New video of the toilet plume phenomenon aims to reduce health hazards in public restrooms. Until now, scientists have known that toilets emit aerosols, but they haven't been able to see them. These ...

Just like the great debate over which way the toilet paper roll goes, there is a similar spat over flushing: lid open or closed? Scientists have weighed in with their own woeful conclusion: Neither is ...

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Engineers at the University of Colorado Boulder have confirmed what the germ-phobic among us have long suspected: The flush of a commercial toilet releases a Vesuvius-like cloud of tiny droplets and ...

Why do some toilets flush clockwise while others flush counter-clockwise? Why do toilets have tanks when sinks and showers feed water directly from the supply line? Find out the answers to these ...