The Pulse Archive

Researchers find that pandemic grief is on par with violent-death grief — and what makes both so traumatic

Pain is powerful — and when it becomes chronic, it can be all-consuming. It takes over our minds, saps our energy, and becomes the focu ...

The bottom of the ocean seems like an unlikely place to be teeming with life — it’s dark, freezing cold, and subject to enormous pres ...

When Don Arndt discovered he had a bobbit worm in his aquarium, he knew it needed to go — what followed was a saga worthy of legend.

What we eat — and how our food is produced — is always changing. Over the past few decades, we’ve seen attempts to go from industri ...

How caffeine went from natural to synthetic and why we should maybe expect more of it in the future.

Hurricanes. Tornadoes. Blizzards. Flooding. Over the past 20 years, we’ve seen a staggering increase in extreme weather events, res ...

There are 19 million veterans in the U.S. who have served in the armed forces. For many, the military gave them a sense of shared purpose ...

It’s that time of year when we celebrate something we usually hate: fear. We visit haunted houses and corn mazes or binge-watch the sca ...

The first generation of kids to receive intensive ABA has grown up — and many have criticized it as harmful and even abusive.

There’s a lot to love about grasslands — the sound of the wind blowing through them, the way the colors change with the seasons, how ...

Cheetahs were declared extinct 70 years ago in India. Ecologists hope its reintroduction will boost efforts to preserve the country's vast grasslands.

In the early days of the pandemic, life on the streets changed. Traffic was clear, and the roads felt nearly deserted. Bumper-to-bumper c ...

What causes potholes — and why are there so many of them?

When Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) first emerged on the national stage, it was hailed as a ray of hope. It was an intensive, interactiv ...