Last week, in part one of this two part series on commercial genetic engineering laboratories. Synapse looked inside two of ...

Both kidneys were failing. He used to farm. Now he drove an auto, measuring his days in fares instead of harvests, making the ...

I’ve recently realized, and it’s kind of scary but I am a demographic that is necessary I am from a ...

First place winner of the Synapse Storytelling Contest photography category. The sun was setting and dark clouds covered the skyline in San Francisco. While driving back to San Francisco from ...

This was my first time seeing a badger in the wild. I was on a cliff looking down on some sea lions and it walked out in front of me. The sea lions are on the rock far below. This may be the only ...

Our headlamps click on and light up dust particles floating through the cool air. Far above us, condors drift on updrafts in Pinnacles National Park. The caves are not long but steep and twisted, and ...

The Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) define requirements for designers and developers to improve accessibility for people with disabilities. It defines three levels of conformance: Level A, ...

One of the best parts about San Francisco is that it's relatively cheap to take a ferry, whether to Angel Island, Sausalito, Tiburon, Alameda, or Oakland. Hustling through the noontime energy at the ...

Monotropa uniflora, also known as the ghost plant or ghost pipe, emerges from the forest undergrowth in Aokigahara Forest near Mount Fuji. A favorite plant of the poet Emily Dickinson, this ...

In the heart of an illuminated tunnel, a young time traveler ventured deeper into the mesmerizing expanse. Donning a vibrant red coat, their back was the only visible trace amidst the circles of ...

This photo was taken on my digital camera during my very first visit to San Francisco, at the conservatory of flowers in Golden Gate Park. Before this, I had just found out I was admitted to UCSF and ...

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