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Giz Explains: Why You Definitely Shouldn’t Drink Your Own Pee
During his 127-hour ordeal under that boulder, backpacker Aaron Ralston resorted to consuming his own urine in order to stay alive before eventually hacking off his own forearm and escaping. This was an extreme survival case, and pretty much the only time you should even consider drinking from your own spigot. Here’s why.
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New Paper-Based Urine Tests Could Detect Cancer And Heart Disease
Diagnosing cancer and heart disease generally requires extensively trained personnel and expensive instruments. But one MIT research group that wants to solve that problem has designed a single injection and paper-based detection system they’re hoping to ship them everywhere a letter can travel.
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We Finally Know What’s In Pee After Seven Years Of Research
A team of 20 researchers from the University of Alberta proudly announced a commendable achievement on Thursday. Using no fewer than five different experimental methods, they’ve discovered over 3000 different chemical compounds in human urine. And it only took them seven years.
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Warning! Cat Pee And Laptops Do Not Mix
Another reason I’m glad I’m a dog person: Fire crews in Queensland are investigating whether a house fire on the Gold Coast was started by a cat peeing on the family laptop.