The following is an excerpt from “You’ve Been Pooping All Wrong,” by Trisha Pasricha, MD, MPH, which will be published on Tuesday. Science has finally settled the age-old debate of whose farts smell ...

How often do people fart? That pressing question is currently being studied by scientists at the University of Maryland. Microbiologist Brantley Hall and his colleagues are attempting to map something ...

The fart sound was an edited-in sound effect and did not appear in the original video. The altered clip, showing the moments before a March 13, 2026, Pentagon news conference, originated from a user ...

A team of scientists at the University of Maryland (UMD) is gathering first-of-its-kind data through a device you put on your underwear. Smart Underwear is able to track whenever a person farts. While ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Nicole Curtis, who is white, appeared on “The Breakfast Club” to explain a viral video of her using a racial slur ...

Curtis joined the Power 105.1 radio program to explain her use of the phrase "fart n***er" while filming 'Rehab Addict.' By Tony Maglio Perhaps Nicole Curtis should have hired a crisis PR team. “What ...

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, ...

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 ...

Feedback is feeling bold, so here is a prediction: the research we are about to describe is going to win an Ig Nobel award within the next decade. The entire project feels tailor-made for the Igs. It ...

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 ...

Scientists at the University of Maryland are aiming to answer that question in a new nationwide study that uses “Smart Underwear” to track how much participants pass gas each day. The research, led by ...

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 ...