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

The Bay of Naples with the island of Ischia (left) and the scarred Phlegraean Fields. Naples lies at the foot of Mount Vesuvius (centre).

(Reuters) - It was a surprising discovery when scientists examining the remains of a man who died in bed in the ancient city of Herculaneum after Italy's Mount Vesuvius erupted in 79 AD found dark ...

Intense heat generated by Mt. Vesuvius' eruption turned one victim's brain to glass. While gruesome, the finding published in the journal Scientific Reports, lends insight into the chaotic events that ...