The state-of-the-art train managed a top speed of 603km/h on a test track near Mount Fuji this week.
A woman who hit her head while on holiday found that she had developed extraordinary mental capabilities.
Reports from across Norway have described peculiar deluges of worms cascading from the heavens.
Lorraine Cobourn developed the curious phobia after being hit by a yellow taxi and breaking her hip.
The ancient ruins were found during an expedition to locate the fabled 'City of the Monkey God'.
Researchers have created a responsive artificial limb that can be controlled directly by the brain.
A peculiar downpour of milky-colored rain has been affecting parts of Washington, Oregon and Idaho.
A helicopter drone could help a rover on Mars to scout the terrain ahead and locate places of interest.
A strange new type of amphibian that looks like a snake has been found in the Cambodian rainforest.
The 'Phantom of the Opera' singer is set to spend ten days aboard the space station in October.
Neuroscientist Randal Koene envisages a future in which the mind could live forever within a computer.
Researchers found the arachnids within less than a single square mile of the Xishuangbanna rainforest.
The unsettling feeling that there is someone else in the room with you can be artificially induced.
A woman who lost her sight as a child found that she could see again after banging her head on a table.
The system is able to turn brain signals associated with your inner monologue in to actual words.
Mother-of-three Shannon Fraser went missing for over two weeks prompting an extensive search effort.
A new mapping project has revealed the terrain at the bottom of the sea in unprecedented detail.
Doctors have identified a 24-year-old who appears to have been born with part of her brain missing.
The effects of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster are still being felt in Europe more than 28 years later.
A new US study has suggested that the brain can be retrained to prefer healthy food over junk food.