
The Pulse Archive
SETI’s attempt to make contact with other signs of life
Understanding the quest to meet our galactic neighbors. Human beings have always wondered if they’re alone in the Universe. ...
10 years ago
ListenHead of NASA mission hopes it proves Pluto is a planet
A spacecraft traveling 31,000 miles an hour, will fly over Pluto and its five moons on July 14, giving us our first ever close-up view of ...
10 years ago
ListenLittle is known about mating in zero gravity, little research is planned. Space colonization is pretty much the cornerstone to any ...
10 years ago
ListenToday’s show is about moments. Life-changing moments, moments that offered new insights into age-old questions, and “a ha! ...
Air Date: June 18, 2015
ListenPrEP is about HIV prevention, not good or bad behavior
There is a pill that prevents HIV. Known commonly as PrEP — “pre-exposure prophylaxis” — this treatment is a de fact ...
10 years ago
Sex toy vending machine in Philadelphia questions the ‘should’ and ‘should not’ of sexuality
Discreetly located units promise pleasure for the curious, and a blow to America’s puritanical roots. It’s not like ve ...
10 years ago
ListenThis week’s show is all about that crazy little thing called love—not to mention lust—and we’re breaking them down to the ...
Air Date: June 5, 2015
ListenPublic health carefully swipes its way onto hook-up app users’ screens
The art of getting folks info on safe sex when it counts most. If you’re in the mood for love or lust, a like-minded person ...
10 years ago
ListenA pill to prevent HIV opens conversations about sex, intimacy, fear
HIV doctor weighs PrEP therapy…for himself. What if there were a pill that was extremely effective at protecting a person fr ...
10 years ago
ListenSinatra found the ‘heartbeat rhythm’
The greatest ever crooner of romantic tunes had some science in his corner. Let’s start with a little pop music quiz. Which ...
10 years ago
ListenMouth to mouth: Why do we kiss?
On a job one evening, a reporter finds herself unable to look away from a romantic moment. I was running laps around a park in my ...
10 years ago
ListenBears do it…just not panda bears
Giant pandas are natually so loveable, but lovemaking doesn’t come naturally to those in captivity. Making love often comes ...
10 years ago
ListenAphrodisiacs can spark sexual imagination, but probably not libido
No particular food is linked to desire…scientifically, anyway. So what do we know about the power of food to rev up sex driv ...
10 years ago
ListenLooking for love deep in the brain
Technology provides proof that some stay madly in love long into a relationship. Falling in love is a universal experience, well-d ...
10 years ago
ListenOur first story takes us to the New Jersey shore, where the effects of Hurricane Sandy are still lingering. Public health officials say l ...
Air Date: June 4, 2015
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