Do quiet farts smell worse than loud ones? Doctors explain why flatulence happens, what causes gas to smell, and whether the silent-but-deadly phenomenon is real.

Study participants wearing the Smart Underwear farted on average 32 times a day, which is more than the 10 to 20 farts a day ...

Researchers have launched a study to find a typical range for flatulence, which has been harder to measure than you might ...

The specially developed sensor tracks a person's fart by measuring hydrogen, which is produced exclusively by gut bacteria.

As it turns out, the average individual releases 32 bum ghosts per day, although the researchers noted a wild degree of variation between the most and least active farters. At the bottom end, some ...

The scientists will develop the Human Flatus Atlas, which quantifies the dynamic range of intestinal gas production. Read ...

Researchers want to establish a baseline range for daily fart count and gas content, which could help us discover more about the workings of the gut microbiome.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...