[Second place winner in the Synapse Storytelling Contest Fiction category.] ...

That too goes for community support networks. While the deal that ended the government shutdown guarantees SNAP funding ...

Two years after this, Sakaguchi was able to link these discoveries. He proved that the Foxp3 gene governs the development of ...

[Originally published in Synapse on December 2001.] ...

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Originally published in Synapse on December 4, 1996. I remember the morning after Proposition 187 passed. I was a third-year student in medicine. My team — residents, interns, and students — all sat ...

On a foggy Friday morning, a cluster of UCSF students in scrubs and backpacks huddle over poster boards a few blocks from the San Francisco immigration courthouse with local Democratic Socialists of ...

The immune system faces a paradox: it must recognize dangerous invaders while carefully sparing the body it protects. This is... [Originally published in Synapse on December 2001.] It’s been one of ...

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 ...

Research shows laughter may be more of a social tool than a sign of enjoyment in conversations with strangers. Think of the last time you remember laughing. Maybe it was when you were showing someone ...

I’m albino. My eyes are … different. In many ways, the world is not built for me. Every time I open Outlook on my iPhone and FaceID pops up, I have to pull the phone far away from its usual position — ...