
The Pulse Archive
The workplace wellness movement promises benefits to both employees and employers by encouraging and rewarding healthy lifestyle choices. ...
Air Date: February 14, 2014
ListenWhat’s next for workplace wellness?
Workplace wellness programs have sprouted up with a vengeance in the last decade or so, but do they work? Workplace wellness progr ...
11 years ago
ListenJoin us on Tuesday, Feb. 18, for ‘Science at the Sixers’
Want to meet the Pulse and SciStarter teams? Join us Tuesday, Feb. 18, for Science at the Sixers. Want to meet the Pulse and ...
11 years ago
Workplace wellness sounds good, but is it ethical?
Medical ethicist Art Caplan weighs in on the surge of workplace wellness programs and how some of these programs “go too far.” ...
11 years ago
ListenPenn State nanomotor breakthrough brings hope for treating illness through engines in human cells
Operating tiny motors inside a cell is a “basic science” breakthrough toward a far-off dream. Scientists at Pennsylvan ...
11 years ago
ListenClinical sexologist Susana Mayer encourages couples to turn their beds into sandboxes. “I show women how to have orgas ...
11 years ago
ListenUndocumented teens unite through a painful, shared journey
A look at the mental health needs of undocumented immigrants. In a lot of ways, Domingo is like other good kids his age. He ...
11 years ago
ListenChoreographer Brian Sanders still pushing the limits after joint replacement surgery
Choreographer Brian Sanders opens up about the hip replacement surgery that sparked a minor career change. Choreographer Brian San ...
11 years ago
ListenOn this edition of The Pulse, we explore the question of how kids impact life satisfaction and happiness. We talk with Jennifer Senior ab ...
Air Date: February 7, 2014
ListenUnder the paints and pigments, the science behind art restoration
How does science play a role in restoring an elaborate 17th Century painting? To restore a painting, it takes a village, a t ...
11 years ago
ListenParenthood: great ride, or serious drag? Researchers keep looking for answers
The stroller brigade was rolling down the street, toward a busy day care center near Philadelphia’s Ben Franklin Parkway. It was dr ...
11 years ago
ListenA diagnosis many years in the making – Systemic Scleroderma
In this week’s Patient Files, Emma Straub talks about the anxiety that came with trying to define a disease that’s affected h ...
11 years ago
ListenWill robots ever take over the world? And other questions, posed to an expert
The Delaware Valley is an international leader in health, science and innovation. Living in such a brain-heavy region, it is not unheard ...
11 years ago
ListenHow to participate in the Great Backyard Bird Count
The Pulse tags along with local birdwatcher Pat Evans as she studies migratory bird patterns and fluxes in bird populations from New Jers ...
11 years ago
ListenOn this edition of The Pulse, we take a look at Camden’s history as a tech hub. We’ll get a tour of some of the important inv ...
Air Date: January 31, 2014
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