A man's brain was turned into glass by the eruption of Vesuvius
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February 27, 2025, 4:00 PM
- •The discovery is the only known instance of soft tissue turning to glass
- •The brain was found inside the skull of a man who died in the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in AD 79
- •The discovery could help scientists understand how to protect people from future volcanic eruptions
The eruption of Mount Vesuvius around 2000 years ago caused one man's brain to explode and turned the fragments to glass. The discovery is the only known instance of soft tissue turning to glass and sheds new light on how eruptions kill – and how we might protect people.
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