Originally published in Synapse on March 15, 1990.

Originally published in Synapse on March 2, 1973. UC President Charles Hitch said last week the Federal Budget is “more bad ...

La immensidad de los valles centrales a las orillas de la sierra norte y muy lejos de la selva afirman el compromiso a defender a la madre tierra, la medicina y parteria ancestral, a las mujeres y ...

The change from jungle to mountain is abrupt like an unexpected trauma that disconnects us from heart, body, mind, spirit... I am learning to live in the moment. To remain in the now. To indulge the ...

Are red pandas bears or raccoons? This question intrigues many animal-lovers and scientists alike. Regardless, their population keeps decreasing at dangerous rates and their estimated population as ...

Originally published in Synapse on February 26, 2009. For anyone possessing a shred of fairness, reading about Reconstruction, America’s attempt to deliver racial justice after the Civil War, is a ...

When Southwest Airlines canceled system-wide flights during the 2022 winter holidays, stranded passengers sleeping in airport hallways made headlines. The scenes were eerily reminiscent of something ...

On February 1, 2025 the Inside Medicine Substack reported that the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) ordered agency scientists to withdraw research manuscripts under consideration ...

Surgery — one of the three primary treatment options for cancer, alongside radiation and chemotherapy — had always been a theoretical concept for me, something I had only watched in videos or learned ...

Originally published in Synapse on February 10, 2009. Last month we honored the birth of civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and witnessed the inauguration of our nation's first African ...

Originally published in Synapse on January 29, 2004. A critically ill man who is infected with TB sits at home and refuses to go to the hospital. He has infected his entire family and possibly others.