To make glass from soft tissue the sequence of events must be exactly right. This is how experts think it went down ...

The eruption of Mount Vesuvius 2,000 years ago turned a victim’s brain tissue into glass. Scientists say they have figured ...

A fast-moving current of hot gas and volcanic matter, also called a pyroclastic flow, followed, burying the area. Experts ...

Researchers who examined the remains of a man whose brain was purported to have turned into glass when he was killed nearly 2 ...

One of Central America’s most active volcanoes has erupted again, causing evacuations to be ordered near a popular tourist ...

Fragments from the brain of a man killed by the Mount Vesuvius eruption in the year 79 are smooth and shiny but still contain ...

When volcanic disaster struck the Roman city of Herculaneum in 79 CE, a young man, believed to have been a guardian of a ...

A brain transmuted into glass by the famous volcano should have been impossible. Some scientists say it still is.

Researchers found organic glass in the skull of a volcano victim, indicating the extreme and unique environment triggered by ...

Guatemala’s Volcano of Fire is erupting, and authorities have evacuated nearly 300 families while warning that another 30,000 ...

A man, thought to be the custodian of a religious group, was believed to be in his bed asleep, when a super-hot ash cloud hit ...

Standing at 12,300 feet, Guatemala's Volcan de Fuego is among the most active in Central America and last erupted in June 2023.