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The Pulse Archive
A Journey into the Minds of Whales
Air Date: September 16, 2022
Listen 48:36Air Date: September 9, 2022
Listen 48:35Air Date: September 2, 2022
Listen 50:04From Power Wheelchairs to Prosthetic Hands — the Gear That’s Changing Lives
Air Date: August 26, 2022
Listen 49:20For the first time, prosthetics manufacturers in the U.S. also own clinics that can recommend their products to patients.
2 years ago
Listen 12:06‘No pulse, no problem’: Learning to live with a life-saving device
When Chris Donges was diagnosed with heart failure in 2018, he was given two options: Wait for a heart transplant or implant a medical device onto his heart.
2 years ago
Listen 11:38How one doctor’s risky experiment paved the way for modern intensive care
Some anesthesiologists and intensive care physicians mark August 27 as Bjørn Ibsen Day — honoring the lives he saved during a polio outbreak 70 years ago.
2 years ago
Listen 19:54Parents Know Best — or Do They?
Air Date: August 19, 2022
Listen 49:07Air Date: August 17, 2022
Listen 55:11From Polio to COVID — the Evolution of Intensive Care
Air Date: August 12, 2022
Listen 47:41Chasing Scientific Holy Grails
Air Date: August 5, 2022
Listen 48:58‘All or nothing’: Scientists search for extraterrestrial intelligence
Humans have long asked the question, “Are we alone?” These SETI scientists are on a quest to find out
2 years ago
Listen 9:47Is trying to recycle plastic a waste? Meet the scientists working to find new solutions
We can design and make amazing things with plastic; it’s much harder to un-make them.
2 years ago
Listen 10:24Air Date: July 29, 2022
Listen 49:12An Untold History in the Fight Against AIDS
Air Date: July 22, 2022
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