Why women are still embarrassed to poo and why it could be dangerous
Everybody does it, yet it remains a topic many avoid despite growing health concerns Source link
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Married couple quit £40k police jobs to launch own business – picking up dog poo
A married couple who left their jobs in the police have launched an unusual business cleaning up dog mess in gardens and are now earning thousands of pounds a year from the service. David Wiles and Shauna Wiles, from Peterborough, previously worked for Cambridgeshire Constabulary before quitting to focus on their growing side hustle. The pair now run a professional dog waste removal service alongside a window cleaning business, offering subscriptions and one-off cleans for homeowners, including elderly and disabled clients. They say the idea came after noticing messy gardens while working and realising there was a gap in the UK market for a more professional service. Source link
British Antarctic team dig deep for ancient pathogens in penguin poo
Scientists hope sediment preserved under the region’s lakes will help them build the first historic archive of avian pathogens Source link
Ancient jar proves Roman doctors used human poo as medicine | Science | News
Dr İlker Demirbolat investigates the vial (Image: Cenker Atila) Archaeologists have discovered that ancient Romans utilised human excrement as a remedy for common health issues. Following the analysis of a 2,000-year-old glass vial, it’s now certain that human faeces were indeed part of the ancient medical arsenal. The Romans are thought to have used it to combat infections and inflammation, a practice also documented in ancient Egyptian, Chinese, and Greek texts. This latest study provides the first tangible evidence supporting the notion that they believed faeces could cure ailments, reports the Daily Star. Scientists examined the brown remnants inside the vial and found traces of human waste and thyme, likely used to disguise the unpleasant odour. The vial was unearthed in a tomb in Pergamon, an ancient city in present-day Turkey that was remodelled by the Roman emperor Trajan in the early second century. China’s crazy flying starfighter carrier, ‘coral’ found on Mars, man vs bear, and a human population gaffe – all this and more in our latest weird science newsletter Pergamon was also home …
Mum Shares Hack To Get Son Up For School: A Poo Playlist
A parent has opened up about the somewhat surprising (well, not-so-surprising if you’re the owner of a small child) hack that helped encourage her son to get out of bed and get ready for school. In a self-titled “emergency broadcast about poo”, author Laura Jane Williams explained that on the second day back after the Christmas break, her son, who is of primary school age, really didn’t want to get out of bed to go to class. (In fairness, who can blame him? These dark, cold mornings aren’t exactly the most inviting!) Laura shared on Instagram that she tried bribing her son with the offer of an extra five minutes playtime on his Nintendo Switch and she even offered to do a “spa night” for him with candles in the bathroom (a new favourite pastime for the youngster – again, can’t blame him), yet neither of those options encouraged him to budge. So, she offered to play music instead. “Sea shanties? He loves a sea shanty. No, no,” the author recalled in a reel. “Pink …