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Most of us do not give much thought to the centerpiece of our bathrooms, but the toilet is an unexpected paradox. On the one hand, it is a modern miracle: a ubiquitous fixture in a vast sanitation system that has helped add decades to human lifespan by reducing disease. On the other hand, the toilet is also a tragic failure: less than half of the world's population can access a toilet that safely manages bodily waste, including many right here in the United States. And it is inefficient, squandering clean water as well as the nutrients and energy contained in the waste we flush away. While we see radical technological change in almost every other aspect of our lives, we remain stuck in a sanitation status quo - in part because the topic of toilets is taboo.
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Chelsea loves travel and science and combined them in her latest project, a guidebook to the many astronomy- and space-related things to do in the Southwest USA. It is for everyone: geeks, romantics, families with children, adventurers, archaeology buffs, and people discovering the sky for the first time. If she could go on only one trip for the rest of her life, this would be it!
