When the going gets tough, some people — think former “Rehab Addict” coach Nicole Curtis — just keep digging. Sometimes, um, fart digging? “Fart digger” is what Curtis told “The Breakfast Club” she ...

Everybody farts. The question is how often? And how much gas is too much gas to pass? Those are questions that arose from frustration with a piece of lab equipment. To see the fart sensor in action, ...

When Brantley Hall opened enrollment for his Human Flatus Atlas project to measure how much wind people break in a day, he expected a few dozen takers. They filled their roster in a few days with ...

Everyone farts. In fact, the average person farts an estimated 25 times a day, per the Cleveland Clinic. That's at least once an hour. Most of them are quick and odorless, but sometimes the smelliest ...

As I type this, a battery-powered computer tucked in my, er, swimsuit area is monitoring for my next flatus. Yes, flatus means “fart.” Don’t judge me—it’s for science. This sensing device, which would ...

Researchers developed a tiny fart-measuring device that snaps into underwear. Left: University of Maryland. Right: S. Botasini et al., Biosensors and Bioelectronics: X, 2025 under CC BY 4.0 How many ...

Did you get wind of what that new fart study found—you know the one recently published in the journal Biosensors and Bioelectronics: X? Well, participants in the study farted on average 32 times a day ...

How often do you fart? New research suggests the answer is probably more often than you think, and knowing that number actually has scientific value. The common belief has long been that people might ...

It's often seen as a taboo subject, but a new study is finally lifting this lid on humans' farting habits. Scientists from the University of Maryland have developed 'smart underwear' that records ...

While breaking wind could help protect against Alzheimer’s and postpartum depression, there can be too much of a “good” thing. Scientists recently discovered that we’re passing gas a lot more often ...

From the lab that brought you the reason behind yellow pee comes another monumental advance in digestive science: a fart-tracking sensor to be attached to your underwear. As it turns out, farts are ...