For more than a century, scientists have been trying to figure out how a falling cat lands on its feet with such astonishing regularity. A famous scientific exploration of the subject was published in ...

How a falling cat is able to right itself and land on its feet has long been a mystery. Scientists have been trying to figure it out for more than a century. In 1894, a scientific exploration of the ...

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 ...

As 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 ...

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 ...

Why do falling cats always seem to land on their feet? Scientists have been arguing about the precise mechanism for a very long time—since at least 1700, in fact—conducting all manner of experiments ...

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 ...