patterns on brain scans resemble Captain Scarlet's Mysterons

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An example of simile in popular science writing:

"Across the four years of scans [the medical masterminds of Addenbrookes Hospital in Cambridge] noticed bizarre ring-like patterns, looking much like Captain Scarlet's Mysterons…"

Catherine Carver

Carver, C. (2017). Immune. How your body defends and protects you. Bloomsbury Sigma. (Read 'Disease and immunity – a biological myth')

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Author: Keith

Former school and college science teacher, teacher educator, research supervisor, and research methods lecturer. Emeritus Professor of Science Education at the University of Cambridge.