In the fall of 2023, NIST’s scientists in Charleston, South Carolina, received a special shipment of containers packed with baggies full of frozen human feces. Teams of scientists there and at an ...

In a bizarre effort to safeguard humanity’s health for centuries to come, scientists in Switzerland are freezing human feces. No, it’s not a joke. The initiative, called the Microbiota Vault, is based ...

Medically reviewed by Shadi Hamdeh, MDMedically reviewed by Shadi Hamdeh, MD The Bristol Stool Chart is used to determine whether human stool (poop) is typical, or if its shape and consistency suggest ...