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Channels frontpage world entertainment odd news politics science technology health sports business Latest Overview world entertainment odd news politics science technology health sports business AD South Africans make bricks from human urine JAY GORY, MANAGING EDITOR, science The grey bricks are produced in a lab over eight days using urine, calcium, sand and bacteria. The bricks are made using urea -- a chemical found naturally in urine and also synthesized around the world to make fertilizer. The process of growing bricks from urea has been tested in the United States with synthetic solutions, but the new brick uses real human urine for the first time, the researchers said. read more (Possibly) Related news Rapper Mac Miller Died From Accidental Overdose, Autopsy Report Finds With a boost from Shell, HyperSciences blasts past $3M in crowdfunding campaign Yoga Studio Gunman Was Fired From Substitute Gates Foundation Pulls Funding From Charity Chaired by Saudi Crown Prince Over Khashoggi Killing Scenes from the Texas Senate race Cruz makes closing pitch in Dallas suburbs U.S. and South Korea Resume Military Drills Ahead of Denuclearization Talks With North Korea Close call: UK fisherman saved from aggressive seals Trump rally in Georgia aims to prevent Democratic miracle in Deep South Federal Judge Orders Georgia's Brian Kemp to Unblock Thousands From Voting More in science University student study allows early detection of kidney damage Astronomers suggest shooting a laser into space to attract aliens to Earth like a ‘porch light’ Taiwan fishermen protest over crackdown on troubled industry Weird Traveling Space Boulder Could Be Alien Ship, Say Harvard Scientists GOP Candidate Dan Crenshaw Responds to Pete Davidson Making Fun of His Eyepatch on SNL Tethers Unlimited’s 3 The True Story Behind the Movie A Private War Rapper Mac Miller Died From Accidental Overdose, Autopsy Report Finds Why It Would Be a Major Military Mistake to Deploy Troops to Confront the Migrant Caravans Why Do Midterm Elections Even Exist? Here's Why the Framers Scheduled Things This Way