The Pulse Archive

As a materials scientist, Anna Ploszajski was trained t ...

Humans have long tried to mitigate their own destructive impact on the planet through conservation efforts. Often, those efforts are atta ...

In 2018, Owen Rivers woke up in a hospital bed after a fentanyl overdose — and could no longer form new memories. It was a terrifying e ...

Living on a planet that’s been inhabited by humans for hundreds of thousands of years means pretty much every piece of ground that you ...

Blair Mountain, site of a deadly 1921 battle between miners and their employers, is mostly inaccessible to those who would honor its significance. 


The human brain has an incredible capacity for processing information, from sensory data, to casual conversations, to everything we hear ...

Researchers are strategizing ways to discover whether auditory processing disorders are at play.

Thanksgiving is near, which means many families will come together with loved ones over a shared meal that celebrates abundance. But alon ...

At Sylvanaqua Farms, Chris Newman tried to address two big problems with U.S. agriculture. But as some workers saw it, he was a problem too.

For thousands of years, humans have obsessed over Mars from afar. At first, maybe it was the fact that Mars stands out in the night sky b ...

Zachary Bell wants to create a positive online community with fellow veterans through humor, inside jokes, and messages about mental health.

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 ...

Tinnitus is the most common service-connected disability, the VA says. More than 2 million veterans get compensation for it.

A lot of us had our first taste of remote medical care during the pandemic — telemedicine checkups performed right in our own homes. It ...

The search for solutions to address climate change is urgent. People want action now, something that will move the needle. But every solu ...