Watching the fog slip away is like opening a package at Christmas time, except what is being revealed is nature in all its ...

Originally published in Synapse on April 16, 1981.

“The sound of electronic heartbeats echoed from room to room as high schoolers from all over the Bay, equipped with their own stethoscopes, leaned in, listening to the beats and murmurs of a manikin’s ...

And it became clear that I wanted to live the rest of my life with you, I had to think about what marriage means to me.

Synapse was pleased to welcome Dr. Jennifer Frazier as our guest for the 7th annual Synapse Science Speaker series on April 9. Frazier, a science communicator, UCSF alumna and adjunct professor, ...

Originally published in Synapse on April 12, 1974. Dr. Louis Jolyon West, Director of the Neuropsychiatry Institute at UCLA and head of the university’s proposed Center for the Study of the Reduction ...

What comes to mind when thinking about the word ‘hunger’? Maybe you pictured an empty fridge, a malnourished child, or simply a grumbling stomach? But did you imagine panic attacks, sleepless nights, ...

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 ...

One of the most overused cliches describing a PhD is that it's like climbing a mountain -- something that is probably true, but which no third year graduate student wants to hear. I have struggled ...