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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Mount Vesuvius eruption turned part of man's brain into glass after super-hot ash cloud
A man's brain was partly turned into glass after Mount Vesuvius erupted. Researchers discovered dark fragments resembling ...
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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, ...
Vesuvius Volcano Ash Cloud Cooked Roman Man's Brain Into Glass Fossil
A unique, dark-colored glass found inside the skull of a Roman killed by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius is his brain—cooked into a fossil by an ash cloud. This is the horrific revelation of an ...
An extremely hot ash cloud from the eruption of Mount Vesuvius turned human brain tissue into glass, study finds
The eruption of Mount Vesuvius 2,000 years ago turned a victim’s brain tissue into glass. Scientists say they have figured ...
How did this man's brain turn to glass? Scientists have a theory
A young man was lying in his bed when a viciously hot cloud of ash swept down from the erupting Mount Vesuvius and turned his ...