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Why is the bullet train’s nose shaped like a beak of a bird - here’s the real reason
Inspired by the kingfisher's beak, the bullet train's elongated nose design revolutionizes high-speed rail. This innovation ...
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Viral video reveals the surprising secret behind the world's fastest trains — here's what one observer noticed
The Instagram clip shows the powerful wind force generated by a bullet train passing through a tunnel. An entire line of cars zooms by in a split second. It's juxtaposed with footage of a kingfisher ...
Front end of Bullet train, the world's fastest train, is always shaped like a bird beak due to...
The most striking feature of the bullet train is not its speed but its front end, which is designed to resemble the beak of a ...
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How a kingfisher helped reshape Japan's bullet train
Listen to 30 Animals That Made Us Smarter to hear more about the kingfisher and the bullet train. Digital producers: Jennifer Green and Anna Doble; Animator: Jules Bartl. Researchers studying ...