Researchers find gears in nature – on planthopper insects
Saturday, September 14, 2013 - 02:30
in Biology & Nature
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.