A diamond-encrusted platinum skull by artist Damien Hirst has been sold to an investment group for the asking price of $100 million. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

The Tate already have four works in their Hirst Collection and now he has donated another four, including the cow in formaldehyde and the sliced up horse. picked by pocksucket 9 months ago

Scientists in Indonesia's central Java are celebrating the discovery of a massive fossilised crocodile skull, believed to be up to 700,000 years old. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

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"The Skull Chapel in Sedlec, a suburb of Kutna Hora in the Czech Republic. In 1776 a local priest founded a church made up of human skulls and tibia bones. All the bones were the victims of the Silesian wars and epidemics." picked by fogowar 11 months ago

Ever wondered what Pac-man's skull would look like? No? well it's pretty cool anyway. picked by doggylives 6 months ago

NEW research based on digs at a deserted medieval village near Sledmere have cast doubts over the evolution of the human skull in medieval times. picked by neilharvey 12 months ago

The skull of a 130-million-year-old crocodile has been unearthed by a fossil-hunter along the UK coastline. It was discovered on the coast of Swanage in Dorset by Mr Richard Edmonds after he who spotted the prehistoric predator's 60cm skull poking out of a rock. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

If you have 600 in cash buy a human skull! Real bones of humans and animals, no it is not illegal (in most states) and they even tell you how they cleaned them up!
All in the name of science and curiosity. picked by sabrnig 2 years ago

An unusual dinosaur has been shown to have a skull that functioned like a fish-eating crocodile, despite looking like a dinosaur. It also possessed two huge hand claws, perhaps used as grappling hooks to lift fish from the water. picked by AutumnLotus 8 months ago

Scientists have discovered a girls skull over 3.3 million years old. The 3 year old girls skeleton is believed to be a member of the Australopithecus afarensis family. The same species as the 1973 skeleton discovery in Ethiopia, nicknamed, "Lucy" picked by iduffee 2 years ago

An 85 million-year-old dinosaur skull has been found in southwestern Japan, one of the oldest discoveries of its kind in the country. picked by AutumnLotus 11 months ago

At the end of the day, proceeds from the sale of WristStrong bracelets are only part of the fundraising initiative — the real reason Colbert stopped by to see Brian Williams and Katie Couric (and Bill O'Reilly and Tony Snow and Nancy Pelosi) was to get them to sign his cast, so he could auction it off on eBay in the name of strong wrists and support for wounded U.S. soldiers returning from o... read full post picked by Maven 12 months ago

A North Sea fisherman has netted a gruesome catch: a piece of skull belonging to his missing friend. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

One of the men allegedly told police they dug up a grave in an abandoned cemetery in the woods, removed a head from a body and smoked marijuana using the skull as a bong. picked by AutumnLotus 4 months ago

An almost complete human skull fossil that could date back 100,000 years has been unearthed in China, state media said on Wednesday, hailing it as the greatest discovery since Peking Man. picked by AutumnLotus 7 months ago

"The identity and gender of the person had not been determined, but the skull had some distinguishing marks: a partial set of dentures, two of the teeth are gold, some of the teeth have a star pattern on them, and one of the front teeth has a golden "R" on it." picked by BrownTrout 1 year ago

Dutch customs police turned a fake break into a real bust Friday when they stopped a woman trying to smuggle 3.3 pounds of cocaine into the country in a plaster cast on her leg. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

Higher primates such as humans are considered the brainiacs of the mammalian world. But a 29-million-year-old fossilized skull suggests that one of our remote ancestors was a bit of a "pea brain," sporting a noggin smaller than that of a modern lemur. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

Twinkling stars are often compared with diamonds, sparkling and bright. Stars are made almost entirely of hydrogen and helium with traces of other elements; diamonds are made of carbon. However, there are real diamonds in the sky, and they derive from the fiery furnaces that make stars shine. picked by AutumnLotus 10 months ago

THE body parts market is lucrative and lightly regulated in the US. Estimates of its value range from $500 million to $1 billion (£530 million) a year. picked by 2manyusernames 2 years ago