{"591073":{"#nid":"591073","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"Why it takes you and an elephant the same amount of time to poop","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EWhy was School of Biological Sciences associate professor\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/biosci.gatech.edu\/people\/david-hu\u0022\u003EDavid Hu\u003C\/a\u003E drawn towards mammal poop as the\u0026nbsp;topic of a new \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/pubs.rsc.org\/en\/content\/articlelanding\/2017\/sm\/c6sm02795d\/unauth#!divAbstract\u0022\u003Estudy\u003C\/a\u003E? His experience as a working dad, he recently\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/theconversation.com\/physics-of-poo-why-it-takes-you-and-an-elephant-the-same-amount-of-time-76696?utm_medium=email\u0026amp;utm_campaign=Latest%20from%20The%20Conversation%20for%20April%2027%202017%20-%2072685526\u0026amp;utm_content=Latest%20from%20The%20Conversation%20for%20April%2027%202017%20-%2072685526+CID_5d6567b5e7ef898b955b683c32c07e75\u0026amp;utm_source=campaign_monitor_us\u0026amp;utm_term=Physics%20of%20poo%20Why%20it%20takes%20you%20and%20an%20elephant%20the%20same%20amount%20of%20time\u0022\u003Eposted\u003C\/a\u003E on the Conversation blog, \u0026quot;turned me from a poo-analysis novice to a wizened connoisseur.\u0026quot; The people running the\u0026nbsp;PBS Newshour website had a chance to digest the\u0026nbsp;post and\u0026nbsp;decided to share it\u0026nbsp;in full\u0026nbsp;on their\u0026nbsp;Rundown blog. Hu is also a adjunct associate professor in the School of Physics and an associate professor in the George W.\u0026nbsp;Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering.\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/pyang.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EPatricia Yang,\u003C\/a\u003E a Ph.D. student in the Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering, co-authored the study, which appeared in \u003Cem\u003ESoft Matter\u003C\/em\u003E.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"34434","created_gmt":"2017-04-28 14:59:01","changed_gmt":"2017-04-28 21:23:49","author":"Renay San Miguel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","publication":"Faculty-Led Study Abroad Programs","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"http:\/\/www.pbs.org\/newshour\/rundown\/takes-elephant-amount-time-poop\/","dateline":{"date":"2017-04-27T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2017-04-27T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"382241":{"id":"382241","type":"image","title":"David Hu","body":null,"created":"1449246231","gmt_created":"2015-12-04 16:23:51","changed":"1493396247","gmt_changed":"2017-04-28 16:17:27","alt":"Daivd Hu","file":{"fid":"75309","name":"hu.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/hu.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/hu.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":24895,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/hu.jpg?itok=3IFHegGR"}},"591072":{"id":"591072","type":"image","title":"Patricia Yang","body":null,"created":"1493389369","gmt_created":"2017-04-28 14:22:49","changed":"1493389369","gmt_changed":"2017-04-28 14:22:49","alt":"","file":{"fid":"225218","name":"Patricia Yang.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Patricia%20Yang.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Patricia%20Yang.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":207205,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/Patricia%20Yang.jpg?itok=G3lDQrWz"}}},"media_ids":["382241","591072"],"groups":[{"id":"1278","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"1275","name":"School of Biological Sciences"},{"id":"126011","name":"School of Physics"}],"categories":[{"id":"146","name":"Life Sciences and Biology"}],"keywords":[{"id":"4896","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"166882","name":"School of Biological Sciences"},{"id":"166937","name":"School of Physics"},{"id":"2378","name":"Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering"},{"id":"297","name":"David Hu"},{"id":"174262","name":"Patricia Yang"},{"id":"174219","name":"poop"},{"id":"174263","name":"defecation"},{"id":"174264","name":"elephants"},{"id":"172640","name":"PBS Newshour"},{"id":"174221","name":"mammals"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}