It takes backbone to solve an enigma like the “falling cat” problem. By Taylor Mitchell Brown In 1894, the French physiologist Étienne-Jules Marey tried to resolve a particularly vexing question in ...

Where would physics be without cats? No Schrödinger’s thought experiment; no FDC Willard; no Cheshire cat effect in quantum realm; really, the entire discipline would be reduced. But cats without ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. (Linas Toleikis/iStock/Getty Images Plus) For more than a century, scientists have been trying to figure out how a falling cat ...

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 Height Problem Most People Don’t Know About For the righting reflex to work, a cat needs enough time in the air to adjust its position. Falls from very short distances may not give it that chance.

In 1894, 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? Using the era’s rudimentary ...