Cats Accidentally Solved a Physics Mystery | What the Physics?!
A falling cat seems to break the rules of motion β but the real explanation is even stranger than it looks.
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For centuries, scientists have been baffled by how cats land on their feet. Figuring it out took several theories, calculations, and dropped cats. But itβs helped us understand everything from how to move in zero gravity to building better robots.
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@pebbleschan6085
August 22, 2026 at 11:47 am
Our cat just lands in the position itβs dropped with a thud.
@DissoluteGambler
August 22, 2026 at 11:47 am
Nonsense. Did you ever try to pick up a 10 pound cat that didn't want to wake up? He weighs at least 100 pounds. Or see one fly by at eye level without falling? They manipulate gravity. They can turn it up or turn it off. Nobody ever told them they couldn't so they do it. They can also attract any bedding to them without moving and end up with all the blankets. We're dealing with a superior life form here unfettered by physics.
@lektwik
August 22, 2026 at 11:47 am
If the Earth was flat, cats would have knocked everything off of it long ago.
@ΠΠ°Π½-Π±Π°ΠΉ
August 22, 2026 at 11:47 am
Π£Π½ΠΈΡΡΠΎΠΆΠ°Ρ ΠΏΡΠΎΡΡΡΠ°Π½ΡΡΠ²ΠΎ Π²ΠΈΠ΄ΠΈΠΌΠ°Ρ Π²ΡΠ΅Π»Π΅Π½Π½Π°Ρ ΡΠΎΠ·Π΄Π°ΡΡ ΠΊΠ²Π°Π½ΡΠΎΠ²ΡΡ Π³ΡΠ°Π²ΠΈΡΠ°ΡΠΈΡ.
ΠΠ΄ΡΠ°Π²ΡΡΠ²ΡΠΉΡΠ΅, Π²ΡΠ΅Ρ Π±Π»Π°Π³ ΠΠ°ΠΌ.
ΠΠ»Ρ ΡΡΠΎΠ³ΠΎ ΠΏΡΠ΅Π΄Π»Π°Π³Π°Ρ ΠΈΡΠΏΠΎΠ»ΡΠ·ΠΎΠ²Π°ΡΡ ΠΌΠΎΠ±ΠΈΠ»ΡΠ½ΡΠΉ ΠΎΠΏΡΡ ΠΠ°ΠΉΠΊΠ΅Π»ΡΡΠΎΠ½Π°.
ΠΠ΄Π΅ ΠΏΠ°ΡΠ°Π»Π»Π΅Π»ΡΠ½ΠΎ ΠΎΠ΄Π½ΠΎΠΉ ΠΏΠ»ΠΎΡΠΊΠΎΡΡΠΈ Π½ΠΎ Ρ ΡΠΌΠ΅ΡΠ΅Π½ΠΈΠ΅ΠΌ Π½Π° 90Β°., ΠΈΡΠΏΠΎΠ»ΡΠ·ΡΠ΅ΡΡΡ Β«Ρ Π²Π°ΠΊΡΡΠΌΠ½ΡΠΌ ΡΠ΅ΡΠ΄Π΅ΡΠ½ΠΈΠΊΠΎΠΌ Π²ΠΎΠ»ΠΎΠΊΠΎΠ½Π½ΠΎ ΠΎΠΏΡΠΈΡΠ΅ΡΠΊΠΎΠ΅Β» Π²ΡΡΡΠ½ΡΡΡΠ΅ ΠΊΠ°ΡΡΡΠΊΠΈ Ρ (ΡΡΠ΅Π΄Π½ΠΈΠΌ ΠΏΠ΅ΡΠΈΠΌΠ΅ΡΡ P=L1+d/2+L2+d/2= 0,15 +0,05+0,15+0,05=0,4 ΠΌΠ΅ΡΡ) ΠΈΠ· ΠΌΠΎΠ½ΠΎΠ»ΠΈΡΠ° ΠΊΠ°ΡΠΊΠ°Ρ ΠΈ Π²Π°ΠΊΡΡΠΌΠ½ΠΎΠΉ ΠΊΠ°ΠΌΠ΅ΡΠΎΠΉ Ρ ΠΎΠ±ΡΠΈΠΌΠΈ Π³Π°Π±Π°ΡΠΈΡΠ°ΠΌΠΈ 20/20/h16 ΡΠΌ. ΠΠ΄Π΅ ΠΏΡΠΎΠ±Π΅Π³ ΡΠ²Π΅ΡΠ° ΠΈΠ΄ΡΡ ΡΠ΅ΡΠ΅Π· ΠΈΡΠΏΠΎΠ»ΡΠ·ΠΎΠ²Π°Π½ΠΈΡ Π²ΡΡΠΎΠΊΠΎΠ΄ΠΎΠ±ΡΠΎΡΠ½ΠΎΠ³ΠΎ ΡΠ΅Π·ΠΎΠ½Π°ΡΠΎΡΠ°: ΠΏΠΎ ΠΊΠ°ΠΆΠ΄ΠΎΠΌΡ ΡΡΠΊΠ°Π²Ρ ΠΈΠ· ΠΎΡΠ±ΠΈΡΡ ΠΏΠΎ 56 ΠΊΠΌ. ΠΡΠΎ ΠΏΠΎΠ·Π²ΠΎΠ»ΡΠ΅Ρ ΡΡΠ°Π²Π½ΠΈΠ²Π°ΡΡ ΡΠ°Π·Ρ ΡΠ²Π΅ΡΠ° Π² ΡΠ°ΠΌΠΎΠ»ΡΡΠ΅ ΠΏΡΠΈ Π΅Π³ΠΎ Π»ΠΈΠ½Π΅ΠΉΠ½ΠΎΠΉ ΡΠΊΠΎΡΠΎΡΡΠΈ 0,3 ΠΊΠΌ/ΡΠ΅ΠΊ, Π³Π΄Π΅ ΠΏΠΎ ΡΠ°ΡΡΠ΅ΡΡ, ΠΎΡΠ½ΠΎΠ²Π½ΠΎΠΉ ΡΠΎΡΠΌΡΠ»Ρ ΠΎΠΏΡΡΠ°, ΠΏΡΠΈ Ξ»=1,5 ΠΌΠΊΠΌ., Π³Π΄Π΅ 2l/Ξ»(vv/cc)=0,035
