flatulence

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When the cave floods, the rising and falling of the water sucks through air and makes a sound uncannily similar to flatulence.

From BBC • Apr. 18, 2026

Researchers at the University of Maryland have developed Smart Underwear, the first wearable device designed specifically to measure human flatulence.

From Science Daily • Mar. 14, 2026

“We desperately need to understand what the baseline of human flatulence patterns are. It’s 2026 and we don’t know how many times the average American is farting every day.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 27, 2026

“We desperately need to understand what the baseline of human flatulence patterns are,” says Brantley Hall, the study’s principal researcher at UMD.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 20, 2026

Constipation and flatulence, or “squeaky gut,” as the men called it, made them even more uncomfortable than they already were.

From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong