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Eighty Years Later, the Chemex Still Makes Better
Coffee is the original biohack and the nation’s most popular productivity tool. As we've battled t
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2026-03-16 01:00:38
Razer Boomslang 20th Anniversary Mouse Review: For
The Razer Boomslang 20th Anniversary Edition gaming mouse costs over one thousand dollars. $1,337, t
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iGarden M1 Pro Max 100 Review: A Sports Car for Yo
In an aquatic world dominated by robotic pool cleaners that mostly look identical, a company called
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This At-Home Hair Growth System Just Dropped in Pr
The iRestore Elite Helmet + Battery is on sale, from March 15 through March 31, dropping to $1,879 (
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2026-03-16 01:00:37
A New Study Details How Cats Almost Always Land on Their Feet
It's well established that when cats fall, they're able to land perfectly most of the time, nimbly maneuvering to right themselves before they hit the ground. Now, researchers at Japan's Yamaguchi University have advanced our understanding of this extraordinary ability, focusing on the mechanical properties of feline spines.What they found, as detailed in a recent study in the journal The Anatomical Record, is that those sure-footed landings are due in part to the fact that a cat's thoracic region is much more flexible than its lumbar region.While a cat's ability to rotate in the air without something to push again seems to defy the laws of physics, it's instead a complex righting maneuver. To find out how they do it, researchers in the new study first analyzed the spines of five deceased cats, separating the thoracic and lumbar regions and then subjecting them to mechanical tests to measure their flexibility, strength, and resistance to rotation. In another experiment, researchers used high-speed cameras to film two cats dropping onto a soft cushion.From the subsequent analyses, as told by the journal Phys.org, the team observed that what makes cats masters of falling is their spines, which are not uniformly flexible. In particular, the thoracic region is very flexible: It can rotate about 50 degrees with very little effort. The lumbar region, by contrast, is much stiffer and acts as a stabilizer.When straightening in the air, therefore, cats first rotate their head and fron
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