A Physicist Has Solved The Aggravating Problem Of Tangled Earbuds

Without fail, anytime we put our iPhone earbuds in our pocket or bag they come out incredibly tangled. No matter how you lay them out or how neatly you wrap them. A couple weeks ago, Business Insider UK editor Jim Edwards enlightened us all with an explanation about why our earbuds always get tangled. Apparently the length and "agitation" of the earbuds cause them to knot and tangle. A scientific paper titled " Spontaneous knotting of an agitated string" goes into the specifics about how it work...