Gut health experts decode what’s really behind the smell, sound and frequency.

Even though it can be embarrassing and the subject of juvenile jokes, farting is a normal part of the digestive system. It's how you release excess gas from your gastrointestinal tract—a necessary ...

You may fart more than usual if you eat gas-producing foods like beans, cauliflower, and dairy. Eating too fast and chewing gum can also make you swallow air and pass more gas. Conditions like IBS, ...

To answer this, Dr Karl Kruszelnicki and microbiologist Luke Tennent conducted the ‘bare-bottom experiment’, which found that unclothed farts could spread Staphylococcus epidermidis and Pseudomonas ...

Rachel Fairbank is a freelance science writer based in Texas. When she is not writing, she can be found spending time with her family, or at her local boxing gym. One important thing to understand ...