The Pulse Archive

On this episode of The Pulse, we examine violence — what sparks it, how it spreads, and where it can lead. We’ll learn about ...

The horrors of war are well documented, but less well understood is how soldiers can miss, and even enjoy combat.

After losing her feet and parts of her legs, circus performer Erin Ball thought her life and the work she loved were over.

Two people recount the after effects of breast cancer surgery.

Our bodies are ours, but how we feel about them is largely defined by others — by the things people say, the culture we live in, the me ...

Bubbly water purveyors say “a good seltzer should hurt.” The acidity in carbonated drinks lights up the pain receptors in nerve endings — in a way that pleases the tongue.

Water shortages forced Big Spring, Texas to begin reusing its wastewater five years ago, but not all locals are on board.

Most of us take our drinking water for granted — switch on the tap, and out it flows. But in much of the world, that’s not the case. ...

After a bike ride down the Mississippi, Devi Lockwood set out to record water stories on every continent. Here are two: one from Afghanistan, the other from China.

Dogs who drink toilet water are a health risk to themselves and maybe to the entire family.

A gun can change a moment, a life, a family, an entire neighborhood. Like a catalyst in a chemical reaction, guns have a unique ability t ...

Ever sit down to Thanksgiving dinner, look around at the shining faces of your family, and think to yourself: “How the heck am I relate ...

Certain hereditary diseases were stalking close-knit Jewish communities before a rabbi turned genetic screening into a courtship custom.

Tara and Alan Atchison couldn’t have biological children. Here’s how they made a family anyway.

From penicillin to the moon landing, we have science to thank for humanity’s greatest achievements. But science has also helped advance ...