It's odd -- I'd swear I've read about a gear-like mechanism found in an insect years ago, but I can't find any references now... of course Google is flooded wit

It's odd -- I'd swear I've read about a gear-like mechanism found in an insect years ago, but I can't find any references now... of course Google is flooded with a million articles rehashing this single news story claiming to be the first. It may just be that late 2013 feels farther than it is, and I'm remembering this news from then.