ΠΠΎΠΏΡΠΎΡ, Π³Π΄Π΅ Π»Π΅Π³ΡΠ΅ Π±ΠΎΡΠΎΡΡΡΡ Ρ ΡΡΠΌΠ°ΠΌΠΈ, Π½Π° Π΄Π΅ΡΠ΅ΠΊΡΠΎΡΠ΅ LIGO ΠΈΠ»ΠΈ Π² ΠΌΠΎΠ±ΠΈΠ»ΡΠ½ΠΎΠΌ ΠΎΠΏΡΡΠ΅ ΠΠ°ΠΉΠΊΠ΅Π»ΡΡΠΎΠ½Π° Π² ΡΠ°ΠΌΠΎΠ»ΡΡΠ΅ Ρ ΡΠ°Π·Π½ΠΈΡΠ΅ΠΉ
Π² 40 000 000 200 ΡΠ°Π·?
ΠΡΠΏΠΎΠ»ΡΠ·ΡΠ΅ΡΡΡ ΠΏΠ»Π°ΡΡΠΎΡΠΌΠ° Π²
ΡΡΠΈ ΡΡΠΎΠ²Π½Ρ ΠΏΠΎ Π·Π°ΡΠΈΡΡ ΠΎΡ Π²ΠΈΠ±ΡΠ°ΡΠΈΠΈ ΠΈ ΡΡΠΌΠ° Π² ΡΠ°ΠΌΠΎΠ»ΡΡΠ΅. .
ΠΠΏΡΡ ΠΠ°ΠΉΠΊΠ΅Π»ΡΡΠΎΠ½Π° + ΠΌΠΎΠ±ΠΈΠ»ΡΠ½ΡΠΉ ΠΎΠΏΡΡ ΠΠ°ΠΉΠΊΠ΅Π»ΡΡΠΎΠ½Π° =100% ΠΎΠΏΡΡ. Π³Π΄Π΅ ΠΌΠΎΠΆΠ΅ΠΌ ΠΏΡΠΎΡΠ»Π΅Π΄ΠΈΡΡ ΡΠ°Π±ΠΎΡΡ ΠΊΠ°ΠΊ Β«ΠΠΎΠΌΠΈΠ½Π°Π½ΡΠ½ΡΠ΅ Π³ΡΠ°Π²ΠΈΡΠ°ΡΠΈΠΎΠ½Π½ΡΠ΅ ΠΏΠΎΠ»ΡΒ» ΡΠ΅ΡΠ΅Π· ΡΠ°ΡΡΠΎΡΡ ΡΠ²Π΅ΡΠ°, ΠΊΠΎΡΡΠ΅ΠΊΡΠΈΡΡΡΡ Π΅Ρ Π‘ΠΠΠ ΠΠ‘Π’Π¬, ΡΠ½Π΅ΡΠ³ΠΈΡ, Π½Π°ΠΏΡΠ°Π²Π»Π΅Π½ΠΈΡ Π² Π²Π°ΠΊΡΡΠΌΠ΅. Β«Π‘ΠΠΠ’ – ΡΡΠΎ ΡΠ½Π΅ΡΠ³ΠΈΡ ΡΠΏΠΎΡΡΠ΄ΠΎΡΠ΅Π½Π½ΠΎΠΉ Π²ΠΈΠ±ΡΠ°ΡΠΈΠΈ ΠΊΠ²Π°Π½ΡΠΎΠ² Π³ΡΠ°Π²ΠΈΡΠ°ΡΠΈΠΈ Ρ ΠΊΠ²Π°Π½ΡΠΎΠ²ΡΠΌ ΠΏΠ΅ΡΠ΅ΡΠ°ΡΠΏΡΠ΅Π΄Π΅Π»Π΅Π½ΠΈΠ΅ Π³ΡΠ°Π½ΠΈΡ ΠΠ°Π³ΡΠ°Π½ΠΆΠ°Β»
@LuisEBenavente
August 22, 2026 at 11:47 am
Stats of falling cat injuries suggest that some cats can't easily flip and won't land on their paws when falling from floor1's roof. Virtually all cats landed safely when falling from a 2nd or 3rd floor level, suggesting they needed time to flip
@D.S.8197
August 22, 2026 at 11:47 am
Best job in the world, throwing cats, to see how they land. I hate cats. Whatever humans donβt put into extinction or cats finish off.
@moabyte2
August 22, 2026 at 11:47 am
their tail
@kuukeli
August 22, 2026 at 11:47 am
Great one again
@stephaniehernandez7209
August 22, 2026 at 11:47 am
I learned about this in a book called Falling Felines and Fundamental Physics by Gregory Gbur! It's a good read
@David-r9e3w
August 22, 2026 at 11:47 am
Still and forever floundering and babbling inanities.
@XursanoyOripova
August 22, 2026 at 11:47 am
Sovuq tun 87
@TaoNoble-gd8rg
August 22, 2026 at 11:47 am
Cool! π (JOIN the Disclosure Team ya'll! ) [site is Romero]
@akbflo
August 22, 2026 at 11:47 am
This is awesome.
@johnnyo3fan
August 22, 2026 at 11:47 am
You have it wrong. Kennedy went "rogue" as you put it, about 5 years before bell bottoms and the peace sign became a thing.
