The Pulse Archive

Psychologist Frederick Frese explains how his experience with schizophrenia shaped his passion for helping others with mental illness.&nb ...

In the world of cheesesteaks, Geno Vento stands head and shoulders above the crowd. But a lifetime spent around this delicious, but fatte ...

How one group is addressing the mental health needs of undocumented immigrants facing deportation.  By the time Pedro Avila a ...

When we think of the damage oil can do, we often think of the large spills at sea. But the kind of oil problem we’re talking about ...

Wild bumblebees, blight-reistant potatoes and dogs with obsessive compulsive disorder.  Kerry Grens, an associate editor at T ...

Even with surgery, there’s no magic bullet for weight loss. To find out about the challenges of getting a successful weight- ...

Imagine spending your whole life, from childhood, fighting temptation inside what one might describe as the belly of the beast. Im ...

The workplace wellness movement promises benefits to both employees and employers by encouraging and rewarding healthy lifestyle choices. ...

Workplace wellness programs have sprouted up with a vengeance in the last decade or so, but do they work? Workplace wellness progr ...

Want to meet the Pulse and SciStarter teams? Join us Tuesday, Feb. 18, for Science at the Sixers.  Want to meet the Pulse and ...

Operating tiny motors inside a cell is a “basic science” breakthrough toward a far-off dream. Scientists at Pennsylvan ...

Clinical sexologist Susana Mayer encourages couples to turn their beds into sandboxes.  “I show women how to have orgas ...

Medical ethicist Art Caplan weighs in on the surge of workplace wellness programs and how some of these programs “go too far.” ...

A look at the mental health needs of undocumented immigrants.  In a lot of ways, Domingo is like other good kids his age. He ...

Choreographer Brian Sanders opens up about the hip replacement surgery that sparked a minor career change. Choreographer Brian San ...