[First place for the Storytelling Contest photography category.] This picture was taken a few months before the 2020 US presidential...

[Victoria Turner’s submission won first place in the Storytelling Contest’s science writing category.] As the pressures and restrictions of 2020...

Welcome to the start of a new academic year and Synapse’s 66th year of publication. As 2021 has transported us...

As we wrap up the 65th year of Synapse’s publication, I’m reminded that in 2019, we were preoccupied with fake...

While 2021 may seem in some ways like a slow-motion repeat of 2020, nature and the outdoors may help anchor...

In 2019, I was camping in Death Valley and had the chance to explore the nearby base of Mount Whitney...

Science journalism has flooded our newsfeeds over the past year with daily stories about COVID-19. This urgent need for news...

On a sunny weekend in February, my friend met me and opened a backpack to reveal a small measuring device...

In graduate school, I started a family tradition of an annual camping trip with my mother and sister. In 2019...