The Pulse Archive

The Pulse profiled the work of Maria Geffen, a researcher in the department of otorhinolaryngology — ear, nose and throat — at the Un ...

Mindfulness meditation might be the new yoga, but does it have a place in the classroom? Skipping recess to meditate might not be ...

What do you get when you mix contractions, a snow storm, and stomach virus? A Philly couple found out. It had been a hectic few w ...

The word “cure” is one we don’t hear mu ...

Who says science can’t be funny?  Tim Lee always hated the PowerPoint presentations he had to watch in his former life ...

Cure. It’s a beautiful word, one that medicine doesn’t take lightly and one that doesn’t come up very often for Hepatit ...

Today Aladin Rafi‘s visiting a rowhome in Northeast Philadelphia. It’s a bri ...

The Scientist’s Kerry Grens updates us on hazardous mishaps at government labs, genetic pacemakers in pigs and flying dinosaurs.&nb ...

Pulse Host Maiken Scott goes to the gym to try a new approach to muscle building.   Dropping pounds quickly is an all- ...

Iron.  Your body needs it to carry oxygen throughout the body in red blood cells. But too much of it can be toxic. Craig Hooper, ...

Finding a job is a major challenge for many people with special needs, but a Philadelphia program is hoping to give them a leg up on the ...

Several weeks ago, the government adjusted its estimate o ...

Nalaxone or Narcan is one powerful drug, with powerful, immediate effects. So how does this lifesaving drug actually work? It come ...

Penn professor James Serpell explains the complicated conundrum of granting “non-human personhood” to animals.  T ...