<story><title>Functioning ‘mechanical gears’ seen in nature for the first time (2013)</title><url>https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/functioning-mechanical-gears-seen-in-nature-for-the-first-time</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>fuckthemachine</author><text>This is not the first time, see the Flagellum Motor (which is far more complex) &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&amp;#x2F;wiki&amp;#x2F;Flagellum&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&amp;#x2F;wiki&amp;#x2F;Flagellum&lt;/a&gt;
(often used in ontological arguments)</text></comment>
<story><title>Functioning ‘mechanical gears’ seen in nature for the first time (2013)</title><url>https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/functioning-mechanical-gears-seen-in-nature-for-the-first-time</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>scottmcdot</author><text>This is exactly the same as a corkscrew [1]&lt;p&gt;[1] &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.ikea.com&amp;#x2F;au&amp;#x2F;en&amp;#x2F;images&amp;#x2F;products&amp;#x2F;idealisk-corkscrew-silver-colour-matt__0713023_PE729202_S5.JPG&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.ikea.com&amp;#x2F;au&amp;#x2F;en&amp;#x2F;images&amp;#x2F;products&amp;#x2F;idealisk-corkscre...&lt;/a&gt;</text></comment>