While toilet bowls are designed such that the contents are supposed to flush downward, scientists have known for decades that small particles – including those from water, waste and toilet paper – can ...

You’ve probably noticed it a hundred times but never really thought about it– those two buttons on your toilet flush. One small, one big. You press whichever feels right in the moment ...

Consider the 140,000 times you're likely to flush a toilet over a lifetime, and it's easy to see why toilets guzzle nearly 30 percent of a home's water use. Replacing older, inefficient toilets ...

A toilet can take many forms. The bowl and tank are usually separated in the traditional gravity-flush toilet. This simplifies installation because each section weighs less than the entire toilet ...

During spacewalks or when a toilet is unavailable, astronauts wear Maximum Absorbency Garments (MAGs), which are essentially diapers designed to soak up waste. These are effective for short ...