The Pulse Archive
Scientists to search Martian atmosphere for signs of life
NASA’s latest mission to the Red Planet focuses on water vapor in the outer atmosphere. This week was a big one for the Red ...
11 years ago
ListenThe Pulse – September 19, 2014
Fifteen seconds. That’s all it took to raze a 16-story public housing high-rise in Philadelphia last weekend. Only an implosion—a ...
Air Date: September 19, 2014
ListenThe last time I did heroin, I died for 7 minutes
The date was July 15, 2012. It’s the date that John “Plex” Dooling remembers as the day he died. “For seve ...
11 years ago
ListenMacArthur Fellow Danielle Bassett on leveraging brain research to enhance learning
Scientists often toil in dusty laboratories for years without anyone taking notice of their work, but one big discovery, and sometimes a ...
11 years ago
ListenHow to prevent fatal overdoses: Surge in deaths sparks statewide trainings in Delaware
Between November and June, Delaware experienced 124 suspected overdose deaths claiming victims from 17 to 87. That’s compared with ...
11 years ago
Crowdsourcing cures hidden in our DNA
This fall, scientists are hoping you, along with a million of your closest friends, will spit in a test tube and mail it to New York. ...
11 years ago
ListenCould parenting tips from mice help humans?
Investigations into how male California mice parent their young offer insight into the nature/nurture debate in human childrearing practi ...
11 years ago
ListenThe curious case of the smallmouth bass
Researchers are looking into what’s causing open sores, lesions and female sexual characteristics in young, male smallmouth bass. ...
11 years ago
ListenMixing explosives with gravity – the controlled science behind implosions
In just 15 seconds on Saturday, Queen Lane Apartments vanished from the sky. A nearly 60-year stay in Philadelphia over in l ...
11 years ago
ListenThe Pulse – September 12, 2014
Scientists hold the keys to our future, though few of them succeed at holding our attention long when they’re discussing their work ...
Air Date: September 12, 2014
ListenMütter Museum serves as magnet for artists looking for inspiration
One of the plays opening this weekend during the Philadelphia Fringe Festival is “The Body Lautrec,” about the famous 19th ce ...
11 years ago
ListenYoung man and the sea: Hemingway’s Philly connection
To mark the anniversary of Hemingway’s 1954 Nobel Prize in Literature, an Academy of Natural Sciences fellow is among 14 Americans ...
11 years ago
ListenAre lawmakers interfering with the doctor-patient relationship?
Doctors are sending up red flags about laws that they say block them from giving patients independent medical care and advice. They call ...
11 years ago
ListenClimate change threatens nation’s birds, new report finds
A new national report from the Audubon Society paints a very grim picture for the country’s bird populations. A new national ...
11 years ago
ListenState-run programs help nurses detox together and stay in their scrubs
“I’m smart, I’m using a clean needle every time, I’m smart and then…I’m in.” It’s ...
11 years ago
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