Volcano eruption turns man's brain to glass with explosive heatwave
Mount Vesuvius erupted in 79AD, covering nearby Pompeii and Herculaneum in ash which buried the towns and hundreds of its ...
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Vesuvius Eruption Turned This Roman Man’s Brain Into Glass 2,000 Years Ago and Scientists Just Figured Out How
A deadly ash cloud preserved the man's brain as glass for thousands of years.
Ancient Vesuvius victim's brain turned to glass by extreme ash cloud heat
A recent study published in the journal Scientific Reports described how a young man's brain was transformed into glass ...
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An ancient man’s remains were hacked apart and kept in a garage
Why archaeologists are increasingly leaving historic sites untouched until we have less destructive technologies for studying ...
Mount Vesuvius eruption turned man's brain partly into glass
Scientists made the surprise discovery while examining the body of a man who was killed in the ancient city of Herculaneum ...
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Vesuvius Turned a Man’s Brain to Glass. Could Santorini Hold Similar Secrets?
Nearly two thousand years after Mount Vesuvius erupted in 79 AD, destroying the cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum, scientists ...
Mount Vesuvius eruption turned man’s brain into glass. Here’s how it happened
The disaster that obliterated two cities also created the intense heat and rapid cooling behind the one-of-a-kind ...
Festus' Mya Hairston, Lutheran St. Charles' Caleb Dyer claim wrestling state titles
With a 3-0 victory Thursday over De Soto freshman Milayna Drummond at Mizzou Arena in Columbia, Festus senior Mya Hairston ...
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The bed where the man's body was discovered -- the rest of Herculaneum had fled for the sea
The bed where the man's body was discovered -- the rest of Herculaneum had fled for the sea ...
‘Brain vitrification’: new research shows how the Vesuvius eruption turned a man’s brain to glass
A rare sequence of heating and cooling triggered the chain of chemical reactions that turn organic material into glass.
Preserved in Glass: How Mount Vesuvius Locked This Roman’s Brain in Time
Researchers found organic glass in the skull of a volcano victim, indicating the extreme and unique environment triggered by ...
A Vesuvius Victim’s Brain Turned into Glass, and Scientists Think They Know How
The Herculaneum resident, killed by the volcanic eruption in 79 CE, presents the only known vitrified brain on Earth. Now, ...