Researchers have shed fascinating new light on the unusual practice of permanent body modification during the Viking Age, which in some cases, may have been practiced as a "rite of initiation". It was ...

When Eva Nieto went to school for piercing and branding in 2002, she thought it may have been of waste of her time and money--at least for the branding portion. Nieto was interested in branding but ...

Grimes is no stranger to body modifications, and the singer took to Instagram this week to reveal yet more "alien scars". Sharing a photo with her fans, Grimes showed off the tattoo across her chest, ...