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I was halfway across the Queensboro Bridge when a not-so-unfamiliar feeling hit me: I had to take a shit. I was 1.5 miles into my run, and I had emptied the tank just before I left my apartment. As I ...

Much of the food you eat is absorbed by your digestive system, which includes your stomach and your intestines. But some of what you eat makes it all the way through those twists and turns and comes ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Much of the food you eat is absorbed by your digestive system, which includes your ...

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