Some adults do indeed have more than 206 bones. These extras, known as accessory bones or supernumerary bones, may occur when ...

Skeleton is one of the oldest winter sports in existence. Ella Al-Shamahi talks to two Olympic medallists whose careers have seen them sliding down an icy track – face first – at speeds of up to 140 ...

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 ...

Austria’s Janine Flock won a World Cup women’s skeleton race on Friday, while Mystique Ro of the U.S. got her best finish of the season. Ro was leading after the first of two runs, but Flock overtook ...

USA Bobsled/Skeleton announced the athletes who will carry the stars and stripes into the 2025–26 World Cup season. Four ...

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 ...

Great Britain's Matt Weston continues his winning start to the Olympic season with another World Cup skeleton gold in Lillehammer.

Chasing an Olympic dream is difficult at any age. Doing it at 35, after a serious spinal injury, is even harder. Kendall ...

Buried in the desert for roughly 4,500 years, the skeleton of a single Egyptian man has yielded a complete genome that redraws the map of the ancient world. His DNA captures a moment when people from ...

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In the rich narrative history of Tumblr, there is one fine tradition that comes round every year: the Halloween meme. Last year’s meme was inspired by the overabundance of misspelled Halloween ...

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 ...