But falling cats – they seem to manage [it].” That feline talent of twisting round in mid-air isn’t just a neat survival ...

The saying goes, “cats always land on their feet.” Scientists have investigated the physics of falling cats since at least 1700, and a team of researchers has recently furthered the topic with a study ...

Physicists and engineers highlight latest research in 14 talks covering tensor networks, quantum error correction, ...

For more than a century, scientists have been trying to figure out how a falling cat lands on its feet with such astonishing ...

Neil deGrasse Tyson explains the famous thought experiment used to illustrate ideas in quantum physics and how it helps describe uncertainty at very small scales.

In 1894, the French physiologist Étienne-Jules Marey tried to resolve a particularly vexing question in science: How do cats always seem to land on their feet when they fall? Usi ...

The new findings could have applications from improving vet treatments to even helping develop remarkable bio-inspired robots.

When cats fall, they usually land on their feet. This uncanny ability to right themselves before hitting the ground has long puzzled scientists. Now, a team from Yamaguchi University in Japan has the ...

The research continues, with a paper published in the journal The Anatomical Record reporting on new experiments to analyze the flexibility of feline spines. Over the centuries, scientists have ...

A cat falls, spins quickly in the air, and lands safely on its paws. To us, it looks like a small miracle. For cats, it’s a vital survival reflex. This ...

Visual representation of color spaces aligning with a mathematical apex. (LANL) Beauty may lie in the eye of the beholder, ...