A team of scientists at the University of Maryland (UMD) is gathering first-of-its-kind data through a device you put on your ...

A new wearable device reveals how often people actually fart.

Zen digesters” rarely fart. “Hydrogen hyperproducers” fart a lot. Scientists are investigating what is typical.

A string of medics have listed the varying causes of excess flatulence to help explain why some people fart more than others.

Doctors share their thoughts on what’s normal when it comes to gas and what needs to be checked out.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Gas guzzler: The smart underpants developed in the US to track wind show that we fart about twice as much as previously assumed.

Welcome to Ask Doctor Zac, a weekly column from news.com.au. This week, Dr Zac Turner explores why it seems that people fart more on planes. QUESTION: Hi Dr Zac, I just returned home from London after ...

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 ...

A few years ago, I was doing a routine checkup on a delightful 5-year-old girl. One of the things I do at checkups is to ask kids to bend over so I can see if they have a straight back. I do this ...

While traveling on an airplane is the fastest and most convenient way to cross a large area of land or ocean, it also leads to some uncomfortable situations that you don’t have to deal with on the ...