Scientists try to unravel the case of 1,300 mysteriously preserved human brains

An undertaker-turned-scientist at Oxford University is trying to figure out why some human brains remain remarkably well-preserved after death, sometimes for thousands of years, even when all other soft tissue has long decayed. 

Scientists try to unravel the case of 1,300 mysteriously preserved human brains
A woman with chin-length curly hair holds up a jar with two halves of a shrunken human brain. She's smiling at the camera and wearing a lab coat with blue gloves.

An undertaker-turned-scientist at Oxford University is trying to figure out why some human brains remain remarkably well-preserved after death, sometimes for thousands of years, even when all other soft tissue has long decayed.