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Science in Pictures

AuthorScott LaFee
Date

September 15, 2025

A knotted strand of human hair. Typically, a single strand of human hair is between 0.03mm and 0.06 mm in thickness, comparable to the width of a human skin cell and thinner than a fruit fly’s eye.

Image courtesy of Robert Vierthaler, Pfarrwerfen, Salzburg, Austria.