Farming on the moon or Mars? How recycled sewage could turn regolith into crop soil

• Dining on the moon or Mars might seem like a fantasy reserved for science fiction, but researchers are investigating how it could become a reality • Their efforts to recycle plan

Science · February 25, 2026 (updated February 25, 2026) · 1 min · 137 words
Sewage systems secretly waft pollution into the air

Sewage systems secretly waft pollution into the air

• Email Bluesky Facebook LinkedIn Reddit Whatsapp X Wastewater treatment plants, such as this one, emit nitrous oxides and methane, both potent greenhouse gases. • Credit: Justin S

Science · February 25, 2026 (updated February 25, 2026) · 2 min · 256 words

Elevated E. coli, staph still detected in Potomac river 4 weeks after sewage spill

• Nearly a month after a wastewater pipe broke and spewed hundreds of millions of gallons of raw sewage into the Potomac River just north of Washington, D.C., the latest water test

Science · February 23, 2026 (updated February 24, 2026) · 1 min · 145 words

Beyond the beaches, Wellington's catastrophic sewage spill could be bad news for coastal ecosystems

• Public concern over the total failure of the Moa Point wastewater treatment plant on Wellington’s south coast has been growing, despite this week’s announcement of an independent

Science · February 17, 2026 (updated February 24, 2026) · 1 min · 61 words