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This image shows the painting "Ophelia," by John Everett Millais (1829-1896). Experts say that there's a reason that we're attracted to art and music that depict sadness.

Why beautiful sadness — in music, in art — evokes a special pleasure

People seek out art and music that combine sadness and beauty. Scientists and artists say there's good reason why we're drawn to it.

Coalesce Bio-Art Lab Comes to CSUSM

*located across from the main campus at the Extended Learning Building This lab based at the University of Buffalo brings an art and science duo to campus. This program includes a talk about the dynamic history and future of art fused with science with bio-artist Paul Vanouse and scientist Solon Morse. A hands-on workshop will give students the opportunity to create art with biology and experimental imaging methods. Vanouse has been working in emerging media forms since 1990 and is the recipient of prestigious international awards. Co-helming the Coalesce Center for Biological Art and collaborating on several art science projects, Morse guides artists through genomics and analysis. The duo will share insights with the CSUSM community on fostering art and science in shared laboratory and creative spaces. Co-sponsor: Innovation Hub Follow on social media! Facebook + Instagram

He Jiankui announced nearly five years ago that he had created the first gene-edited babies.

His baby gene editing shocked ethicists. Now he's in the lab again

He Jiankui, who shocked the world in 2018 by announcing the creation of the first gene-edited babies, tells NPR he's now working on a cure for Duchenne muscular dystrophy.

Water levels at Lake Powell, the nation's second-largest reservoir, remain critically low because of a climate-change driven megadrought and overuse of the Colorado River's water.

More than half of the world's largest lakes are shrinking. Here's why that matters

Human actions have caused "significant declines" in the amount of water stored in 53% of the planet's largest lakes and reservoirs. Climate change and overconsumption are the primary drivers.

Students from Greater Than Tech work on robotics project, San Diego, Feb. 9, 2023.

San Diego nonprofit helps girls become future STEM leaders

Saturday marked International Day of Women and Girls in Science. But for one local organization, getting girls into STEM is a year-round endeavor.

Dr. Matthew Harris visits the primary health-care center where he worked in Brazil 20 years ago. The author of <em>Decolonizing Healthcare Innovation: Low-Cost Solutions from Low-Income Countries</em> says: "I really think that if people had been more receptive to learning from Brazil 20 years ago, we could have had an army of community health workers in [the U.K.] by now."

What the Global South could teach rich countries about health care — if they'd listen

In his book Decolonizing Healthcare Innovation, Dr. Matthew Harris argues wealthy countries ought to pay attention to innovative programs around the world instead of believing that "the West is best."

Choose Your Own Experience and Solve Real-World Problems with Design Zone

By popular demand, Design Zone returns to the Fleet Science Center. Learn what it takes to create a video game, line up rhythms like the best DJs, or design a roller coaster that makes your stomach drop. This innovative exhibition explores mathematical concepts like patterns, variables, scale, slop and ratios that artists, architects, engineers, musicians and other innovators use. This experiential approach to math focuses on math concepts as a tool to create and invent everything from hip-hop to skate parks. You'll see that math isn't just a subject in school but a fundamental, creative tool that lets us all have fun. This exhibit opens on Saturday, January 21 at 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Admission is included with the ticket, which can be purchased here. Ticket Prices: ‣ Children ( Ages 3 to 12) $19.95 ‣ Seniors ( Ages 65+) $22.95 ‣ Adults ( Ages 13 to 64) $24.95 For more information about the Design Zone, visit here fleetscience.org/exhibitions/design-zone

Computers have been used in rocketry for half-a-century, so it's possible to think that the new AI programs could help. They struggled to grasp the basics.

We asked the new AI to do some simple rocket science. It crashed and burned

Computers traditionally excel at rocketry, so why do new artificial intelligence programs get it wrong?

Krissy Harmon's home is less than a mile from a landfill that caught fire more than three months ago. She uses blue painter's tape to keep smoke out and says her family still experiences health issues brought on by the fire.

A months-long landfill fire in Alabama reveals waste regulation gaps

An unregulated landfill that accepts vegetative waste has burned underground for months. Neighbors were inundated with smoke and left wondering why the site wasn't regulated in the first place.

“La Memoria de la Tierra,” a mural created by Judith Baca, resides on the north side of Ackerman Union at UCLA in Los Angeles on Nov. 9, 2022. UCLA aims to become a Hispanic Serving Institution by 2025.

Are California’s Hispanic Serving Institutions living up to their name?

California has the most Hispanic Serving Institutions among its colleges of any state — 174, including 21 of 23 California State University campuses and five of the nine University of California campuses. But how well are HSIs — where almost 90% of the state’s Latino undergraduates are enrolled — actually serving Latino students? It’s a mixed bag, students and advocates say.

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