For millennia, farmers relied on human urine for its vital plant nutrients. As synthetic fertilisers get more expensive, is it time to give pee a chance?
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TV adventurer Bear Grylls is famous for his survival hacks. But when it comes to rehydrating by drinking your own pee, was he right?
Bladder trouble isn’t just bad luck. These six common mistakes could be the reason.
Most pool-related illnesses won’t kill you, but no one wants to spend their vacation or a week of beautiful summer days in the bathroom.
Biotech startup Haemanthus says it can detect illnesses with tiny amounts of blood, urine and saliva. Here’s why that’s more difficult than it sounds.
Urophagia, also known as urine therapy, is the practice of drinking urine. Here’s why the social media health trend is promoted by influencers – but not by doctors.
Festivalgoers could be adding nitrogen and phosphorous to the rural environment at concentrated hotspots by weeing in the open air.
Urine doesn’t always appear yellow - it can be technicolour, and point towards many different medical conditions.
New Age beliefs, alternative wellness practices and political conspiracies all fall under the umbrella of stigmatized knowledge, which can be attractive to anyone, no matter their political leanings.
A pediatric urologist explains how the bladder and the brain communicate to wake you up when you need to ‘go’ – and how that communication might break down.
Pollen can become preserved in sediment deposits over thousands, or even millions, of years.
The recent survey confirmed what many people think – men prefer to stand when peeing. But is that the best way?
As well as the joy that comes with swimming, there can also be some dirty risks.
Urine therapies have been used across cultures for millennia (notably at times when modern medical alternatives weren’t available). Do they still have a place today?
Using urine and signature whistles from other dolphins, a team of scientists has shown that dolphins use signature whistles like names and hold mental representations of other dolphins in their minds.
No, you’re not imagining it. You can pee more in winter. Mostly, there’s nothing to worry about. But it could be a sign of hypothermia.
Doing a ‘just in case’ wee too often, making a lifetime habit of it, can kick off a vicious cycle. You can end up training your bladder to ‘think’ it needs to go when it’s only slightly full.
If rolled out worldwide, our method could replace a quarter of all the synthetic nitrogen fertiliser used in agriculture.
One of the waste products that your kidneys put into your urine is a chemical called urobilin, and it is yellow.
Leptospirosis is spread by rats and other rodents, potentially killing dogs and humans. But we can protect ourselves and our pets.
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