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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Some veterinary data has shown that cats falling from higher buildings sometimes suffer fewer visible injuries than those falling from mid-level heights. This happens because they have more time to ...

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 ...