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The wiring diagram was made by slicing up a fly brain using what is essentially a microscopic cheese grater, photographing each of the 7,000 slices and digitally putting them altogether.

The court heard Betteridge boasted he had "sliced up" the victim and had "shanked him".

During surgery, pieces of tissue are removed and sent to a pathology lab, where they are sliced up and examined under a microscope.

The researchers also strengthened their findings by slicing up the data to take a closer look at whether individual medications, trimesters of exposure, and siblings carried higher risk levels.

He steered wide of a funnel-shaped chute — hazardous terrain, its surface sliced up from recent snowmobile traffic — and worked his way higher.