How to stop your soda from exploding, according to science

It’s wet, you drop it, but think “eh, it’s fine.” You pop the can open and SPLASH—there’s soda all over white shirt. Could you have prevented this beverage tragedy? Yes, with a little help from ...
Today

Why Do Silent Farts Smell Worse Than Loud Ones? There May Be a Scientific Explanation

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 ...

10 Positively Fascinating, Juicy, And Random Facts About History I Recently Learned That I Wish Had Been In My History Textbook

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

It’s Called the ‘Fitbit for Farts’—and It’s No Joke

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 ...
The Verge

Researchers at the University of Maryland built a Fartbit, a Fitbit for farts.

The team is constructing the Human Flatus Atlas, bringing modern wearable monitors to bear on digestive health, measuring the frequency and intensity of farts. The team even had to create an ...
Smithsonian Magazine

How Often Do You Fart? This ‘Smart Underwear’ Can Keep Track, Because Figuring Out a Baseline Is Important for Science

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 ...
New Atlas

Exploding rounds turn Apache attack copter into a drone hunter

The US Army is turning its AH-64 Apache attack helicopter into a drone hunter thanks to a new 30-mm round for its M230 chain-gun that can take out Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) using a proximity ...

10 Amazing Historical Facts That'll Make You View Your History Textbook In A New Light

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

What Your Daily Fart Count Could Say About Your Health

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 ...
USA Today

Everyone does this. But how much is too much? Scientists want to know

Scientists at the University of Maryland are aiming to answer that question in a new nationwide study that uses “Smart Underwear” to track how much participants pass gas each day. The research, led by ...
Phys.org

Could a recently reported high-energy neutrino event be explained by an exploding primordial black hole?

The KM3NeT collaboration is a large research group involved in the operation of a neutrino telescope network in the deep Mediterranean Sea, with the aim of detecting high-energy neutrino events. These ...
UPI

Researchers develop 'Smart Underwear' to track a wearer's farts

Feb. 16 (UPI) --University of Maryland researchers designed "Smart Underwear" to track and measure flatulence -- and they are seeking volunteers to wear them. Brantley Hall, an assistant professor in ...