We know pee is used to determine pregnancy and if you’re taking drugs, but what else can pee tell us about ourselves? Read More: Powerful Urine Is Mind Altering http://www.nature.com/news/2007/070625/full/news070625-14.html “Female mice make new brain cells when they detect a dominant male’s urine, researchers have found. The discovery gives a clue as to how the chemical messages shape their receiver’s taste in mates.” Human Urine Metabolome http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0073076 “Urine has long been a “favored” biofluid among metabolomics researchers. It is sterile, easy-to-obtain in large volumes, largely free from interfering proteins or lipids and chemically complex. However, this chemical complexity has also made urine a particularly difficult substrate to fully understand.” Fish Don’t Want Birth Control But Scientists Say They Get It From Your Pill http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/speaking-of-science/wp/2015/03/30/fish-dont-want-birth-control-but-scientists-say-they-get-it-from-your-pill/ “Flushed down toilets, poured down sinks and excreted in urine, a chemical component in the pill wafts into sewage systems and ends up in various waterways where it collects in fairly heavy doses. That’s where fish soak it up.” ____________________ DNews is dedicated to satisfying your curiosity and to bringing you mind-bending stories & perspectives you won’t find anywhere else! New videos twice daily. Watch More DNews on TestTube http://testtube.com/dnews Subscribe now! http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=dnewschannel DNews on Twitter http://twitter.com/dnews Trace Dominguez on Twitter https://twitter.com/tracedominguez Julia Wilde on Twitter https://twitter.com/julia_sci DNews on Facebook https://facebook.com/DiscoveryNews DNews on Google+ http://gplus.to/dnews Discovery News http://discoverynews.com Download the TestTube App: http://testu.be/1ndmmMq