This week's question comes from Morning Brief reader Robert, who asks, "Do tornadoes rotate clockwise or counterclockwise? And why?" Meteorologist Jonathan Belles: The answer is b ...

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 ...

Vibration plates aren’t generally harmful, but many promoters overstate the benefits of these platforms. Most research showing vibration plates are beneficial has involved perfo ...

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 ...

The new findings could have applications from improving veterinary treatments to even helping develop remarkable new 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, ...

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 ...

Abstract: We propose a novel solution to the rigid body localization (RBL) problem, in which the three-dimensional (3D) rotation and translation is estimated by only utilizing the range measurements ...

Abstract: Lower-limb assistive wearable exosuits can reduce occupational injuries of manual workers by assisting strenuous and repetitive lifting tasks. This study aims to develop a lower-limb ...