The Pulse Archive
Sound it out: the (sometimes creepy) history of the talking machine
The latest iPhones are out in stores. They include lots of new features, a better camera, as well as more from the little voice inside th ...
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The mysterious case of Long Island Sound’s disappearing lobsters
As the waters off of Long Island Sound warm, the lobsters are going elsewhere, and the men who made their living fishing them out of the ...
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The history, science and sex of the dimmer switch When your mom is a knockout, this undoubtedly affects the path your life takes.< ...
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The implications of putting the mentally ill behind bars instead of in hospitals
Jails or prisons may be the worst places imaginable for people with mental illness, but about one in five inmates suffers from one. ...
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Biking behind bars; female inmates pedal for their health
The gym at Riverside Correctional Facility is through the metal detector, two heavy doors and down the hall. There’s a ...
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An invention in 1959 made the art of seduction easier with the twist of a knob — it was the dimmer switch, and it changed the dining ro ...
Air Date: September 17, 2015
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If your heart stops…let it be at the craps table
Ah…ah…ah…ah…Stayin’ Alive. The moment your heart stops pumping blood is the moment you stop ...
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Using a balloon, a fishnet and a camera to calculate crowds
Will they come? Or rather, how many? The number of papal pilgrims who come to see the pontiff in Philadelphia next weekend is one of the ...
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The unlikely relationship between zebrafish and human hearing
Early hearing loss was hard for Rob Jefferson to accept, even though it runs in his family. “No, it couldn’t have been ...
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How Old Faithful earned its name
This week in 1870, the most famous of the geothermal landmarks received its name. Today, Yellowstone National Park i ...
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This week on The Pulse, we take a look back at September 11th, 2001 and how that day has reve ...
Air Date: September 11, 2015
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What we learned about disaster response from 9/11
Survivors and researchers have been working together to better understand human responses in the midst of major emergencies. ...
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Homo Naledi – missing link or missing context?
Science gets a moment in the spotlight and does what science is best at… An ancient man was trending on Twitter this week. ...
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Beep, beep, beep – hospital alarms sound mostly without real cause
Are computerized hospital alarms trying to tell us too much? The beeping of monitors has become the ever-present audio wallpaper o ...
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The tragic case of smallpox’s final victim
Medical photographer Janet Parker was the last person to die of smallpox, and the circumstanc ...
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