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

Scientists made the surprise discovery while examining the body of a man who was killed in the ancient city of Herculaneum ...

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

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 ...

Mount Vesuvius was so hot it turned a man’s brain into glass when it erupted, fascinating new research shows. A piece of dark ...

A deadly ash cloud preserved the man's brain as glass for thousands of years.

The only known case of a human brain being turned to glass, that of a man caught in the 79 AD eruption of Vesuvius at the ...

It's a regrettable reality that there is never time to cover all the interesting scientific stories we come across each month. In the past, we've featured year-end roundups of cool science stories we ...

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

Paintings, wallpapered rooms, cabinets of curiosities, handmade books — immersive Owens has it all over immersive van Gogh in ...

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