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Episode 415 - "Fiat 500 Volcanic Bomb"
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This week we talk hail, Vesuvius, volcanic bombs, and vitrified brains.
Fun Paper Friday
- An amazing new finding shows that brains were vitrified or turned to glass during the nearly 2000 year old eruption of Vesuvius.
- Giordano, Guido, et al. "Unique formation of organic glass from a human brain in the Vesuvius eruption of 79 CE." Scientific Reports 15.1 (2025): 5955.
- Mt Vesuvius
- Plinian
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John Leeman
Shannon Dulin
417 episodes
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This week we talk hail, Vesuvius, volcanic bombs, and vitrified brains.
Fun Paper Friday
- An amazing new finding shows that brains were vitrified or turned to glass during the nearly 2000 year old eruption of Vesuvius.
- Giordano, Guido, et al. "Unique formation of organic glass from a human brain in the Vesuvius eruption of 79 CE." Scientific Reports 15.1 (2025): 5955.
- Mt Vesuvius
- Plinian
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John Leeman
Shannon Dulin
417 episodes
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