[Originally published in Synapse on April 25, 2013.] I first heard of couch-surfing two summers ago. It was advertised as...

In San Francisco, eviction notices are usually discussed as legal disputes or housing market statistics. For the families receiving them...

Originally published in Synapse on April 21, 1980. On March 18th this year UC went to a routine budget hearing...

Originally published in Synapse on 14 April 14, 2005. Dr. Robert Dean served for 12 months as an Army surgeon...

When James was 7 weeks old, his parents noticed unusual bruising and spots on his tiny skin and dismissed them...

In California, when you’re looking for a burger that sits at the intersection of cheap and high-quality, you go to...

From time to time, Synapse has given itself permission to misbehave. These April Fool’s stories wink at journalistic rules, blur...

[Originally authored by E. Fuller Torrey and published in Synapse on March 31, 1969.] Machines are even making inroads into...

Entering clinical environments for the first time as a medical student, I expected to hear common phrases of wisdom. I...

[Originally published in Synapse on March 14, 2013.] During my first year of pharmacy school, I attended an alternative medicine...

I met Em on the way home the night I expected B would die. We’d both missed the light like...

Nowruz (or Norooz) marks the arrival of the new year and the first day of spring. It is an ancient...