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Using sensors in “smart underwear,” a gastroenterology team found that healthy adults pass gas how many times a day on average?

To address a glaring gap in our understanding of the human body, the team created the discreet sensor, took it for a spin with human subjects, and recently published their findings. They found healthy adults pass gas an average of 32 times a day, more than twice the previous estimate of 14. (Read the full story.)

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