Gypsy-Rose Blanchard revealed why she wears wigs after she "had to cut [her hair] really short" due to damage.

Mark Portante, a member of the Joint Operating Committee at the Greater Johnstown Career and Technology Center, recently ...

Scientists build micromotors smaller than a human hair Tiny light-powered gears could revolutionize medicine by powering machines the size of human cells. Date: September 18, 2025 Source: University ...

Curls may be why humans have such big brains. A new study—involving a mannequin wearing wigs in a wind tunnel—reveals how. Just why humans have hair on their heads is a long-standing question that few ...

For most of the 20th century, each successive decade added about three extra years to people’s average lifespan in developed countries. For a person born at the turn of the 21st century, these ...

As fashion looks to become more sustainable, we’ve seen a whole assortment of alternative materials hit the market, from mushroom leather to seaweed yarns and everything in between. One potential ...

When your brush quickly becomes clogged with hair or you start finding increasing numbers of stray strands on your clothes, it's enough to make any woman feel uneasy—especially if you’re also getting ...

Nwanne Dike Ijere does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond ...

Curly, wavy or straight, long or short, we tend to do a lot with our hair. It grows about half an inch a month. Most of us just cut it off, and throw it away, or should we? Researchers at UC Berkeley ...

In a world of weird, this one ranks up there... A non-profit out of San Francisco, California, is cleaning up oil spills using the naturally adsorbent properties of human hair, woven into thick mats ...

Swallowing a stray hair or two is unlikely to cause any harm. Our digestive system can’t process keratin, so “the hair itself just goes through your digestive system and comes out in your poop,” says ...