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The Pulse

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A muffin and protein rich foods on a scale. (Karens4/Bigstock)
The Pulse
Health

What Science Says About How Much Our Food Choices Matter

Ahead of Thanksgiving, we take a look at new nutrition research, and what we should — and shouldn’t — be eating.

Air Date: November 21, 2025

Listen 49:34
Users on social platforms like Reddit are being accused of using AI to write posts. (Nichole Currie/WHYY)
The Pulse
Science

How not to be mistaken for a chatbot

Top signs from researchers that something was written by AI, and how to avoid sounding like a chatbot yourself.

3 days ago

Listen 14:01
Sleep and neurophysiology researcher Michelle Carr captures a participant during a lucid dream study at Swansea University in Wales. (Michelle Carr)
The Pulse
Science

How to 'Engineer' Your Dreams and End Nightmares

Researcher Michelle Carr explores “dream engineering” in her new book “Nightmare Obscura: A Dream Engineer's Guide Through the Sleeping Mind."

Air Date: November 17, 2025

Listen 31:33
Human hand touching an android hand. (Bigstock)
The Pulse
Science

How Chatbots Make Us Feel

An exploration of how AI is changing the way we feel — about ourselves and everything else.

Air Date: November 14, 2025

Listen 49:34
Marine Corps veteran and ceramic artist Ehren Tool shows his artwork displayed at the
The Pulse
Health

How Veterans Find Healing After War

On this Veterans Day episode, we explore healing after combat — from a psychedelic treatment in Mexico to making ceramic mugs.

Air Date: November 7, 2025

Listen 49:34
Save Download Preview Hacker using laptop. Hacking the Internet.
The Pulse
Science

Cybercrime and How Hackers Prey on Human Nature

We hear about the virus that ushered in the age of social engineering attacks, the history of cybercrime, and what led one man to become a hacker.

Air Date: October 31, 2025

Listen 55:24
Thelma Moss seen working at UCLA's Parapsychology Lab in the 1970s. (Heather Harris)
The Pulse
Science

Psychics, ghosts, auras, and the UCLA research lab that studied it all

In the 1970s, UCLA housed The Parapsychology Lab, which became a haven for those with psychic abilities and the researchers who studied them.

3 weeks ago

Listen 19:54
Charlee Heinz collects and cleans animal bones to use them in works of art. (Lise Peet)
The Pulse
Arts & Entertainment

Animal skulls and bones get a second life in the art works of Boyertown creator

In Boyertown, PA, artist Charlee Heinz turns bones from forest finds into meaningful artwork that explores death and beauty.

3 weeks ago

Coca-Cola introduces a cane sugar version of its classic soda after a push from President Trump, part of the “Make America Healthy Again” initiative. But debates on sugar in Coke is decades old. (AP Photo/Ric Feld, File)
The Pulse
Health

Coca-Cola and a Secret Research Operation Meant to Exonerate Sugar

Coca-Cola’s rise to global brand domination, and how the company influenced our habits and perceptions along the way.

Air Date: October 28, 2025

Listen 28:52
Man behind the glass
The Pulse
Science

Searching for Ghosts: The Quest to Prove the Paranormal

From ghosts to ESP, a look at paranormal phenomena and the investigators who chase them.

Air Date: October 24, 2025

Listen 50:04
WHYY’s the Pulse reporter Alan Yu receives his influenza vaccine at a Vybe urgent care center in Philadelphia. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
The Pulse
Health

Why urgent care clinics, once derided as ‘doc in a box,’ have spread like wildfire

The number of urgent care centers in the U.S. have doubled, from more than 7,000 to more than 14,000 over the last decade or so.

1 month ago

Listen 9:42
Over the past decade or two, the number of urgent care centers in the U.S. have doubled — in part, because they fill a void in the health care market, offering fast and convenient care to patients who would otherwise face long wait times at the ER, and longer wait times to see a primary care physician.  (AP Photo/Ted Shaffrey)
The Pulse
Health

Inside the Boom of Urgent Care: How It’s Changing American Medicine

We take a look at the rapid rise of urgent care, what’s fueling it, and how it’s affecting patients

Air Date: October 17, 2025

Listen 48:55
David Fajgenbaum
The Pulse

How David Fajgenbaum Found His Own Treatment & Launched Every Cure

What if treatments or even cures for devastating rare diseases already existed — and were just waiting to be discovered? On this podcas ...

Air Date: October 14, 2025

Listen 23:03
Taking breaks from work is essential to maintaining focus — but what you do on those breaks can make a big difference in how restorative they are. In his research, environmental neuroscientist Marc Berman has found that spending time in nature is one of the best ways of improving attention, cognitive function, and behavior. (Bigstock/Mihailo K)
The Pulse
Science

Finding Focus in the Age of Distraction

Why “touching grass” is actually good advice when it comes to taking a break and restoring focus.

Air Date: October 10, 2025

Listen 50:33
In India, the human-elephant conflict is a growing phenomenon of dangerous interactions between humans and wild Asian elephants. The conflict is driven by habitat loss and human expansion. (Courtesy of Kim Frank)
The Pulse
Science

Chasing giants: One writer’s journey to bring nuance to India’s wild elephant conflict

About 10 years ago, writer Kim Frank set out to learn why wild elephants were trampling people in India. She revealed a complex human-wildlife conflict.

2 months ago

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