The Pulse Archive

A look at some of the recently discovered factors that shape health, disease, and survival.

A celebration of muscles — from their beauty and biology, to the history of how weightlifting went mainstream.

An exploration of the mysteries of attraction and the science of optimizing online dating.

Tracing the history of our obsession with Mars, from modern efforts to colonize to belief in a Martian civilization.

It’s something we’ve all said to ourselves at some time or other: “I just have to get through this week” — as if next week will ...

Mobile HeaL brings health care directly to farm workers and trains physicians in Fresno County.

Generative AI tools have transformed classrooms. But local teachers and school districts are still deciding on whether, and how, to use them.

Kids, often barely out of elementary school, are internalizing the idea that their futures depend on getting into an Ivy League school.

How the AI revolution and the long shadow of COVID are transforming education.

In the summer of 1976, when 2,000 people came to Philadelphia for a national convention of the American Legion, a strange illness gripped ...

Agricultural workers in the U.S. are 35 times more likely to die from heat-related stress than people working in any other field.

A look at the growing health challenges affecting farmers and people who produce our food.

Over a billion young people are at risk of hearing loss in part due to headphone use. Audiologists weigh in on the risk, and how to protect your ears.

Earplugs can prevent permanent hearing damage from concerts. Venue staff and musicians say that now it’s common, even cool, to have them.

We explore what researchers are learning about the connections between noise, hearing loss, and our well-being.