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Byline: BY JOE BROWN PEDEN + MUNK EDGE CASE You dropped Kobe-grade cash on your prize chef's knife, handmade by a Japanese master who tempered it in a barrel of [...]

RADIOLAB'S JAD ABUMRAD THE SOUND SCIENTIST When Jad Abumrad, cohost of the on-air amazingness that is Radiolab, wants to prep a show for broadcast, he uses WNYC's studio. But he's […]

ONCE A YEAR, THE WHOLE staff meets to brainstorm ideas for new issue themes. I recently started wearing eyeglasses, and right before our latest planning session, I decided to tighten [...]

THIS MAGAZINE IS WEIRD. Instead of three traditional sections--short stuff up front, long stuff in the middle, party in the back--it's kind of like ... five tiny self-contained magazines? Yup! [...]

IF YOU HANDED THIS ISSUE and the one that came before it to Shadow, the clever crow on our cover, he'd know something was up. That's because, as you'll learn [...]

Infections with enteric pathogens impose a heavy disease burden, especially among young children in low-income countries. Recent findings from randomized controlled trials of water, sanitation, and hygiene interventions have raised questions about current methods for assessing environmental exposure to enteric pathogens. Approaches for estimating sources and doses of exposure suffer from a number of shortcomings, including reliance on imperfect indicators of fecal contamination instead of actual pathogens and estimating exposure indirectly from imprecise measurements of pathogens in the environment and human interaction therewith. These shortcomings limit the potential for effective surveillance of exposures, identification of important sources and modes of transmission, and evaluation of the effectiveness of interventions. In this review, we summarize current and emerging approaches used to characterize enteric pathogen hazards in different environmental media as well as human interaction with those media (external measures of exposure), and review methods that measure human infection with enteric pathogens as a proxy for past exposure (internal measures of exposure). We draw from lessons learned in other areas of environmental health to highlight how external and internal measures of exposure can be used to more comprehensively assess exposure. We conclude by recommending strategies for advancing enteric pathogen exposure assessments.

Exposure to faecal contamination is believed to be associated with child diarrhoea and possibly stunting; however, few studies have explicitly measured the association between faecal contamination and health. We aimed to assess individual participant data (IPD) across multiple trials and observational studies to quantify the relationship for common faecal–oral transmission pathways.

Improving management of and treatment within sanitation waste streams could slow the development and transmission of antimicrobial-resistant organisms, but the magnitude of impact has not been quantified. Extended-spectrum β-lactamase (ESBL)-producing Escherichia coliare a major cause of antimicrobial-resistant infections and are frequently detected in faecal waste streams, making them model indicators of the distribution of antimicrobial-resistant organisms that are transmitted through the faecal–oral route. We aimed to estimate the mass of faeces containing ESBL-producing E colientering different levels of the sanitation ladder globally and by WHO region to determine the global scale at which sanitation infrastructure serves as a vehicle for dissemination of antimicrobial-resistant organisms.

L.L.BEAN BOOT HIGH AND DRY $89 and up BY JOE BROWN SUN LEE The century-old rubber and leather shoe from Freeport's purveyor of outdoor gear will still keep your feet [...]

WATCH THIS SPACE BY JOE BROWN THOMAS LOOF PROJECT DIFFICULTY: ····· TIME REQUIRED: About four hours TOTAL COST: $196 MATERIALS REQUIRED:*****TOOLS REQUIRED: - Drywall*****- Drill/driver - Lumber*****- Hole saw bit [...]

THE BLADE RUNNER BY JOE BROWN THOMAS LOOF At Cut Brooklyn, Joel Bukiewicz makes custom knives. Not cocobolo-clad showpieces shaped like ravens, but working knives for serious cooks. Yet despite [...]

CASEY NEISTAT THE OCD-LIGHTFUL OFFICE BY JOE BROWN FRANÃOIS DISCHINGER Casey Neistat's bite-size Internet movies have so much viral potential they make influenza jealous. And they all have one thing [...]

GRILLING FRIENDLY FIRE BY JOE BROWN ROBIN BROADBENT JOEL STANS Equal parts hangout zone and gourmand proving ground, your patio should be the hottest spot in the neighborhood. $2,600 MEMPHIS [...]

TRAVEL TREK STARS BY JOE BROWN ROBIN BROADBENT First-class travel aids to keep you wired on the road. Whether you're traveling for business or pleasure, laptops and tablets are must-bring [...]

Byline: BY JOE BROWN DRIVERS NOT WANTED Crash avoidance and automatic parking are just the start. Tomorrow's cars will be brains on wheels. The 200-mile trip from San Francisco to [...]

Byline: Joe Brown Fast Four-Doors Just because you have a toddler strapped in back doesn't mean you can't peel out. With ample legroom, cupholderseven Latch child-seat connectors high-performance family car [...]

Byline: PHOTOGRAPH BY Jens Mortensen Joe Brown Hot Pots People have been putting vessels over heat since the Neolithic period. It's time for an upgrade. We tested some of the [...]

Byline: Joe Brown PHOTOGRAPH BY Adrian Gaut Off-Road Trip Route 66 has the world's largest ketchup bottle. Yay. Here's a better road trip idea: Leave the asphalt behind and visit [...]

Byline: JOE BROWN ILLUSTRATION BY Josh Cochran Paranoid Activity It's easy to create a conspiracy theory: You just need the right formula. Moon landing? Hogwasha hoax to distract the public [...]

Byline: Joe Brown PHOTOGRAPHS BY Brian Finke LOST The wilderness is a lot less wild when you carry a satellite tracker. How do you truly test a device that beams [...]

Previously used primarily for aircraft and similar precision applications, grinding has become a cost-effective finishing method that helps commercial gears to be strong, and quiet. Many commercial gears are hobbed, [...]

Those incredible shrinking machines Microscopic machines are revolutionizing motion and control technology. More than two years ago, researchers etched tiny gears and motors -- thinner than a human hair -- [...]

Safe lubricants keep food-processing machinery humming Companies that process food and beverages use nontoxic lubricants that not only enable the smooth operation of high-speed machinery, but they also ensure safe [...]

PARTS HARDENED BY NITROGENIONS STAND UP TO WEAR Nitrogen-ion processes constitute an emerging technology to effectively harden and protect metal parts such as gears, shafts, and bearings. Nitrogen-ion processes offer [...]

Within a few days of reading your parking article (Handicapped Parking, September 2017) the following happened to me: Having been at the beach a couple of hours, a friend informed [...]

YOU PROBABLY WON'T remember this page tomorrow. Don't worry; I'm not offended. See, these 313 words will take you less than two minutes to read. If you live as long [...]

Nearly every water-ferrying proposal flounders on the same challenge: Water weighs a ton. Literally. A cubic meter of it--the size of a washing machine--tips the scales at 2,000 pounds. A [...]

FOR MORE THAN A CENTURY, scholars worldwide have held up 'cellar door' as the most elegant sounding phrase in the English language. It's OK, but I prefer 'storm's coming'--not just [...]