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

A rare organic glass was found inside a skull from Herculaneum’s 79 CE Vesuvius eruption. Researchers determined that a super ...

The human brain may be fragile and mushy, but we simply couldn't live without it. Made up of a complex network of cells called neurons, the brain is the body's most complicated organ ...

Here's one for you: when is a 'body in a box' not as macabre as it sounds? Simple—when it's a tech startup. Wait! Put the ...

This is even more unlikely to happen to human tissues, because they are mostly made ... which topped out at around 465C. Then the brain needed to rapidly cool down -- and all this had to happen before ...

The human brain may contain up to a spoon’s worth of tiny plastic shards—not a spoonful, but the same weight (about seven grams) as a plastic spoon, according to new findings published Monday ...

"I have yet to encounter a single human being who says, 'There's a bunch of plastic in my brain and I'm totally cool with that,'" he said. The study compared liver, kidney and brain tissue samples ...

Here are some fun, simple ways to get started. Some of the game boxes collecting dust in your closet could be the key to exercising your brain. For example, chess can really boost your brain power.