an update. A year ago, The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation awarded $4,000,000 in grants to eight ...

The winning design in the Gates Foundation's Reinvent the Toilet project was announced Tuesday in Seattle during an exposition of the cheap, efficient toilets funded by Foundation grants. They also ...