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Physics and psychology of cats – an (improbable) conversation

  • Written by Beth Daley, Editor and General Manager
imageAccording to researcher Marc-Antoine Fardin, under the right circumstances, cats’ bodies can behave like liquids.Nevena Uzurov/Moment via Getty Images

Have you wondered why cats are so nimble and seem to fit perfectly in cups, boxes and other small places? Or how cats communicate with humans?

Marc Abrahams, editor of the Annals of Improbable...

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