During my years as a researcher at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), I never stopped to think about...

[Originally published in Synapse on May 21, 1998.] Waking up to the annoying alarm I've used for the last four...

Every three seconds, someone in the world develops dementia. More than 55 million people worldwide are currently living with dementia...

April 18-20, 2025, Big Sur San Simeon backpacking. I brought Jack Kerouac’s Big Sur with me to the trip, but...

[Originally published in Synapse on May 7, 1981.] In calling for a national day of protest against the arms race...

Synapse — UCSF Student Voices, UCSF’s 70-year-old student news outlet, is seeking an editor-in-chief or two co-editors-in-chief who would share...

The environment one lives in directly impacts one’s health — common sense tells us this. If someone knowingly harms another’s...

How do you say goodbye to a place with countless memories carved on its every corner. Those were the simple...

[Originally published in Synapse on May 1, 1976.] This coming week is the celebration of Cinco de Mayo and La...

What’s lost in the translation from writer to physician? My life as an undergraduate was very different — as a...

[Originally published in Synapse on April 29, 1997.] There is nothing like springtime and nowhere like San Francisco to experience...

Have you ever felt your heart beat align with the kick? Or the hits make your eardrums tickle, the special...

Synapse was pleased to welcome Dr. Jennifer Frazier as our guest for the 7th annual Synapse Science Speaker series on...

“The sound of electronic heartbeats echoed from room to room as high schoolers from all over the Bay, equipped with...