LOS ANGELES - 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 ...

LOS ANGELES — Gears may seem like a purely human invention. Yet the basic interlocking mechanism found inside grandfather clocks and car-steering systems has turned up in the remarkably powerful legs ...

Planthoppers are champion jumpers — launching themselves upward, hundreds of times their own height, in just a couple of milliseconds. They... Living Gears Help This Bug Jump Greg Sutton was closely ...

Gears and wheels are not very common in nature. Recently however, biologist have discovered a precision gearing mechanism that is built and used by an insect known as a planthopper. The bug employs ...

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 ...

This is a photograph of a baby planthopper Issus. This image relates to a paper that appeared in the 13 Sept., 2013, issue of Science, published by AAAS. The paper, by Malcolm Burrows at University of ...

Planthoppers are champion jumpers — launching themselves upward, hundreds of times their own height, in just a couple of milliseconds. They... Living Gears Help This Bug Jump Greg Sutton was closely ...

This scanning electron micrograph image is of the gears engaging when the hind legs of the planthopper Issus move. This image relates to a paper that appeared in the 13 Sept., 2013, issue of Science, ...