{"author":"Nessa Carey","author_id":"Nessa+Carey","total_quotes":1,"quotes":[{"text":"Our brains contain one hundred billion nerve cells (neurons). Each neuron makes links with ten thousand other neurons to form an incredible three dimensional grid. This grid therefore contains a thousand trillion connections - that's 1,000,000,000,000,000 (a quadrillion). It's hard to imagine this, so let's visualise each connection as a disc that's 1mm thick. Stack up the quadrillion discs on top of each other and they will reach the sun (which is ninety-three million miles from the earth) and back, three times over.","author":"Nessa Carey","tags":["biology","brain","epigenetics","mind-blowing","neurons","science"],"id":5133,"author_id":"Nessa+Carey"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":1,"pages":1}}