Woodson, an African American historian with a PhD from Harvard, initially dubbed it, “Negro History Week” and picked February ...

The patient’s blurry vision reminded me that the eye is more than a window into the body; it is a mirror reflecting the system itself. In the words of Charlotte Bronte, “the soul, fortunately, has an ...

Synapse at the time was shaped by the remarkable Tim Neagle, the most talented writer and journalist I’ve ever met. After a decade as a National News editor at the San Francisco Chronicle, he joined ...

President Barack Obama moved last week to reverse a U.S. policy restricting international abortion-related services. A policy known as the “Mexico City Policy” or the “Global Gag Rule” banned USAID ...

This is the mind’s game behind polarization in humans: our opinions are often less about truth and more about identity.

William O’Sullivan, who goes by Bill, is a long-time patron of the UCSF Gym and an institution within this campus’ mighty ...

Seventy years on, the paper’s through-line is not a single political position, but a commitment to voice: to documenting how ...

This piece launches a new series in which former Synapse editors-in-chief look back on experiences, priorities and decisions that shaped their time leading the paper. I recall my time as ...

The immune system faces a paradox: it must recognize dangerous invaders while carefully sparing the body it protects. This is not an enviable job. Pathogens evolve quickly to hide in plain sight, and ...

Were fleeting ghosts or if we should stay, I feel the weight of first love fray. I fear the feelings are bound to pass, Yet still I am, was, and stayed They seduce and they smile, they brood and they ...