A species of plant-hopping insect, Issus coleoptratus, is the first living creature known to possess functional gears, a new study finds. The two interlocking gears on the insect's hind legs help ...

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 ...

Mitsubishi Corporation has developed a set of three interlocking gears that can move around in different movement patterns while spinning at full tilt — which in some cases can reach an ...

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 ...

This complex arrangement of rods and interlocking gears is the hip joint of an immature planthopper insect. It’s the only instance of functioning, interlocking gears that has been found in nature, at ...

Instead, the gears, which engage before the jump, let the issus lock its legs together—synchronizing their movements to a precision of 1/300,000 of a second. The gears themselves are an oddity.

Bullish - Video. Simple Machines: Levers, Gears, and Mechanical Advantage Explained. Posted: February 20, 2025 | Last updated: July 10, 2025. The film *Spinning Levers* explores the fundamental ...

A mind-bending optical illusion is circulating on social media this week that tricks your brain into thinking stationary gears are moving. The illusion was shared on Reddit by user dhruveishp, and ...

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Creature with Interlocking Gears on Legs Discovered. News. By Tanya Lewis published 12 September 2013 When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.