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 ...

Some years ago, I was asked to provide the Bible’s “opinion” on the subject of tattoos. What was once somewhat uncommon in the local community surrounds us these days. I find it appropriate to revisit ...

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Setting a Guinness World Record wasn't something Esperance Lumineska Fuerzina set out to do when she first began her body transformation. "I chuckle a little bit because I say I got two Guinness World ...

People are surprised by Pete Davidson's latest body modification. (Photo: Getty Images) "He has a few tattoos," Kardashian said referring to a few symbols and sayings ...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WVLT) - Tattoo Alliance of Tennessee is a coalition created by tattoo professionals. The coalition is based out of Cookeville. Members said it was formed to advocate for updated ...

I am broadly interested in the variability in human behaviour: how cultures adapt to similar social problems with vastly different practices, or how cultures grow to have similar practices for ...