He earned his A.B. in physics from Princeton University in 1987, where he was a member of the Princeton Tower Club. He did his graduate studies at the University of California, Berkeley where he earned an M.A. degree in astronomy in 1990 and a Ph.D. degree in astronomy in 1994.
The sulfur-rich foods most commonly associated with foul-smelling flatulence are eggs, meat and cauliflower. Cruciferous vegetables such as broccoli, cabbage, kale, mustard greens, collards and Brussels sprouts are also high in sulfur and can cause smelly gas.airy Products. Dairy products -- those made from cow's milk -- can sometimes cause foul-smelling flatulence, because many people cannot properly digest lactose, or milk sugar. The condition, known as lactose intolerance, is caused by a lack of the proper enzyme, lactase, to break down the lactose.
1 Stinky smell of rotten eggs or that of sulfur, which comes after a burp, is due to a gas formed in digestive tract. 2  It is called hydrogen sulfide gas. 3  The gas is produced when you eat sulfur containing food.4  When the food is metabolized in the stomach and intestine, hydrogen sulfide is produced. Avoid them when you have bad burps. 2  Excess of bile which has a sulfuric taste when present in digestive tract can lead to foul odor belching. 3  This happens when you eat large meal at a time. 4  In order to digest large meal, liver releases large amount of bile in the intestine.