@rimidalvvokoban8407
August 22, 2026 at 11:47 am
Of course, cats are amazing. As many physicists know, they can be alive and dead at the same time.
@kadamxx
August 22, 2026 at 11:47 am
SchrΓΆdinger's cat went even further
@letolethe3344
August 22, 2026 at 11:47 am
I hope thi i a series or become a series! I love these shorter, bite-size videos. Words cannot say how wonderful it is that cats are teaching us about physics, thus proving their point that they are superior to us in every way. But anyone who experiments on a cat is gross.
@SamBrownBaudot
August 22, 2026 at 11:47 am
Japan has a popular science magazine that goes by the name "Newton".
There was a special, single topic issue earlier this year, "Nyan-ton".
All cat-science, cover to cover.
@EvaK28
August 22, 2026 at 11:47 am
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@patrickinsocal
August 22, 2026 at 11:47 am
Athena and cats! β€β₯π₯°β₯β€
@tiberiusgracchus4222
August 22, 2026 at 11:47 am
My cats back legs are paralyzed and stuck in sort of sitting position and I can tell, and so can she, that she would drop like a rock. She's never been dropped and never will be so this will remain a theory.
@billhorton2564
August 22, 2026 at 11:47 am
What a nice video! I was wondering when did cats actually domesticate humans, turning us into servants of the beast? Sidebar…Athena is a beautiful name, and she was a wonderful host/presenter.
@DennyReichard
August 22, 2026 at 11:47 am
If your cat always lands on itβs feet, youβre not dropping it right.
@Infinitesimal-ho7it
August 22, 2026 at 11:47 am
Oh yeah? When will astronauts involve a tail? You don't have a thing if you ain't got that swing.
@giantfightingbaby
August 22, 2026 at 11:47 am
Great video I love cats and KATZπππ
@bbirda1287
August 22, 2026 at 11:47 am
So the Kzinti are the best astronauts, I would have gone with the spiders
@SysadminJohn
August 22, 2026 at 11:47 am
To be fair, my kitty does enjoy getting tossed on to the bed, twists and all.
@victorbenner539
August 22, 2026 at 11:47 am
And cat nip. Don't forget the cat nip! π
@V.N.666
August 22, 2026 at 11:47 am
Astronauts imitating cats is my next fun fact to tell at a bar