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A rocket made almost entirely of 3D-printed parts made its debut launch Wednesday night, passing a critical milestone. But it failed after three minutes of flight, crashing into the ocean.

In a career spanning more than 60 years, both as a solo artist and bandleader, the great Cuban pianist and composer Chucho Valdés has distilled elements of the Afro-Cuban music tradition, jazz, classical music, rock, and more, into a deeply personal style. Winner of seven GRAMMY® and four Latin GRAMMY® Awards, Valdés received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Latin Academy of Recording Arts & Science last year and was also inducted in the Latin Songwriters Hall of Fame. Follow on Socials! Facebook | Instagram | Twitter

The last time this summit convened in 2018, the world was shocked to hear a scientist had created the first gene-edited babies. He was condemned, but gene-editing has continued, with some success.

Hollywood has churned out films that depict labor organizers as communists, and labor bosses as gangsters. So it should come as no surprise that real-life negotiations with the studios are so tricky.

As an anchor for ABC News, Dan Harris' career seemed pretty sorted out. Then his book about mindfulness took off.

New evidence shows that people who maintain a range of healthy habits, from good sleep to physical activity to strong social connections, are significantly less likely to experience depression.

UC San Diego's new outdoor amphitheater opens this week with a string of performances, including Death Cab for Cutie, a "Blacktronika" festival, contemporary percussion, Día de los Muertos, drag, giant puppets and "Purple Rain."

After Wisconsin mom Annie McGrath's teenage son died in a YouTube blackout challenge, she confronted shareholders at an annual meeting of its parent company.

Join the Women’s Museum of California for a virtual lunchtime lecture on Tuesday, December 13 featuring artist/activist Desiree Aspires. Learn about the intersection of art and activism and how Desiree founded Printmakers Against Racism during the pandemic and raised over $50,000 for Black Lives Matter and other causes. Register for the talk in advance to be sent the Zoom link. Desiree Aspiras (she/her) is an educator, therapist, and printmaker in San Diego who deeply values how art can transform us and connect us to meaning. Her printmaking and book arts projects have been exhibited in spaces in San Diego, including the Athenaeum Art Center. She is the founder of Printmakers Against Racism, a project she started which engages printmakers across the world to make and sell prints and donate their proceeds to support racial justice. She is also a mindfulness facilitator and founder of Deep Breath Network, where she hopes to create diverse and welcoming spaces to share contemplative practices to support personal and social transformation with changemakers here in San Diego and beyond. She currently teaches at University of San Diego and Bastyr University California. She earned her Masters in Marital and Family Therapy from the University of San Diego and BA in Political Science from UCLA.

An academic consortium called PRISM wants to remove the data processing bottleneck that stands in the way of artificial intelligence and things like drug discovery.