Science from Science Fiction

From the March 26, 2025 Nature News …

First map of human brain mitochondria is ‘groundbreaking’ achievement

Wielding a tool typically used for woodworking, the study’s authors divided a slice of frozen human brain ― from a 54-year-old donor who died of a heart attack ― into 703 tiny cubes. Each cube measured 3 × 3 × 3 millimetres, which is comparable to the size of the units that make up standard 3D images of the brain. “The most challenging part was having so many samples,” says Picard.

I am reminded of the following passage from Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy …

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