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Study Quantifies Spinal Mechanics That Let Cats Land on Their Feet

New measurements link cats' righting reflex to contrasting thoracic and lumbar flexibility.

Feline Thoracic Spine Flexibility Tied to Tuck-and-Turn Righting in New Study

Supersonic Cracks in Tape Launch Tiny Shockwaves, Solving the Screech Mystery

Nature Study Reveals Supersonic Slip Pulses Drive Sneaker Squeaks

Nature Study Proposes Great Pyramid Was Built From Inside Using Hidden Counterweights

URV Researchers Turn Vortex Vibrations Into Power With Simple Pendulum Device

Earth’s Rotation Day Marks 175 Years Since Foucault’s Panthéon Demonstration

Physicists Explain Golf’s Lip-Outs, Mapping When Putts Pop Back Out

PNAS Study Finds Soft Coral Uses Natural Jamming to Switch From Flexible to Rigid

New Study Shows Rapa Nui’s Moai Were Moved Upright by ‘Walking’

Peer-Reviewed Study Says Rapa Nui’s Moai Were ‘Walked’ Upright Into Place

Lantern-Inspired Polymer Meta-Unit Rapidly Snaps Into Dozens of Shapes

Peer-Reviewed Study Shows Easter Island’s Moai Were ‘Walked’ Upright With Ropes

How Ford Builds the Mustang GTD — And What Early Drives Show

First Real-Time 3D View Shows How Hydrogen Alters Stainless Steel Defects

Sunlight-Powered Flyers Levitate in Lab Under Mesospheric Conditions

Porsche Advances GT2 RS Testing as 2026 GT3 R Evo Debuts

Apollo 16 Samples Show Solar Wind Erodes Moon Surface Ten Times Less Than Expected

Intercellular Fluid Flow Is Key to Tissue Deformation, MIT Study Finds

MIT Study Overturns Belief About Eggshell Strength