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The idea of space exploration and travel is something that has definitely been an influence on pop culture as well as technological advancements. I remember learning about the space race in high school and thinking about how strange of a time that must have been to live in. It seems as if the interest in space travel had exploded overnight. Even though the circumstances for all of the technological advancements were strange, many great things were still accomplished, which opened the door for an endless amount of possibilities. And even though we have learned so much about space, there is still an inconceivable amount of information still unknown to us. I think that is why space related science fiction media is still so popular, because it can be so imaginative, and people really enjoy that. One of my favorite cartoons is Futurama, which is a series that focuses on life in the 31st century, and how everything has changed. In this series space travel is common, and the universe is m

For event number three I visited the Museum of Latin American Art in Long Beach. I wasn't sure if i would find any work related to the subjects being taught in this course at first, but I was pleasantly surprised to find stuff that was relevant to what we have been learning about. One of the artists whose work was on display was Lina Espinosa. The particular work being shown was photographs of drawings made using genetically engineered E.coli bacteria which was designed to glow. The drawings, which depicted maps, immediately reminded me of the topics that were discussed in the Biotech  and Neuroscience sections of the course. The artist that produced these photographs used similar concepts and technology to the artist that created the GFP bunny, and the artists that created the Brainbows. Both of these art projects also altered the DNA of animals in order to achieve a desired outcome. I thought the work created by Espinosa was interesting, and I was pleasantly surprised to f