AUSTRALIAN researchers have developed a world-first blood test that could save the lives of tens of thousands of bone marrow transplant patients across the world. picked by AutumnLotus 3 years ago

The bone stealing dog, now positively identified, made a bee-line straight to the pet food aisle and took another bone. Update to this earlier story picked by suebe 9 months ago

An Atlanta woman has a bone to pick with the candy company Mars after she took a bite into her peanut M&M and says she discovered what a local biologist says is a vertebra from a small mammal. picked by bingo 8 months ago

Italians scientists have developed a new artificial bone made from wood should be an improvement over the plastic and metal that are now used for implants. Derived from organic material, the new bone substitute will promote faster healing. To create the bone substitute, the scientists start with a block of wood — red oak, rattan and sipo work best — and heat it until all that rema... read full post picked by Bingo 3 months ago

Silkworms and spiders could hold the key to engineering healthy bone tissue to replace damaged bone and teeth, according to a US biomedical engineer. picked by AutumnLotus 12 months ago

Daisy briefly found herself in doggie heaven ... when she was confronted by a bone as big as herself. However, this was no meaty treat - just a prehistoric prize. For Daisy had discovered a fossilised mammoth bone up to two million years old. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

Artificial bone marrow that can continuously make red and white blood cells has been created in a University of Michigan lab.

This development could lead to simpler pharmaceutical drug testing, closer study of immune system defects and a continuous supply of blood for transfusions. picked by AutumnLotus 11 months ago

DNA extracted from a 38,000-year-old Neanderthal bone has just enabled scientists to sequence the complete mitochondrial genome for the human-like species. picked by AfroMosHi 1 year ago

A new phone that transmits sound to the inner ear using skull bone conduction. picked by bluenutria 2 years ago

The process uses inkjet technology to build up layer upon layer of the perfect bone graft. The substance they use is similar enough to human bone that it eventually dissolves naturally in the body. picked by dumbn00b 3 years ago

Guys, you better remind the ladies in your life that you can still be useful for killing spiders and taking out the trash because soon they will be able to have babies without us. Update to this. picked by 2manyusernames 2 years ago

It would make an interesting objet d'art, I suppose.
"What's that thing hanging over your fireplace?"
"Oh, that's my walrus penis." picked by gnikgnok 2 years ago

Scientists in Australia announced on Friday they had found the jawbone of a giant wombat the size of a large car that lived 20,000-40,000 years ago. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

40,000 dead form morbidly fascinating sculptures and artwork; skeletons meticulously fashioned in 1870 by a wood carver. This is Sedlec’s Church; All Saints ossuary in the Czech Republic. picked by AutumnLotus 3 months ago

They are the dogs that the public never sees. Separated from the regular shelter population and not allowed to leave shelter grounds, these dogs may be perfectly healthy, affectionate and friendly, yet most are not up for adoption. That's because they already have owners. More here picked by suebe 12 months ago

It can take months for bones to heal after even a small break. Now a U.K. company, RegenTec, hopes to speed up the healing process by injecting a white powder designed to seal broken bones together in minutes. picked by AutumnLotus 10 months ago

A Sichuan student who failed his Chinese-language paper in this year's National College Entrance Examination has secured a university place because he wrote an 800-word essay in Bronze Age oracle bone script picked by suebe 4 months ago

Larry Glick found out he had leukemia. His only chance of survival rested on a bone marrow transplant. Out of 7 million donors, none were a match so his 9-year old daughter stepped up to the plate and became the youngest donor picked by 2manyusernames 7 months ago

Ouch doesn't cover it. If you get queasy from pain, don't watch.
(And I heard that the one at 32 seconds did it on purpose so he didn't have to go to Iraq) picked by cycostinkoman 2 years ago

The Americas' oldest known artist may have been an Ice Age hunter in what is now Florida, according to an anthropologist who has examined a 13,000-year-old bone etching. picked by Doggylives 5 months ago