Standing in the men’s room at the Cal State Northridge student union, no one would think that the long fight over the waterless urinal is about to come to a head. The flush-free fixtures hanging on ...

It’s a common scene: You’re hovering above the toilet in some airport or rest stop, when, mid-stream, the toilet beneath you starts flushing. By the time you’ve finished relieving yourself, the ...

You might notice I’m particularly obsessed with toilets these past two months. Being cooped up in the house makes the necessaries in the home all the more important. Over the years, there has been an ...

Designed to keep patrons from having to touch handles in public restrooms, automatic toilets have created another problem — many young children are afraid to use them. Karen Deerwester, author of The ...

In theory, toilets that flush automatically are the ideal bathroom update. They're more sanitary, have no handles to break, are more handicap friendly, don't waste water, and best of all, there's no ...

Here's a topic that many moms out there have had to deal with. Even The New York Times took up the matter a few years ago in a story headlined "For Children, a Scary World Out There (in There, Too).".

Q: Most times when I use an automatic-flush toilet in a commercial building, it flushes two to three times. Do automatic-flush toilets waste or save water? – Ed Zajac, Orangevale A: Your experience is ...

I. Hate. Auto-flush. Toilets.<BR><BR>You know, the ones that supposedly flush when you stand up.<BR><BR>Well.. the one that's closest to me doesn't quite do that. Instead, it flushes when I'm still on ...

Download the MP3 audio version of this story here, or sign up for Slate’s free daily podcast on iTunes. After a stint of telecommuting, I recently returned to working in a large downtown building. My ...