💁🏻♀️ TIL: 🐈🔄 For over a century, the “falling cat problem” had physicists building equations to explain how #cats land on their feet without violating the laws of motion.
A new #study out of #Japan took a different approach: looking at the cat’s spine itself. They found that the upper back twists freely while the lower back stays stiff, letting a cat rotate its front half into position and swing the rear into alignment mid-fall.
#physics #biology #anatomy #research #biomechanics #animals #zoology #veterinary #robotics
📰 NHL exploring Texas expansion opportunities in Houston and Austin, AP source says
https://japantoday.com/category/sports/nhl-exploring-expansion-opportunities-in-texas-ap-source-says

The NHL is exploring potential expansion to Texas with Houston and Austin among the possibilities, a person with knowledge of the decision told The Associated Press on Tuesday. The league's Board of Governors had their annual post-Stanley Cup Final and pre-draft meeting on Tuesday in New York. The person spoke…
📰 U.S. TV news host begs for info after kidnap note says mother is dead

A popular U.S. television news host whose mother was kidnapped in February said Tuesday she is in "agony" after reports the elderly woman died shortly after being abducted. Savannah Guthrie, the anchor of a major morning network news program, pleaded for anyone with information about the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie,…