This article was originally published on mentalfloss.com as Yes, You Need to Clean Your Belly Button-Here's the Best Way to Do It. Haphazardly dragging a soapy washcloth or loofah over your abdomen ...

MILLIONS of Brits who have been told they are perfectly healthy could actually be obese, scientists have revealed. BMI, has, ...

A novel about identity and a missing youth, a history of the overthrow of the Shah of Iran and a picture book celebrating the underappreciated belly button are this year’s ...

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I was a weird kid – I used to be very jealous of people who were left-handed, and desperately wanted an outie belly button (I don’t know what was going on with me either). A paper published in ...

When it comes to prepping for a “high-anxiety show,” Emma Chamberlain prefers to start her day with matcha. “I don’t need espresso straight to the dome,” she says. Chamberlain joined the likes of ...

Scientists have discovered a hidden fibrous sheath beneath the belly button that explains why navels stay concave for life.

The belly button, it turns out, is one of the least-studied parts of the human body. But one of its great mysteries may now have been solved – why most people have an innie, or concave belly button.

For years Charlea had been told her chances of having a baby were next to none, due to a health condition. So, when medics made the startling discovery, she was terrified LOOKING in the mirror, ...

The belly button, also known as the umbilicus, is the area that helps spot where the umbilical cord was attached during foetal development. This cord delivers essential nutrients and oxygen from the ...

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