The Pulse Archive

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 ...

The modern world is made possible by a web of electromagnetic radiation. Your phone, computer, TV, cable box, radio — all depend on mil ...

Jessie Flynn decided she’d had enough. For years, multiple sclerosis had taken more and more away from her life — her ability to move ...

After more than 15 years of multiple sclerosis, a patient travels to Mexico for a risky, experimental treatment called HSCT, against her doctor's advice.

Who becomes a physician in this country — and who never gets that chance? On this encore presentation, we explore this question a lot o ...