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The human face is an engineering nightmare. It’s a soft, elastic, and impossibly complex landscape of shifting contours, sharp …

Published on July 29, 2023, 5:01 p.m.

For thousands of years, the act of shaving has been a simple, if perilous, contract between a sharp edge and human skin. From s…

Published on Aug. 10, 2023, 9:51 p.m.

We dissect an everyday electric razor to reveal the sophisticated principles of mechanical suspension, motor control, and mater…

Published on Aug. 5, 2023, 8:24 p.m.

In the quiet ritual of the morning routine, nestled between the toothbrush and the comb, lies a small, handheld object of remar…

Published on April 5, 2025, 3:38 a.m.

It often begins quietly. An extra few strands in the hairbrush, a slightly wider parting noticed under harsh bathroom lighting,…

Published on Feb. 9, 2025, 1:22 p.m.

For decades, the conversation around hair care has been focused on the visible: the shine, the volume, the texture of the hair …

Published on April 5, 2025, 5:25 a.m.

Science is filled with stories of serendipity—of looking for one thing and finding something far more unexpected. In 1967, in a…

Published on Feb. 9, 2025, 8:13 a.m.

In the world of haircare, we are often presented with a paradox. We crave the deep, conditioning comfort of an oil, a legacy tr…

Published on July 28, 2023, 9:40 p.m.

The morning ritual is a familiar one. In the quiet moments before the day asserts its demands, there is the simple, tactile act…

Published on Jan. 9, 2024, 5:34 p.m.

The quest for smooth skin is a story as old as civilization itself. In the courts of ancient Egypt, a mixture of sugar, water, …