The Pulse Archive

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

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 ...

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

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

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

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

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.

As some hospitals became overwhelmed during the early days of the pandemic, educational requirements for residents in especially hard-hit regions were suspended.

We rely on our friends for all kinds of things — companionship, laughter, and right now — support in times of crisis. But it’s ...

Technology is always changing the way we work, and what kinds of jobs are available. But now these changes are happening at lightning spe ...

The pandemic has accelerated a disconcerting trend: Workplace-surveillance software.

If a text-to-speech clone can capture her in a moment, is there a role for her? And how will artificial intelligence affect creativity?

Most of us dread mosquito season — but on some level, you’ve got to admire these pesky bloodsuckers. Over the millennia, they’v ...

Fall usually means the start of a new school year — but for millions of American kids, it marks the continuation of an extended limbo t ...

It takes years for science to migrate into real-life practice. Today, educators are trying to make real-time sense of a disease scientists are learning about on the fly.