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Maja Watkins, (right) at 5 years old, with brother Zachary Miletich, 7, in Danville, California, 1992. (Courtesy of Maja Watkins)
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Health

Getting to the basics of humor for people on the autism spectrum

Many don’t perceive jokes that rely on sarcasm and dual meanings. Improv comedy can help with understanding that, and teach other life skills.

5 years ago

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Many people experience inappropriate, uncontrallable laughter during really intense situations, when things aren't very funny. Turns out, that this is a type of emotion regulation at work. (LogotypeVector / Big Stock Photo)
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Health

Why we sometimes laugh during inappropriate times

Some people laugh when they want to cry, or cry when they want to laugh. Turns out, there’s a type of emotion regulation at work.

5 years ago

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Paul Hathaway and Joanne McLaughlin. When Paul spent 48 weeks on chemo, she got markers and paper lunch bags, and tried the gallows humor thing. (Image courtesy of Joanne McLaughlin)
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Health

How bad cartoons helped relieve the chronic-disease blues

When my spouse spent 48 weeks on chemo, I got markers and paper lunch bags, and tried the gallows humor thing.

5 years ago

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A camera next to an old photo album on the table.
The Pulse
Science

Working Memory

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 ...

Air Date: October 23, 2020

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A tired and stressed student with his head down on a pile of books holding up a
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Science

The Hidden Costs of Science

In science, we tend to focus on the destination, not the journey. But for every big breakthrough, every historic discovery, there are cou ...

Air Date: October 16, 2020

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A green sea turtle rests on the beach among marine debris on Midway Atoll in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands. In one of the most remote places on Earth, Midway Atoll is a wildlife sanctuary that should be a safe haven for seabirds and other marine animals. (AP Photo/Caleb Jones)
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Science

How research labs contribute to the pollution problem

Single use plastic and energy-hogging equipment are among the culprits. Some scientists are trying to find a better way. 

5 years ago

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Nicole Cabrera Salazar at the University of Hawaii 2.2-meter telescope on Mauna Kea, Hawaii in 2008.
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Health

For some graduate students, the cost of doing science is their mental health

Years of research, classwork, teaching and study can take a stressful toll in almost any area.

5 years ago

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A person choosing between three faces, (smiling, neutral, or unhappy) on a survey screen
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Science

Chasing Happiness

The pandemic has changed the way a lot of us understand and experience happiness. In normal times, we think of happiness as a big-picture ...

Air Date: October 9, 2020

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Social media can feel fake — until it brings real joy. By being more herself,  Candace Molatore found her community on Instagram. (Courtesy of Candace Molatore)
The Pulse
Health

Selling happiness and finding it in the process

Social media can feel fake — until it brings real joy. By being more herself, one influencer found her community.

5 years ago

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Health

Booze, Science and Our Health

We all know that drinking a lot of alcohol is bad for your health. It’s tied to heart disease, heightened risk for some cancers, addict ...

Air Date: October 2, 2020

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David Nutt, professor of neuropsychopharmacology at Imperial College London, is developing an alternative to alcohol that may hold the promise of a buzz without the hangover. (Image courtesy of David Nutt)
The Pulse
Health

Will synthetic alcohol mean the end of hangovers? 

A compound called Alcarelle, now being developed, may promise a buzz without the buzzkill.

5 years ago

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The Pulse
Science

Confronting Implicit Biases

We’re trying to have more meaningful conversations about racism as a country. Part of that means talking about implicit bias — assump ...

Air Date: September 25, 2020

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In this Feb. 11, 2015, photo, veteran LAPD officers Don Wynne, left, and Ann Bozzi instruct dozens of unidentified Los Angeles Police Department officers learn to recognize unconscious prejudices and how they can impact behaviors on the street at a class at the Museum of Tolerance in Los Angeles. The department, which expects to send more than 5,000 officers to the museum’s course in the next several years, is working to weave implicit bias lessons into existing training. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)
The Pulse
Health

Can you train people to be less biased?

Seminars and workshops on implicit bias promise to change cultures at police departments, organizations and universities. But how effective are these trainings?

5 years ago

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Researchers of the Rio de Janeiro State University prepare an instrument to sample airborne sewage droplets for the presence of the new coronavirus at the Santa Marta slum, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Monday, July 27, 2020. The researchers are working together with volunteers of a local sanitation team to see if they can detect the virus in the air and evaporation from the slum’s open-air sewers. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)
The Pulse
Science

Science and Medicine, Under Pressure

The pandemic has put a lot of pressure on both our health care system and the scientific process — exposing weaknesses that have long e ...

Air Date: September 18, 2020

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Dr. Alexis Lieberman. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
The Pulse
Health

Some doctors think they’ve found a cheap, generic drug which treats COVID-19. So why hasn’t anyone heard of it?

How faulty data, Big Pharma and the fallout from hydroxychloroquine has haunted the research world, as desperate doctors and researchers look for a COVID-19 treatment.

5 years ago

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