Already passed in the budget bill last summer was an amendment requiring the Consumer Products Safety Commission to withhold ...

FMF is an autoinflammatory genetic disorder characterized by recurrent episodes of fever and serositis (inflammation of the ...

I like butterflies and butterflies like salt. In the Amazon Rainforest the butterflies land on me desperate for sodium when... [Originally published in Synapse on October 22, 1981.] Nearly a year ...

Second place winner in the Synapse Storytelling Contest's fiction category.] There was once a small Martian called K who was ...

There is an important initiative on the November California ballot that would make sweeping changes to California’s renewable ...

At the age of thirteen, my genetic disorder caused my growth to accelerate, leading to an unusually tall stature. My pediatrician predicted a height of at least 6' 4" after puberty, whereas the ...

Hunger is a natural part of life, but have you ever stopped to consider why you’re feeling hungry? Understanding the difference between physiological and psychological hunger can help you make more ...

After years of internal debate, I finally got my first tattoo. He’s a small lizard, with a topological map design inside, scaling the outer edge of my left ankle. His fine lines and tasteful detail ...

When the brutal apartheid regime of South Africa refused to heed the call from the international community to end its racist, immoral and illegal treatment of Black South Africans, the global ...

Dr. Bob Wachter, UCSF’s Chair of the Department of Medicine, gained a vast twitter following during the COVID pandemic with his informative, direct, and sometimes personal tweets. He’s kept his ...

Originally published in Synapse on February 17, 1977. Inmates of California’s prison system are currently being used as subjects for medical experimentation. Although the inmates participate in the ...

This is part 3 of the limited series on the celebrated haute couture designer, Christian Dior. Christian Dior presented his first haute couture collection, named “Corolle,” in February 1947 at 30 ...