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

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

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 ...

A great blue heron stands in the middle of some grass in Heron’s Head Park, surrounded by tall weeds and California poppies. Although herons are commonly found fishing by bodies of water, they are ...

16 miles north of the Golden Gate Bridge lies the gorgeous expanse of Stinson Beach. On this preternaturally warm November day, my classmates and I laid out on the golden sand, people-watching and ...

I’m not here to accept the policies that have been written to stifle my progress I’m here to write the policies that pertain to me and when necessary, protest! I have much more to offer You see, I am ...

Exploring the ethics of living with biomedical knowledge and the negotiation that follows when clinical data meets consumer tech. Digital health is transforming healthcare by changing how patients ...

Originally published in Synapse on October 4, 1973. Monopoly control and citizen, especially minority, participation are crucial factors in developing guidelines for Cable Television. The San ...

"The doctors said there is no hope." The rain suddenly sounded louder. My mother looked back at me. She didn't say anything. She didn't need to. I knew that look.

Originally published in Synapse on Sept. 29, 1983. Editor’s note: Last week, in part one of this two part series on commercial genetic engineering laboratories. Synapse looked inside two of the major ...