Why it’s unlikely Mount Vesuvius really turned a brain to glass
A brain transmuted into glass by the famous volcano should have been impossible. Some scientists say it still is.
An ancient volcano victim's brain turned to glass. Scientists now think they know how
To make glass from soft tissue the sequence of events must be exactly right. This is how experts think it went down ...
Scientists Discover Mysterious Ancient Human Brain Turned to Glass by Mount Vesuvius
A rare organic glass was found inside a skull from Herculaneum’s 79 CE Vesuvius eruption. Researchers determined that a super ...
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 ...
Man's brain turned to glass by hot Vesuvius ash cloud
A fast-moving current of hot gas and volcanic matter, also called a pyroclastic flow, followed, burying the area. Experts believe the ash cloud turned the man's brain into glass because the ...
An erupting volcano turned a young man's brain into glass, researchers say
Archaeologists and volcanologists have proven that the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius turned a young man's brain into glass.
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A young man’s brain turned to glass during the eruption of Mount Vesuvius. Scientists say they have figured out how
Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news on fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. Glass rarely forms ...
Mount Vesuvius eruption turned a victim’s brain into glass
The eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 CE presented its surrounding ancient Roman communities with a number of terrifying ways ...
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A man's brain was turned into glass by the eruption of Vesuvius
A cloud of super-heated volcanic ash and gas exploded the brain of one Herculaneum resident and the fragments inside his skull became an extremely rare organic glass ...
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Mount Vesuvius victim’s brain turned to GLASS after deadly ash cloud boiled their skull at 510 degrees, experts reveal
A HUNK of dark-coloured glass found inside the skull of an individual who died during the Mount Vesuvius eruption may actually be a fossilised brain, researchers have revealed. Glass rarely forms ...
Study: Hot Vesuvian ash cloud really did turn a brain to glass
For several years now, we've been following a tantalizing story indicating that the high heat of the ash cloud generated when Mount Vesuvius erupted in 79 AD was sufficiently hot to turn one of the ...