One recent morning, as I was getting ready for the day, I carefully snapped a small sensor to my underwear — right under my butt. Then I worked out, did a full day at my job and hung out with friends.
Meanwhile, the tiny sensor in my pants was tracking every single time I farted.
The sensor was from Brantley Hall. He’s a microbiologist at the University of Maryland in College Park. He developed a fart sensor to understand just how much people fart in a day. I was now part of his study — one of the thousands contributing to the Human Flatus Atlas.
Scientists get smart about farts with new underwear sensor
I’ll admit I was nervous. Every time I ate something, I wondered if the sensor would later pick up a fart from it. I cringed every time I did fart. Do I fart too much? Not enough? What is the right amount anyway? And if we fart so often, why do we know so little about it?
Everybody farts, of course. Like many s...
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