A woman had some viral video gold on her hands when she decided to document the oddly fart-like noises coming from her car recently. Tonya Isbell said her car “was making a very strange noise towards ...

This 3D printed fart accordion is as hilarious as it sounds. When compressed, the printed design creates a funny noise that instantly makes people laugh. It’s a playful reminder that 3D printing isn’t ...

Ben Franklin wanted a drug to make farts smell good. Nellie Bly revolutionized investigative journalism by getting herself ...

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 ...

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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 ...

Wildfires are "exploding" across Florida this week as the Sunshine State grapples with its worst drought in decades. Florida’s wildfire threat is intensifying, leaving vegetation across much of the ...

An ongoing research project using ‘Smart Underwear’ wants to unlock secrets of the gut microbiome by tracking how often people fart throughout the day. A team of scientists created a new device that ...

Farting is one of the body’s most common — and necessary — digestive processes. Gas is created as gut bacteria digests the food we eat, or as the result of swallowing air (aerophagia), and releasing ...

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 ...

Whether you’re breaking wind, farting hard or just letting out a quick toot, flatulence is—whether you want to admit it or not—as much a daily necessity as breathing. But exactly how often the average ...