A proton beam went through a scientist's head — and he lived. 🧠

A proton beam went through a scientist's head — and he lived. 🧠 . . . On July 13, 1978, Anatoli Bugorski leaned into the U-70 synchrotron at Protvino. A beam brighter than 300 suns punched through his skull, ear to nose. He saw a flash of light but felt no pain. The left half of his face has stayed frozen — never aging — for 47 years.