
The Pulse Archive
Under 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 ...
12 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 ...
12 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 ...
12 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 ...
12 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 ...
12 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
ListenThis Week In Science — Discovering a new species of river dolphin
River dolphins, Midwestern earthquakes, and flying snakes. Kerry Grens, an associate editor at The Scientist, joins The P ...
12 years ago
ListenThe science of grunting while weightlifting
Is there any benefit to making noises when you lift weights or hit a tennis ball? Or are you just being annoying? My gym is the Pl ...
12 years ago
Listen 5:16Holding a human heart and other surprises of anatomy lab, day 1
To many a bright-eyed first year medical student, there’s one experience that marks a real turning point or ‘rite of passage& ...
12 years ago
ListenPhiladelphia considering a ban on indoor electronic-cigarette use
There’s a bid in Philadelphia to ban electronic-cigarette use indoors. Councilman Bill Green introduced the proposal that would prohibi ...
12 years ago
ListenA now-famous map made in 1855 used simple data to trace a cholera outbreak back to a single communal water pump, proving the effectivenes ...
Air Date: January 24, 2014
ListenThe inspiration behind Cynthia Baum-Baicker’s lifelong career in behavioral health
When Philadelphia-based clinical psychologist Cynthia Baum-Baicker runs a therapy session, she listens with the ears of a musician and so ...
12 years ago
ListenThe U.S. Health System: a complicated web of government and private industry relationships
What do you do when you’re a health policy professor? In the case of Robert Field, health policy professor at Drexel University, yo ...
12 years ago
ListenUnderstanding the mechanics of anesthesia
Anesthesia drugs are used in millions of patients every year but do doctors really know how they work? On a recent Monday mo ...
12 years ago
ListenWhat role do maps play in solving medical mysteries?
A simple black-and-white street map made a Victorian physician a ‘legend.’ There’s plenty of disagreement about ...
12 years ago
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