Given how flatulence can give us insight into gut health, it's surprising how little we know about the line between what's good and what's excessive, researchers say.

LIÈGE, Belgium — Those moments when your brain seemingly shuts down mid-conversation aren’t just embarrassing social hiccups or “brain farts”; neuroscientists now recognize them as “mind blanking.” ...

It began, as good weird science often does, with an embarrassing question. A nurse asked something most people would be too polite to say out loud: can a fart contaminate an operating room? It’s not ...

Nobody likes to talk about farting. But gas production is a normal byproduct of digestion. In fact, most people toot an average of 8 to 14 times per day (sometimes even more). Luckily, most farts are ...

While breaking wind could help protect against Alzheimer’s and postpartum depression, there can be too much of a “good” thing. Scientists recently discovered that we’re passing gas a lot more often ...

Farts are funny and sometimes smelly. But are they a legitimate topic of research? Could your smelly farts help science? Farts are funny and sometimes smelly. But are they a legitimate topic of ...

Fart danger is everywhere recent science fiction. First there was Greg Bear’s novel Vitals, in which an evil Soviet conspiracy leads to targeted biological mind-control attacks. How do you know ...

Whatever you call it, flatulence, passing gas...it's natural and here's how it works. Farting is hilarious and gross and everyone is doing it so why can’t we talk ...