Gears aren't just man-made, say scientists who have found some that help put the spring in planthopper insects.
Gears may seem like a purely human invention. And yet the basic interlocking mechanism found inside grandfather clocks and car steering systems has now turned up in the remarkably powerful legs of young planthopper insects.
via L.A. Times - Science http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/latimes/news/science/~3/zezirkVyiWg/la-sci-leg-gears-20130914,0,1476077.story
Gears may seem like a purely human invention. And yet the basic interlocking mechanism found inside grandfather clocks and car steering systems has now turned up in the remarkably powerful legs of young planthopper insects.
via L.A. Times - Science http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/latimes/news/science/~3/zezirkVyiWg/la-sci-leg-gears-20130914,0,1476077.story
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