Scientists at Harvard have built a miniature device that can twist and tune light in real time. By rotating two stacked photonic crystals and adjusting their spacing with a tiny mechanical system, ...

Scientists have uncovered the oldest direct evidence yet that Earth’s tectonic plates were on the move 3.5 billion years ago. By analyzing magnetic fingerprints in ancient rocks, they reconstructed ...

Animals come in an extraordinary range of body shapes. A starfish looks nothing like an earthworm, a mouse, or a human. Yet even closely related species can appear radically different: corals, ...

Today's sea level rise is significant enough to slow the rotation of the planet by just over a millisecond per century.

Cats rarely crash and burn, always seeming to land on their feet. But how? Researchers have uncovered the secret behind their midair control.

These long E. coli cells can swim their way into tubes, like catheters, so DeCurtis et al. studied the dynamics of elongated ...

The secret to this acrobatic skill lies in an extremely flexible part of the spine that allows cats to twist in the air and land safely.

The saying goes, “cats always land on their feet.” Scientists have investigated the physics of falling cats since at least ...

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 ...

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

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, ...