Leaping and falling generally lead to landing, which can be difficult to do. This study considers the problem as it involves cats and legged space robots: “Analysis of Cushioned Landing Strategies of Cats Based on Posture Estimation,” Li Zhang, Liangliang Han, Haohang Liu, Rui Shi, Meiyang Zhang, Weijun Wang, Xuyan Hou, Biomimetic, vol. 13, no. […]
This photo of a cat in a hat is an important part of why some people expect a good deal of media attention for this study: “Non-invasive electroencephalography in awake cats: Feasibility and application to sensory processing in chronic pain,” Aliénor Delsart, Aude Castel, Guillaume Dumas,Colombe Otis, Mathieu Lachance, Maude Barbeau-Grégoire, Bertrand Lussier, Franck Péron, […]
This week’s Feedback column (that I write) in New Scientist magazine has four segments. Here are bits of each of them: Intentional cattiness — When cats are forced to endure a crush of mass attention from an adoring public, do they continue to behave in their famous, endearing, imperious “cat-like” ways? Simona Cannas and her colleagues at the […]
This month’s selected study about Coca-Cola in a cat is: “Endoscopic administration of Coca-Cola for medical management of a wedged intestinal trichobezoar in a cat,” Savanah Wilson, Devin Dobbins, Lukas Kawalilak, and Joseph C Parambeth, The Canadian Veterinary Journal, vol. 64, no. 8, 2023, pp. 747-752.
