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Brain Science Breakthrough
Every so often, new scientific discoveries can challenge established principles and change the way we think about the world.
Eye Contact Can Be Overwhelming
Victoria Turner is the third place winner in the Synapse Storytelling Contest science writing category. Category judge, SF Chronicle science...
Is AI Too Smart For Our Own Good?
Can scientific achievements become so advanced that we lose sight of our own humanity? This thought was weighing on the...
For Climate Health
Physician advocacy on global climate change may be the greatest public health intervention of our lifetime, Dr. Sheri Weiser said...
Minority Report Imaging is the New MRI
Augmented reality (AR) is a powerful application that allows physicians to visualize and interact with patient data. By definition, augmented...
Humans of UCSF: Ready. Set. Science!
Science communication and media coverage are needed now more than ever. The importance of research never seems to be emphasized...
This Date In UCSF History: Studying HIV On Transplanted Human Tissue
Originally published in Synapse - The UCSF student newspaper on Dec. 3, 1990 How can one study the effects of...
This Date in UCSF History: SF Supervisors Debate UCSF Animal Experiments
Originally published in Synapse - The UCSF student newspaper on Nov. 19, 1998. The demonstrations against UCSF's hearing loss experiments...
The Crucial Third Eye
The Crucial Third is the second place winner of the Synapse Storytelling Contest's science writing category. Comments from category judge...
How to Genetically Engineer a Human in Your Garage
Earlier this year a YouTube video entitled “ How to Genetically Engineer a Human in Your Garage ” circulated around...