The Pulse Archive
Air Date: May 25, 2021
Listen 36:29When DNA Research Doesn’t Benefit All of Us
Air Date: May 21, 2021
Listen 49:13For African Americans, DNA tests offer some answers beyond the ‘wall of slavery’
For decades, slavery created challenges for Black Americans trying to trace their roots. DNA ancestry tests might reveal new answers.
3 years ago
Listen 13:41Air Date: May 14, 2021
Listen 50:08Sacred tobacco and American Indians, tradition and conflict
American Indians have the highest smoking rates in the country: US commercialization of tobacco continues to complicate sacred use of the plant.
3 years ago
Listen 12:10Air Date: May 7, 2021
Listen 49:29How close are scientists to developing fusion energy? And what are the roadblocks standing in the way?
3 years ago
Listen 18:51Why it’s so hard to replace a Nissan LEAF battery
Years of research powered electric car batteries, yet questions remain to be answered.
3 years ago
Listen 13:38Air Date: April 30, 2021
Listen 50:14How a Christian epidemiologist works to sway white evangelicals on COVID and vaccines
Emily Smith, an epidemiologist married to a preacher, has been able to reach evangelicals in a way others can’t, by meeting them where they are.
3 years ago
Listen 11:39Air Date: April 23, 2021
Listen 53:06Science vs science: The contradictory fight over whether electromagnetic hypersensitivity is real
For years, sufferers of EHS have maintained that the electromagnetic fields around us are dangerous. A handful of scientists agree.
3 years ago
Listen 23:01Could this famous con man be lying about his story? A new book suggests he is
Frank W. Abagnale Jr. is famous for cons documented in the blockbuster “Catch Me If You Can.” But science writer Alan Logan says the real grift is Abagnale’s entire story.
3 years ago
Listen 10:23Air Date: April 16, 2021
Listen 50:09Air Date: April 9, 2021
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