From The Brains Behind Brains on, this is the Moment of Um.

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Moment of Um comes to you from APM Studios. I'm your host, Bell Spector, Smell Inspector.

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Ever since I was a kid, I have had a unique and refined sense of smell.

I could tell when my mom was baking cookies from eight houses away.

Once, I found a single, tiny cube of Parmesan cheese behind the living room sofa by smell alone. My nasal knack has served me

well over the years, and I decided to make it my profession. I'm like a detective, but with a

super sniffer instead of a magnifying glass. I've used my gift to locate lost puppies, stop small fires before they get out of control,

and find the best cupcake shop in every city I have ever visited.

Delicious. I'm kind of a superhero, even if the movie executives for every major superhero franchise refused to return my emails.

Something about my incredible nose powers aren't translating well to the big screen.

Psh!

Their loss!

Nonetheless, I am preparing to solve one of the most pressing mysteries of my career.

Who tooted in the Brains-on break room? I have smelt it. Now to find out,

who dealt it. But there's only one problem. I'm not sure how farts get their smell,

or if their scent can be traced back to a specific person. Oh, how will I even start?

Listener, Anna, had a similar question. Hi, my name is Anna, and I'm from Sharpsburg, Georgia. My question is, can the

smell of your farts be determined by your genetics? I would say no, the smell is not determined by

our genetics, but perhaps the amount.

My name is Kyla Gabriel, and I'm a current Masters of Science candidate at Queen's University.

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