Learn how Olympic skeleton competition works — from the structure of heats and timing rules to how medal winners are determined across men’s and women’s events at the Winter Games of Milan Cortina ...

A British museum is to remove its most famous exhibit from display – the skeleton of an 18th-century man popularly known as the “Irish Giant.” The Hunterian Museum houses a collection of anatomical ...

When someone describes themselves as “big-boned,” they’re usually trying to explain why they appear larger even when eating ...

Skeleton is an apt name for what looks like the most terrifying Winter Olympics event. But despite the confusing name, the sport is pretty simple: Racers take a running start, and then hurtle down an ...

If you’re thinking about putting up Home Depot’s now iconic 12-foot skeleton this Halloween, the designer who helped bring it to life shares some foolproof tips. Believe it or not, it’s been just over ...

Buried in the desert for roughly 4,500 years, the skeleton of a single Egyptian man has yielded a complete genome that ...

Each skeleton athlete races with a specialized sled, helmet, skin-tight race suit, and shoes embedded with hundreds of steel spikes. There’s no steering wheel or brake lever — just the athlete, lying ...

The skeleton of a teen with a spinal condition and found buried with a bracelet has puzzled archaeologists. The discovery was made at the Toca do Olho d'Água das Andorinhas excavation site, in Serra ...

Scientists don full-body suits to minimize contamination and disturbance of the precious artifacts uncovered in the 1617 church in Jamestown, Virginia, where a new skeleton awaits identification.

The skeleton of Ramu, a tusked elephant from Odisha, has been carefully recovered and chemically cleaned, revealing 240 ...

An image supposedly showing a pixie skeleton is frequently shared online along with the claim that the strange remains were found in the Rocky Mountains and that "scientific tests" had concluded the ...

Like the aquarium suite at Atlantis or the glass engine cover on a LaFerrari, the best skeleton watches under $1,000 offer a window to a magical hidden world. Also called cutaway or open-worked ...