My place serves more as a free hostel than as a one-on-one guided tour of the city.” People make a request for your couch by ...

I do not want to grow old in the society that exists today. To be alive is to age, yet most humans are deeply uncomfortable ...

Science has an isolation problem. I tend to think of scientists as contentedly living on a deserted island, where we’ve ...

This squirrel was happily munching on the green shrubbery growing along the coastline. The tips of these plants were a mix of green, red, and yellow. The squirrel kept picking up a new plant and ...

While other people have been achieving publications and awards, the highlight of my PhD so far is achieving the unthinkable - learning how to extract the components of human stool that glow under UV ...

Curandera tradicional Maria Ruiz Mendoza braids her hair every morning to honor the ancestral healing practices of her Zapotec Indigenous ancestors. Through braiding, she embodies intergenerational ...

Another week, you got this. Keep it up. You can do it. It will be a great day. You will be great. Breathe, and let go. Ok, I got this. Let’s do it. We can do it. Breathe, and let go. Breathe, and ...

Paradise base area during the middle of summer 2024. We had an exceptionally clear day and were able to see several nearby volcanoes, including Mt Adams which is pictured. I hustled to frame these two ...

In a world of concrete and steel, A lone half-sedan doth repose, Amidst the urban ballet’s grand reveal, Where metallic rings and signage poles impose. Synapse is the UCSF student newspaper. We seek ...

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 ...

UCSF has been a sight for many historic events: public health emergencies like the HIV/AIDS pandemic, social movements like White Coats for Black Lives, and scientific discoveries like that of ...

In May I took an early summer vacation to central Japan with my partner for a very early graduation trip. We spent an entire day traveling through Fuji-Hakone-Izu National Park, with the weather ...