Ever wonder why some hair is curly, or why it gets tangled and frizzy? Turns out the science behind hair texture is pretty complicated.
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Straight Hair Is Knottier Than Curly Hair
“Based on these criteria, curly hair averages about three tangles per head whereas straight averages more than five tangles. The surprising results, and a mathematical model of tangling, were recently published in the American Journal of Physics.”
East Asian Physical Traits Linked to 35,000-Year-Old Mutation
“The traits – thicker hair shafts, more sweat glands, characteristically identified teeth and smaller breasts – are the result of a gene mutation that occurred about 35,000 years ago, the researchers have concluded.”
The Physics of Curly Hair-Because You Deserve to Know
“The real determinant of whether your hair does what you want it to do at any one moment is physics. And a new paper in the journal Physical Review Letters-which is not typically in the habit of offering haircare tips-explains why.”
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Written by: Molly Nevola
