Close-Up of the First Mechanical Gear Ever Found in Nature

Re:Close-Up of the First Mechanical Gear Ever Found in Nature by ignoramous on Sunday March 26, 2023 @03:23PM (#35318481)

Reminds me of this pretty common but all the more spectacular: a close-up of super complex production line (gene transcription) driven by DNA strands: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Hk9jct2ozY / https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/7Hk9jct2ozY

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Re:Close-Up of the First Mechanical Gear Ever Found in Nature by djmips on Monday March 27, 2023 @04:47AM (#35324364)

What you posted is so cool! And look at ATP synthase! wow. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kXpzp4RDGJI

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Re:Close-Up of the First Mechanical Gear Ever Found in Nature by bmitc on Monday March 27, 2023 @05:55AM (#35324746)

Thanks for posting that. It truly is mind blowing. It makes my head hurt just thinking about how life exists and it all starting with this insanity. In computing, there's this idea of a machine that could make itself, an idea Von Neumann toyed with. And yet, here is life, which figured it out billions (if not more) years ago. Makes you wonder just what in the hell is going on in this universe.

That video is seriously cool. Thanks again.

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Re:Close-Up of the First Mechanical Gear Ever Found in Nature by ZeroGravitas on Monday March 27, 2023 @09:55AM (#35326710)

Youtube recommended a talk by the animator, which is fascinating:

https://youtu.be/qbyzEiBvbXw

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Re:Close-Up of the First Mechanical Gear Ever Found in Nature by hombre_fatal on Monday March 27, 2023 @11:06AM (#35327655)

These vids always make me want to eat healthier and exercise. Don’t want to let my little subcelular machines down after all this work:(

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