The Pulse Archive

Science is all about discovery — tackling the big questions that define our world, and hopefully our future. But some of these question ...

Humans have long asked the question, “Are we alone?” These SETI scientists are on a quest to find out

We can design and make amazing things with plastic; it’s much harder to un-make them.

It’s when a dark alleyway makes the hairs stand up on the back of our neck; when a mother just knows that something’s wrong ...

In the fall of 2019, reporter Grant Hill jumped into a cab  — where his driver, Clyde Ashley Sherman, told him the story of a lifetime ...

Our lives depend on water — not just any water: clean, safe water. We need it for drinking, for cooking, for washing. And very often, w ...

Desalination is a solution for cities on the coast that are running out of freshwater sources—but the process can turn out to be more than cities bargained for.

Science is constantly propelling athletes to run faster, jump higher, push harder, and break records. Scientific advances have become suc ...

When we’re stressed, upset, feeling down, or off, most of us have things we do to decompress. Things we ...

Imagine yourself out in nature — away from all the noise and the distractions of our lives. You can smell the rich scents of the forest ...

In 2018, journalist Linda Villarosa wrote ...

Meet the Black TikTok creator bridging health disparities. His video convinced a woman to seek medical attention.

A Black woman in West Virginia is becoming a certified nurse midwife to support Black pregnant patients and their babies.

IVF clinics have long tested embryos for genetic disorders and abnormalities — but in recent years, new startups have been pushing the ...

A New Jersey company says its test can screen embryos for a variety of diseases and health conditions, like heart disease, diabetes, or breast cancer.