The use of the word 'beautiful' to describe this structure inside our heads may seem a little strange, but I believe that the brain is indeed beautiful. In Nature magazine (1 November 2007, pp56-61), there is a section describing how researchers in America have genetically labelled neurons with different colours so that they can actually track the different interactions in one small area of the mouse brain.
Comparisons with fairy lights, a city at night or a firework display cannot do justice to the sheer complexity and wonder of the workings of the brain. Just in case you are wondering, the brain of a mouse shares a great deal with our brains, as does that of a primate, a dog, a dolphin - even a reptile.
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