Originally published in Synapse on December 11, 2009. Everybody wants to know the future and the UC Regents and UCOP...

Originally published on December 8, 1992. In order to survive, Native Americans must maintain their tribal customs and not give...

Originally published in Synapse on Nov. 30, 2006. Tobacco tax propositions in California, Missouri and South Dakota failed in the...

Originally published in Synapse on November 19, 1987. At least a fifth of American obstetricians surveyed would seek a court...

[Originally published in Synapse on November 10, 1988.] The relationship between scientists and the public is often fraught with misunderstanding...

[Originally published on November 3, 1994.] Disgust is the overwhelming feeling that washes over me as I listen to the...

Originally published on October 25, 2012. On my Saturday afternoon walk across San Francisco, I ran into Abel, a young...

Originally published on Oct. 11, 2012. During the first presidential debate on Sept. 3, both President Barack Obama and the...

Originally published on October 4, 1979. Despite a shortage of nurses, fierce competition for admission to the UCSF undergraduate nursing...