
The Pulse Archive
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 ...
Air Date: February 14, 2020
Listen 49:12A 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 11:08From 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
Listen 07:11Movies may not be real — but in a lot of ways, they’re real to us. Great films help us understand the world, history, and one another ...
Air Date: February 7, 2020
Listen 49:07Can dogs really act or is it all an illusion?
Clever choreography, a strong bond between dog and trainer … and evolutionary psychology?
5 years ago
Listen 08:12How vaping restrictions could send ex-smokers back to cigarettes
New policies meant to curb the youth vaping epidemic could hurt adults who vape to quit
5 years ago
Listen 09:44How the placenta evolved from an ancient virus
When evolutionary biologists studied the protein involved in fusing placenta cells, it didn’t look like it came from human DNA. It looked like a virus.
5 years ago
Listen 9:16When you’re a teenager, everybody tells you that getting pregnant happens quickly, under all kinds of circumstances. But when you look ...
Air Date: January 31, 2020
Listen 49:20On the reservation, asthma is especially tough to control
Since the 1980s, asthma has been increasing across all ages and ethnic groups in the U.S. But it’s a bigger problem among Native Americans.
5 years ago
Listen 07:18Hair can be our crowning glory, a big part of our identity, and a tool for self-expression. We shave it, style it, cut it, dye it — an ...
Air Date: January 23, 2020
Listen 49:12In the decades after the Civil War, the nation was changing rapidly. Cities were industrializing, the railroad was expanding, business wa ...
Air Date: January 17, 2020
Listen 49:14How psychology is just catching up with the effects of online hate
When online creators get hateful comments — who can help?
5 years ago
Listen 8:06How researchers and advocates of color are forging their own paths in psychedelic-assisted therapy
After a long history of erasure, communities of color are reclaiming psychedelic traditions to heal from trauma.
5 years ago
Listen 11:54After a decades-long hiatus, researchers are taking a fresh look at the potential of psychedelics in therapy. Could substances like ketam ...
Air Date: January 10, 2020
Listen 48:50Losing your friends, and maybe your mind, in the Pinelands
Two friends dropping acid on an annual camping trip, what could possibly go wrong?
5 years ago
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