How 2,000-Year-Old Mount Vesuvius Explosion Turned Victim's Brain Into 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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How did this brain turn into glass? 🧠
The eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD froze tragic scenes of life in time. Among them, a rare phenomenon: the vitrification ...
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From Glass Brains to All-Female Space Crews: New Frontiers in Science
Recent science news highlights include the FAA's approval for SpaceX's Starship Flight 8 after a prior mishap, the first ...
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Protesters clash with riot police in Athens as country’s worst train disaster is marked by demonstrations
Protesters hurled petrol bombs and set fire to bins in Athens yesterday as hundreds of thousands of Greeks went on strike and ...
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Man’s Brain Turned To Glass During the Eruption of Mount Vesuvius
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 reveal how Mount Vesuvius eruption victim’s brain turned to glass
Researchers who examined the remains of a man whose brain was purported to have turned into glass when he was killed nearly 2 ...
This man’s brain turned to glass 2,000 years ago—scientists think they know why
Nearly 2,000 years ago, a young man's brain in Herculaneum turned to glass during Mount Vesuvius' eruption, due to extreme ...
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Pope Francis had 'isolated' breathing crisis in hospital, Vatican confirms
Pope Francis suffered an isolated coughing fit on Friday that resulted in him inhaling vomit, requiring non-invasive ...
Archaeologists reveal brain turned to glass in 500C 'ash cloud' from Pompeii volcano eruption
The research team used X-ray imaging and electron microscopy work out that the brain must have been heated to at least 510C ...
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From Flesh to Glass: How Mount Vesuvius’ Inferno Preserved a Roman Brain for Eternity
A young Roman's final moments in Herculaneum were so intense that when Mount Vesuvius erupted, his brain didn’t burn—it ...
Mount Vesuvius turned a man’s brain into glass when it erupted 2,000 years ago
Mount Vesuvius was so hot it turned a man’s brain into glass when it erupted, fascinating new research shows. A piece of dark ...
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Ancient Roman guard’s brain turned to glass after Vesuvius eruption
When volcanic disaster struck the Roman city of Herculaneum in 79 CE, a young man, believed to have been a guardian of a public building, met his demise in a flash of superheated ash. But his brain ...