
The Pulse Archive
It’s the holiday season, so this week we listen back to some stories that make us feel warm and fuzzy. We’ll also attempt to ...
Air Date: December 25, 2014
ListenWhy smell is so closely connected to our memories and emotions
Scent has the almost magical ability to transport us back to a specific time and place with one sniff. The holiday season is rife with th ...
10 years ago
ListenSelf-described outlaw scientist receives John Scott Award for role in vaccine development
In November, Philadelphia presented the John Scott Award to three ...
10 years ago
ListenSmells have the almost magical quality of being able to transport us back to a specific time and place with one sniff—an olfactory time ...
Air Date: December 19, 2014
ListenComet discovery closes door to theory of origin of Earth’s oceans
Many other doors remain open. We might be getting a bit closer to answering one of the oldest questions in planetary science: Wher ...
10 years ago
ListenCan activists provide useful scientific data?
Joanne Martin stands on the muddy bank of Brady Run, a stream in Beaver County in western Pennsylvania. To get there, she crawled down a ...
10 years ago
ListenHow repeated losing affects our body chemistry
The Philadelphia 76ers can’t seem to win and the team’s losing streak might be affecting the body chemistry of its young woul ...
10 years ago
ListenTech clay could play a role in powering the next generation of wireless gadgets
The search for the longer-lasting, faster-charging battery keeps going and going… Inside a ground floor laboratory on a quie ...
10 years ago
ListenThis week in science: High-fat diets during pregnancy and studying drug addiction through Legos
Four different animal studies ...
10 years ago
ListenA first look at how our germs are behaving in space
Preliminary results are in for a science experiment we’ve been following (and participating in) on The Pulse, called Project MERCCU ...
10 years ago
ListenBattling the communication barriers and isolation that often come with speech aphasia
On this week’s show, we ...
10 years ago
ListenBringing people back from the dead, a messy business
An author wonders if CPR is always warranted. Everyone has seen a movie or TV show where one character is drowning or choking or h ...
10 years ago
ListenDreadnoughtus prepares to go home
After more than a decade spent uncovering, cleaning, studying and preserving the bones of one of the largest dinosaurs ever discovered, D ...
10 years ago
ListenWith batteries included, brain stimulation devices prepare to go mainstream
The next wave in wearable technology will attempt to open the mind. The founders of Halo Neuroscience don’t have a tidy elev ...
10 years ago
ListenWhen the words won’t come — recovering from a series of strokes in my 30s
I wanted to read the lines so desperately, to force the words from the pages into my mind and out of my mouth. But they were ceasing to b ...
10 years ago
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