Crappy Toilet Design Makes it Harder to Poop

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• Environment

  

  Animal Poop Could Hold the Key to Better Biofuels

  Biofuels come from breaking down plant matter, and digestive systems are quite good at doing that. But some creatures are better at it than others.

  by Sarah Laskow

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• News

  

  The Senate: Harder To Get Into Than You Thought

  In the coming weeks, as the U.S. Senate reconvenes, it will be short two members, even though those members will be ready and willing to serve. As...

  by Morgan Clendaniel +

• Culture

  

  A Working Class Hero Is Harder to Be

    Why aren't there more novels about America's workers? When I am looking for a smart discussion about literature in the books blogosphere, my...

  by Anne Trubek +

• Education

  

  An Oral History Project Aims to Make it Trendy to Celebrate Teachers

  StoryCorps' new oral history project is out to celebrate the brilliant and courageous work of teachers.

  by Liz Dwyer +

• Lifestyle

  

  What Does It Take to Make an Impact?

  Orwell went down and out in Paris. Today, bloggers and filmmakers are following his lead, taking the plunge into voluntary poverty. To what...

  by Twilight Greenaway +

• News

  

  It's Hard to Make the Case for Clemency

  In case you've been out of the loop during the break: On Sunday, a guy named Maurice Clemmons ambushed and killed four cops in a Washington state...

  by Andrew Price +

• News

  

  Design for America: Help Make Government Data Easier to Understand

  It's great to have a government that's by the people and for the people, but we also need a government that's intelligible to the people. From...

  by Andrew Price +

• Education

  

  Irish Students Design Software to Make Drivers Safer

  More than  3,000 people die every day because of traffic accidents, and that number is on the rise. The problem's so bad that the World Health...

  by Liz Dwyer +

• Business

  

  Going to Dwell on Design? Doodle it!

    As you may have already heard, the Dwell on Design conference is returning to Los Angeles from June 25 to 27. We will be there this year and...

  by Len Kendall +

• Environment

  

  Does It Make Sense to Grow Food Indoors?

  There's an interesting discussion underway at TreeHugger, spawned by this user-submitted question: So I feel like the idea of growing food in...

  by Zach Frechette +

• Lifestyle

  

  ZocDoc: The Internet Makes It Easier to See the Doctor

  The next time you twist an ankle or discover a strange rash, try using ZocDoc. It's an online service that makes the process of finding a doctor...

  by Andrew Price 2

• Culture

  

  Astronauts Spill Secrets to Space Toilet Training

  Astronauts train for years to learn to perform their duties properly. They learn how to fly a shuttle, walk in space, and perform feats of physics...

  by Mother Nature Network 1

• Cities

  

  In Portland, Open Data Makes It Easier to Get Around

  By making public transportation data public, Portland, Oregon's TriMet system has fostered an explosion of useful information.

  by GOOD +

• Cities

  

  NeighborGoods Makes It Easier to Share Your Stuff With Groups of Any Size

  Now existing groups—businesses, neighborhoods, or even entire cities—can set up private sharing networks with NeighborGoods.

  by Alissa Walker +

• Lifestyle

  

  D.C.'s Police Department Makes It Hard for Cops to Breastfeed

  Note to employers: If an employee asks for an easy accommodation to help feed her kids, just give it to her.

  by Amanda Hess +

• Business

  

  Wealth Club: You Have to Pay Your Taxes, So Make It Easy on Yourself

  Part one of Wealth Club's tax time primer: How to put yourself in a position to succeed, or at least get a refund.

  by Michael Fleck +

• Education

  

  Why We Should Make It Easier for High School Grads to Take a "Gap Year"

  When students take a year off before college to gain real-world experience, everyone wins.

  by Liz Dwyer +

• News

  

  The Crossed-Legs Tactic: When Does It Make Sense to Go on a Political Sex Strike?

  The sex strike is an age-old form of protest, stretching back to the Ancient Greeks. But should sex ever be used as political barter?

  by Nona Willis Aronowitz +

• Business

  

  World Toilet Day: Noble Fecophiliacs Break Taboos to Save Lives

  Toilet taboos are literally killing people around the world. So find an artsy/activist event in your neighborhood to save lives with potty talk.

  by Alex Goldmark +

• Environment

  

  NASA Fails To Launch Satellite, Makes Up For It With Awesome New Google Maps

   Did you hear about the NASA satellite that launched from California in the middle of the night last night, and would float in space monitoring...

  by Siobhan O'Connor +