The Pulse Archive

A Wharton professor encourages us to think ‘inside’ the box.  First, a definition. “So my definition ...

In the rainforests of South and Central America, roving colonies of predatory army ants form trails hundreds of meters long, with soldier ...

Another mass shooting. More violence. This time in San Bernardino, California, where 14 people were killed. You’ve foll ...

While law enforcement personnel scoured San Bernardino, California, searching for shooters, young people across that city sheltered in pl ...

This week, another mass shooting devastated the country.   When the nation engages in another discussion about the gun laws a ...

Could we reduce gun violence using the same methods used in halting epidemics such as AIDS or Ebola? Gary Slutkin is a Chicago epi ...

Scientists are investigating what happens when you bring nature into nursing homes.  The Northglenn Heights long-term care fa ...

It’s not all that hard to find a college student who is, or who knows someone, taking Ritalin or Adderall. “Yeah, I kn ...

Linda Jara went to the doctor in December of last year for a simple sinus infection. By Christmas, she was in heart failure. Walki ...

From the American Civil War to Syria, modern conflicts come equipped with addictive substances to numb the pain of combat. As the ...

For paramedics, nurses and other health workers, being alert for assaults has become part of the job. If you’re a barista, y ...

The field of genetics is evolving at a rapid rate, particularly gene editing.  The field of genetics is evolving at a rapid r ...

Ever wonder why dentistry operates separately from other fields of medicine? What goes on inside a person’s mouth—the bact ...

Thousands of teens and twenty-somethings will go to the UN climate talks in Paris to push for a strong agreement on carbon reductions. &n ...

The majority of people who have Hepatitis C don’t even know they have it. So why are we not testing more people for it? ...