skull

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In “An Experiment,” an assistant draws the curtains on the moon to heighten the uplighting from a candle beneath a vase of water that contains a submerged skull.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 14, 2026

"The exceptional lungfish skull unearthed in 410 million-year-old rocks in Yunnan gives us major insights into the rapid evolutionary diversification between the early-, mid- and late Devonian."

From Science Daily • Mar. 12, 2026

The experimental therapy is administered through a catheter inserted into tiny holes in the skull.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 9, 2026

But there was no evidence of a skull fracture or brain damage typically seen in such cases or grease from a vehicle.

From BBC • Mar. 7, 2026

It began to dissolve, leaving only scraps of bone, meat, hide, and a new drakon skull whose open jaws ringed the oak tree.

From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan