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In a nutshell * Researchers discovered that when urine hits a surface at less than 30 degrees, splashback is reduced by 95% compared to perpendicular impact. * Two new urinal designs—the “Cornucopia” and “Nautilus”—use this critical angle principle to virtually eliminate splashing while improving accessibility. * Widespread adoption could prevent about one million liters of urine from splashing onto floors daily in the US alone, saving substantial cleaning water and resources. ************************************************************************************* WATERLOO, Ontario — For over a century, men’s public restrooms worldwide have featured essentially the same urinal design. Despite their universal presence, these fixtures have a notorious flaw...

KEENE, N.H. — Investigators with the Keene Police Department have reportedly found additional videos of a woman contaminating items at local businesses with her urine. On Friday, Kelli Tedford of Keene was arrested after police received a tip that the 23-year-old had allegedly recorded herself using her urine to contaminate items at the Monadnock Food Co-Op and posted the video online. She was charged with criminal mischief, a class B felony. According to police, investigators also uncovered additional videos showing Tedford contaminating items and surfaces with her urine at other businesses in the greater Keene area. Some of the videos...

How many times would that teenager have to pee in a Portland reservoir to produce a urine concentration approaching the EPA’s limit for nitrates in drinking water? About 3,333 times. But of course urine is 95 percent water. (If you’re ever trapped in rubble after a natural disaster, go ahead and drink it.) Only about 2 percent of urine is nitrogen-rich urea. That means he’d have to urinate 166,666 times for the concentration of urea to approach that of the EPA’s limit for nitrates in drinking water. Since most animals, including idiot teenaged show-offs, take about 21 seconds to urinate,...

MARCH 24--Meet Natalie Peterson. The 23-year-old Utah woman was arrested yesterday afternoon when she showed up naked to take a shower in a stranger's home. According to cops, prior to Peterson wandering into the home in Roy, she had been in an argument at a relative's house. There, she stripped off her clothes and jumped into her '98 Ford Escort and drove off. A half mile away, Peterson walked into a house occupied by three young siblings, who she ordered to leave "her home." Peterson told the trio she was going to take a shower and headed for the basement....

PITTSBURGH -- It turns out the microwaved penis was a fake. A convenience store clerk in the Pittsburgh area was freaked out when she thought she had put a severed penis in the store's microwave oven. The clerk said a couple came into the store and asked her to heat up something for them. The clerk did and caught a glimpse of what she thought was a penis wrapped in paper towels. McKeesport police Chief Joseph Pero said the woman who came into the store with the fake penis was actually trying to cheat on a job application drug test....