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Tuesday, November 19, 2013

From The Anals Of Science

Why do stools float or sink?

This was studied and published in 1972 (funding by U.S. Public Health Service):

"Floating Stools -- Flatus Versus Fat"  N Engl J Med (1972) 286, 973-975.

The funniest part: left hand column, third paragraph under "Methods":
"A cube of stool, 5 to 10 g, was cut from the specimen by means of a wire blade (more commonly used for slicing cheese)"