Damien Hirst, former BritArt bad boy whose works infuriate and inspire in equal measure, did it again on Friday with a diamond-encrusted platinum cast of a human skull priced at a cool 50 million pounds. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year 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

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

From the site:

"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 1 year ago

The "extremely rare" fossilised skull of a steppe mammoth has been unearthed in southern France.

The discovery in the Auvergne region could shed much needed light on the evolution of these mighty beasts. picked by AutumnLotus 1 month 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 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 5 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

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 9 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

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 10 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 2 years ago

A SINGLE-DIGIT car registration plate was auctioned off for more than $US6.8 million (A8.24 million) dollars in the United Arab Emirates today, beating the previous world record by more than 10 times. 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

As surprises go, it was a particularly sparkling one for Kim Stead as she bit into a biscuit - and a DIAMOND fell out.

Mrs Stead, 49, found the gemstone after sinking her teeth into a McVitie's digestive biscuit. picked by AutumnLotus 7 months ago

The stone found was twice the weight of the previous record-holder, the Cullinan Diamond, which weighed about 3,106 carats. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

Microsoft is the first console manufacturer to sell 10 million consoles in North America...

Now, is that 10 million functioning consoles?

Or, is that including the 30 odd percent that failed with the Red Ring of Death?

BWAA HAA HAA HAA HAA!!!! picked by punthe 5 months ago

The Kōh-i Nūr ( "Mountain of Light"; also spelled Kohinoor, Koh-e Noor or Koh-i-Nur)
is a 105 carat (21.6 g) diamond that was once the largest known diamond in the world. picked by zlovelj 11 months ago

When Sooty the cat passed away his doting owner consoled herself by having him turned into a unique black diamond picked by kamaloo 5 months ago