The Pulse Archive
The psychological toll of living in quarantine or isolation
More people are living this way because of the new coronavirus. What does that look like, and what does it do to someone's mental state?
5 years ago
Listen 8:44
One recipe for a coronavirus vaccine: add rabies
A Jefferson lab has built on its rabies vaccine research to create one for COVID-19. But a final product could be a year away.
5 years ago
Vivid dreams and their role in waking life
Many people practice remembering their dreams to help with clarity, creativity, or problem solving.
5 years ago
Listen 9:10
Think about the millions of details stored in your memory: what you had for breakfast; how to get to work; the smell of lavender; your fi
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Air Date: March 13, 2020
Listen 48:32
Recalling the past, in hopes of triggering better life in the present
Reminiscence therapy helps jog a sense of the former self, for those who’ve lost parts of who they are today.
5 years ago
Listen 7:26
Rope or rod? Torn between scoliosis surgeries
One’s tried and true. The other’s promising, but uncharted in the long term. Which would you choose?
5 years ago
Listen 14:11
Medicine is always changing. New treatments become available. Old ones become obsolete. But how does a treatment become established? How
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Air Date: March 6, 2020
Listen 48:50
COVID-19 — a coronavirus disease — is spreading around the world, putting people and governments on high alert. How will we respond t
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Air Date: March 4, 2020
Listen 27:03
Sadness seemingly comes out of nowhere sometimes: a song, a photo, a movie scene, a memory, and there it is. Your heart seems heavy. Tear
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Air Date: February 28, 2020
Listen 49:33
What’s fueling the rise of AITA — an online community dedicated to calling out jerks?
How a subreddit dedicated to strangers’ problems taps into our human desire for fairness
5 years ago
Listen 11:37
“It’s not fair!” That’s a common refrain anyone with kids is familiar with. From the time they learn to talk, kids begin protesti
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Air Date: February 21, 2020
Listen 48:56
Can algorithms help judges make fair decisions?
Is taking away the human factor the key to more just rulings?
5 years ago
Listen 11:45
What is love? Is it that warm and fuzzy feeling, that crazed obsession, that deep sentiment of trust and good will? It’s all of those t
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Air Date: February 14, 2020
Listen 49:12
A codependent’s guide to codependency
When people are in unhealthy or unbalanced relationships, we often use a term to describe them: codependent. But what does that actually mean?
5 years ago
Listen 11:08
From the laboratory to the screen: How science inspires horror movies
Think of some of the iconic movie monsters: Frankenstein, Dracula, the Mummy, Godzilla. What do they have in common?
5 years ago
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