Urine

Insecticides are widespread products which are used daily in our lives. Organophosphorus is the main compound in these products and has toxic effects on our health that may be fatal in some cases. Insecticides affect mainly the synapses of the nerve cells in our central nerv ...more

A recent pathogen outbreak in Illinois is just one of many outbreaks of an underappreciated, but serious, viral infection passed from rodents to humans. These hantaviruses have been cropping up more frequently in the last decade or so, giving us more reason to clean out our du ...more

Arsenic occurs naturally in the environment, but it is also one of the most commonly found heavy metals in wastewater, deposited there by inappropriate disposal and arsenical pesticides, for example. Whether by nature or contamination, an estimated 200 million people worldwid ...more

Each aspirant nursing assistant is require to obtain CNA certification for their work employment. Thus, passing the CNA state exam is highly recommended. Usually the CNA testing process has two types of test - written and clinical exam. The most difficult yet challenging part ...more

The number of households in the US that go hungry because they lack money for food hit a high of almost 15% in 2011. While that number continues to decline, nearly 13% of American households still go hungry. Malnutrition — either from not eating enough or not getting enough n ...more

Colorado State University scientists have developed new tech that quickly identifies the presence of Zika virus in mosquito populations — and in human body fluid. For hard-hit nations like Brazil and Nicaragua, a field-ready test that not only identifies Zika, but also the st ...more

A dangerous bacterial disease is infecting dogs in northern New Jersey, forcing owners to keep their pets inside. The dogs came down with leptospirosis, a potentially fatal infection found in at least five dogs in the Paramus borough in northeastern New Jersey so far. NBC rep ...more

Have you ever had a burning sensation when you urinate? Low fever, back pain, and maybe cloudy urine? Male or female, it could have been a urinary tract infection. If it lasted long enough, the chances are good you went to the doctor for help. For about 20% of women, standard ...more

Water makes up about 60% of your body weight. Whether you like it plain, flavored, bubbly, or in beverages or food, we all need water daily to avoid dehydration and stay healthy. For communities in need of clean drinking water, new research using bacteria may offer a simplifie ...more

Exposed to hormones, pharmaceuticals, and other chemicals, the beautiful wild fish in Canada's Grand River have taken on some pretty odd characteristics—they're turning into females. A long-term study suggests using bacteria to manage polluted water could turn the tide for fem ...more

An older man dies of Zika. A younger man who cares for him catches Zika — but doctors cannot pinpoint how the disease was transmitted. While proximity to the patient is sufficient explanation for the rest of us, for microbe hunters, it is a medical mystery. Why? Zika is not kn ...more

The office of your physician, or your local hospital, is where you go when you need medical care. But it could also be where you could pick up a life-threatening infection. Most people understand that the use of antibiotics has led to the development of "superbugs," germs tha ...more

A recent study offers information that might help combat a deadly virus that affects an estimated 300,000 people each year in West Africa. In late June of this year, the World Health Organization reported an outbreak of Lassa fever with 501 confirmed cases and 104 deaths. The ...more

After years of telling patients to finish any prescribed course of antibiotics completely, a group of researchers in the UK say it is no longer necessary, and could even be harmful if we want to preserve the antibiotics we can still use. You read correctly, in an analysis pub ...more

We've all tried writing with lemon juice (a.k.a. invisible ink). It's a mess. And the main draw back is definitely efficiency. Spy work requires extensive (and sometimes wordy) communication. Enter: the printer mod. We were super impressed when our friend Loup sent us this v ...more

CNA skills may vary from state to state. Depending on your state of residence, the skills section of the CNA certification exam will consist of three to five randomly chosen skills. CNA skills must be finished within the time limit. You will be given 25-30 minutes to comple ...more

Water purifiers are already portable, but not as portable as this crazy invention. Created by Marcus Triest and Ryan Lynch, the Solar Bag can be worn like a shoulder bag and holds up to 2.5 gallons of water. In a feat of ingenuity, the bag is designed to use sunlight to purify ...more

You will need: 5 friends a large wall to hide behind 6 empty clear bottles a large carton of apple juice (warm) somewhere to hide said carton. Starting the prank Get all your friends over, making sure you've chosen one to be the victim, and informed the other 4 on the plan ...more

A simple idea, but I got a few chuckles out of it. A classic water balloon fight but instead of water use horse semen or horse urine as a substitute.

What better way to start off a blog about Scotch whiskies than to write about our first impressions of some of our favorites? These notes are from a Scotch tasting party we threw a while back. It was fairly simple: we made meat, we asked people to bring individual bottles, and ...more

A shower fittd to be switched liquid supplies: water to urine . the victim assumes the shower is normal and uses the facility during the middle of the shower the water is switched to urine low and behold the golden shower

Okay, I discovered (while googling a photo for such a thing) AFTER conceiving this idea for this prank that there was actually a mammoth-sized inflatable toilet- that we would need for this skit- shown in the Kate Winslet/Hugh Jackman movie, "Flushed Away" (which I have never ...more

Water is not the only lubricant that makes slides slippery. This is a simple prank in that you must trick a guy to fall down the slide. Then at the foot of the amazingly long and extremely well-lubricated slide is the inevitable kiddie pool of poo... or animal semen.... or u ...more

My idea is they get too big a balloon and fill with urine and poo and throw it at someone from atop a building.

Toilet Payback The idea is to rig a urinal in a Men's restroom so that when a guy starts using it the fixtures on top spray back at him (hitting him in the face or chest depending on height). My original idea was to use mountain dew or lemonade as the spray, but later i thou ...more

Okay go with me on this one, I've had this idea for years. Play bobbing for apples, but instead of having the apples in water you should use piss (urine). Or you could use beer or some other liquid that looks like piss, and for the last person switch the beer tank with a tank ...more