Urglegurgle. I'm trying to prep a lecture on synapse formation, and just discovered that Herzog's amazing film about Chauvet cave is available…so I'm trying to scribble up technical notes on molecular biology while getting constantly distracted by 32,000 year old cave paintings. It's good to live in the 21st century, but I think my brain is getting full.
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Guest Blog By David BolinskyFounder and Creative Director of e*mersion Studio
In 1962, when I was ten, my family and I had the rare privilege of exploring the ancient caves of Lascaux in southern France to see 17,000 year-old Paleolithic paintings close up. Though sadly no longer open for public…
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