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...

[Originally published in Synapse on April 16, 1981.] Last Saturday, International Committee Against Racism (InCAR) and Progressive Labor Party took...

What comes to mind when thinking about the word ‘hunger’? Maybe you pictured an empty fridge, a malnourished child, or...

This poem is an adaptation of my wedding vows As the time together has grown And it became clear that...

[Originally published in Synapse on April 12, 1974.] in Dr. Louis Jolyon West, Director of the Neuropsychiatry Institute at UCLA...

I was at the grocery store to get cake ingredients, and I saw that the egg aisle was near overflowing...

[Originally published in Synapse on April 1, 1993.] An April Fool’s tale. For countless years now, Girl Scout cookies have...

It’s an extraordinary afternoon And I made my sleepy tea at 4

For the past 17 months, we have witnessed in real-time how a genocide unfolds and what the essential components of...

The sun is out The DJ’s on But the most profound Is when it’s all gone

Hunger is a natural part of life, but have you ever stopped to consider why you’re feeling hungry? Understanding the...