Gears are ubiquitous in the man-made world, found in items ranging from wristwatches to car engines, but it seems that nature invented them first. A species of plant-hopping insect, Issus coleoptratus ...
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The Antikythera device was so advanced that nothing like it appears again for over a thousand years
An ancient Greek astronomical calculator dating to around 80 B.C. packed dozens of interlocking bronze gears into a case ...
This planthopper can jump fast, far, and repeatedly. How does it manage to jump so well? Biologists decided to find out — and they realized that this insect has literal interlocking gears in its legs.
Gears are ubiquitous in the man-made world, found in items ranging from wristwatches to car engines, but it seems that nature invented them first. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited ...
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