OMG science
fromwww.nytimes.com
4 months agoVesuvius Turned One Victim's Brain to Glass
An unprecedented discovery: volcanic heat vitrified a victim's brain tissue into glass during the A.D. 79 eruption of Mount Vesuvius.
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