How the rock hyrax’s toilet habits left climate scientists a 55,000-year trail – Science – The Observer

The dried urine of the African and Asiatic mammal is helping to reveal key markers in the planet’s environmental past   Original post on guardian.co.uk    Comments on reddit.com   

NTU scientists create toilet which turns poo into electricity – Channel NewsAsia

Scientists from Nanyang Technological University (NTU) have developed a new toilet system that converts human waste to electricity and fertiliser.   Original post on channelnewsasia.com    Comments on reddit.com   

Somewhere in Georgia, a Flushed Toilet Is Helping Google Cool Its Servers

Facebook’s Arctic data centers and Google’s seawater server farms both tried to check the massive energy costs needed to keep their servers sufficiently cooled. Google’s Douglas County data center has a similar idea—it just involves raw sewage.   Original post on gizmodo.com    Comments on digg.com