Some people suggest that picking your nose and eating boogers boosts the immune system. However, no scientific evidence supports this. In fact, eating it may cause negative health effects.

Seeing your child pick their nose, eat their boogers, and wipe their finger on the nearest item is not only horrifying but unsanitary. Nipping this bad habit in the bud is essential and can ...

New research suggests a surprising and potentially concerning link between a common habit—picking your nose—and the risk of ...

By eating mucus, you might be giving your body a chance to learn from these captured pathogens, boosting your overall immune response. Before you start thinking of nose-picking as the next big ...

But the species is going to have to get an even better publicist, because one individual was recently caught on camera picking its nose and eating what came out. The individual in question is Kali ...

The aye-aye is the newest member of an exclusive club: animals that pick their nose. The primates from Madagascar have been recorded for the first time inserting their eight-centimetre-long finger ...

They did find one study which suggested that nose-picking could spread bacteria in a harmful manner. Another said that eating snot could stop bacteria from sticking to teeth, so it might be good ...