In A.D. 79 a man's brain turned into glass, and researchers now might have an explanation as to how it happened ...

The research uncovers the vitrification process, where intense heat from the eruption turned brain matter into glass, a ...

Nearly 2,000 years ago, a young man's brain in Herculaneum turned to glass during Mount Vesuvius' eruption, due to extreme ...

According to a new study, the eruption of Mount Vesuvius created an ash cloud so hot that the victims' brains turned to glass ...

Scientists have discovered the reason behind the transformation of a young man's brain to glass following the eruption of ...

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Scientists have confirmed a rare discovery in Herculaneum—a man's brain turned to glass during the Mount Vesuvius eruption in 79 A.D.

Researchers who examined the remains of a man whose brain was purported to have turned into glass when he was killed nearly 2 ...

When the fuming and rumbling at Mount Spurr, a giant volcano northwest of Anchorage, started picking up in October, Alaska’s ...

The research team used X-ray imaging and electron microscopy work out that the brain must have been heated to at least 510C ...

A young Roman's final moments in Herculaneum were so intense that when Mount Vesuvius erupted, his brain didn’t burn—it ...

Rio de Janeiro’s mayor handed over the key to the city to its Carnival monarch. King Momo’s five-day reign over the ...