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

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

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 ...

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

A team at Yamaguchi University in Japan has identified a mechanical property of the feline spine that helps explain how cats can rotate midair to land on their feet. Their peer-reviewed study, ...

Cats are renowned for always landing on their feet. While that’s not entirely true, “cat physics” sounds like an oxymoron. Scientific laws don’t appear to apply to animals that can squeeze into ...

The famous thought experiment of Schrödinger’s Cat neatly sums up a complex quantum phenomenon, highlighting how bizarre that unseen world is by putting it in terms we can visualize. Now, scientists ...

Cats are innate masters of physics. They can leap extraordinary distances to climb things or while hunting. They have split second reflexes to catch their prey. And apparently, they can’t get enough ...

[url=http://arstechnica.com/civis/viewtopic.php?p=31399631#p31399631:274nfp8y said: neeksgeek[/url]":274nfp8y]Just adding my anecdotal evidence. I have seen some cats ...