A new giant long-necked dinosaur, Dasosaurus tocantinensis, unearthed in Brazil, reveals ancient land connections. Its close evolutionary ties to a Spanish species suggest dinosaurs migrated between ...

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

But falling cats – they seem to manage [it].” That feline talent of twisting round in mid-air isn’t just a neat survival ...

NASA’s DART mission proved that a spacecraft can nudge an asteroid system in space, offering a real test of planetary defense. NASA’s DART (Double Asteroid Redirection Test) spacecraft changed the ...

For hundreds of years, scientists have struggled to solve one of life's most enduring mysteries: How do cats always land on ...

Researchers used high-speed cameras and motion tracking to show the air-righting reflex relies on spine flexion, front and rear body rotation, and tail adjustments that conserve zero angular momentum ...

As drone threats push detection ranges outward, C-UAS performance is increasingly decided at the limits of visibility—where ...

A new momentum microscope at Forschungszentrum Jülich makes electrons and their properties in solids visible. The instrument, developed entirely in Jülich, provides unprecedentedly insights into ...

Wonder World Cave in San Marcos threw that whole process out the window and decided to be formed by an earthquake instead, because apparently, patience is overrated. That faux-rock waterfall entrance ...

The surface drains well and dries relatively quickly, meaning you can often use the playground shortly after rain stops.

Researchers have discovered a rotational motion that plays a critical role in the ability of breast cells to form the spherical structures in the mammary gland known as acini. This rotation, called ...