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

Scientists discovered an ancient underwater volcano, once thought extinct, still erupting with heat—and covered in a million ...

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

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

In a nutshell Scientists discovered a human brain from 79 CE Vesuvius eruption transformed into glass—the only known case of ...

Mount Vesuvius erupted in 79AD, covering nearby Pompeii and Herculaneum in ash which buried the towns and hundreds of its ...

Nearly two thousand years after Mount Vesuvius erupted in 79 AD, destroying the cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum, scientists ...

Researchers found organic glass in the skull of a volcano victim, indicating the extreme and unique environment triggered by ...

It was a surprising discovery when scientists examining the remains of a man who died in bed in the ancient city of ...

The eruption of Mount Vesuvius 2,000 years ago turned a victim’s brain tissue into glass. Scientists say they have figured ...

A rare form of dark-colored organic glass formed when an intense ash cloud superheated the individual’s brain before it ...

Parts of a human brain solidified into black glass when the eruption of Mount Vesuvius blasted a young man’s bedroom with a ...