The Pulse Archive

Could grinding sand help build better scientists?  A group of Columbia University students is keeping a close watch on a brig ...

FDA Inspector: ‘I could tell you stories all day.’ You see the headlines all the time: A recall on over-the-counter me ...

This week, Zack Seward quits coffee and discovers his true, sluggish inner self. I quit all caffeine for a week, and here’s ...

WHYY’s PriceCheck project is well underway, with more than 200 community entries featured in our searchable, crowdsourced database. ...

A group of students at Columbia University in New York are creating projects detailed in a series of 16th century French manuscripts call ...

Seven-year-old Bryan Sadowski spent the first three months of this year in the hospital fighting for his life, then fighting to regain t ...

Every morning, countless masses of fitness buffs dutifully record their breakfast menu, their exercises, and other health metrics, in app ...

Richard Whiteford is about to make his third climate change presentation at the United Nations this weekend. As a “Climate Reality ...

On days with air quality warnings, it makes a lot of sense to stay inside. But it’s not necessarily safe to assume the home is alwa ...

Nepal’s quake exposes the effects that poverty and unfortunate geography can have on a city. The death toll from the massive ...

Scientists study stinky, moldy cheeses in hopes of making bigger discoveries about us. Ihsan Gurdal knows a lot about cheese. He ...

Worries about fluoride in water have evolved over the decades. One of the first water fluoridation studies was in Grand Rapids, Mi ...

An invisible unicorn goes to medical school and lives in a syringe. A doctor grapples with knowing privately disclosed information ...

Three very brave science enthusiasts competed for ultimate nerd glory by trying to go to as many Philadelphia Science Festival events as ...

Wearable devices are collecting valuable information about us. The question is, how can it be protected? This story is part of ...