When it comes to body parts, the belly button doesn’t usually get much attention. Yet this often-overlooked little spot is a treasure trove of interesting details. Whether you've got an innie or an ...

Lately, we’ve been doing some navel-gazing. Usually, that would mean we’re contemplating something serious or even spiritual. We’re not. We’re simply checking out navels. And why not? They’re ...

The navel, a.k.a. the belly button (or, more clinically, the umbilicus) is really just a scar that marks the spot where the umbilical cord was attached. Everyone has one in the same spot — and none of ...

Academic journals examining the psychological and sexual attributes of the human navel are almost nonexistent. Fortunately, Wikipedia’s extensive, and even scholarly, coverage of the subject deftly ...

To keep students quiet, I used to tell them to contemplate their navel, before it became fashionable to do so as well as expose, paint, pierce and tattoo the small hollow or bulge that crowns our ...