It was wrapped in a SuperValu plastic bag. File picture: Anne Marie Cronin The skull found in a plastic bag on the Beara Peninsula in West Cork will be sent to the North of Ireland for testing to ...

However, if a new dent appears or the shape of the skull changes, this could be a sign of an underlying condition. Below are some other potential causes. Skull fractures occur due to a blow or ...

April 25, 2025: Our weekly roundup of the latest science in the news, as well as a few fascinating articles to keep you entertained over the weekend.

A face that belonged to an "alien skull" has been revealed for the first time 1,500 years later after scientists were able to reconstruct it. Found in the 1970s in the village of Dully ...

Mastoiditis is a bacterial infection affecting the mastoid. The mastoid is the part of the skull bone behind the ear. The infection develops in the air spaces of the bone. The mastoid has a ...

One of the more interesting and amusing Easter eegs that has been pointed out was that there’s a skull of an alien from the movie Independence Day in the hunter’s trophy room. That aline is known as a ...

NASA scientists have been left baffled after the Perseverance rover captured a bizarre image on Mars that looks eerily like a skull perched on a hilltop. Dubbed "Skull Hill" by the team ...

Earlier this month (April 11), the rover paused at a boundary between light and dark rock outcrops where it spotted a peculiar-looking rock which scientists have nicknamed "Skull Hill".

Academics at the University of Oxford drank from a cup made from a human skull for decades, with members of Worcester College using it at official dinners until 2015. The macabre artifact ...

NASA's Perseverance rover has spotted a mysterious rock on the Red Planet, which the space agency has named 'Skull Hill'. The rock was discovered in the Port Anson region, which lies on the rim ...

Illustration by ZME Science/AI-generated. At one of the world’s most elite universities, professors once toasted to empire using a human skull. For decades, Oxford academics at Worcester College ...

NASA's Perseverance rover found an unusual dark, pitted rock dubbed Skull Hill while exploring Jezero Crater's rim. The rock contrasts with lighter surrounding terrain and was likely transported ...