The Pulse Archive

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 ...

A unique Appalachian recipe demands one part history and one part science. John Fahey woke up before dawn and drove thirty miles t ...

…and bald. Getting rid of their old winter coats and dreaming of a beach body, two African penguins on the shores of ...

The founding father’s very real stake in the colonial war over inoculation. If you think ...

Dr. Frederic Bertley, senior vice president of science/education at the Franklin Institute, gives us a quick preview of the 5th annual ev ...