Dollar-Store Solution to NASA's Poop Problem Wins $15K
When Thatcher Cardon considered NASA's Space Poop Challenge—seeking a solution that would allow astronauts to relieve themselves while wearing a space suit for up to six days—he thought about how doctors can "replace heart valves now through catheters in an artery" and concluded that a small opening could surely "handle a little bit of poop." Read more on this and other news highlights. Click here for more show podcast and MICK-nuggets.