Erin Rice is a Contributor from the United States. She has a Master of Arts in Composition and Rhetoric and works as a professor and Academic Advisor. She has been writing about video games for a ...

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 ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

Researchers have discovered, for the first time, “mechanical gears” in nature. Juvenile planthoppers use a set of interlocking teeth, similar to cogs, to coordinate their legs as they jump. Juvenile ...

Many mechanical devices have been inspired by examples in nature, but it’s not often that nature replicates something only known to be made by human beings. Meet Issus coeleoptratus, more commonly ...

When a gear lever suddenly feels stiff or refuses to move out of park, it is more than an annoyance, it is a warning that ...

For decades, drivers assumed that a transmission problem meant gears grinding, fluid leaks, or worn-out parts. But in today’s ...

The most efficient way of getting them is by crafting them yourself. To do this, you’ll first need a Brazier, which can be crafted with six Ingots and three Shafts. If you don’t already have the ...