The Pulse Archive

Thanksgiving usually means we’re going big — way over the top. Twice as much turkey as we could possibly eat; more side dishes than ...

Cranberry farmers in the Pine Barrens must strike a balance between productive farming and protecting a beloved ecosystem.

Gratitude journaling, it turns out, transformed the neuroscientist’s grief — and likely his brain

What works in policing high-crime areas, and what doesn't?

Philadelphia and other cities saw domestic violence reported more often, and repeat incidents reduced when more female officers were added to the force.

Police forces in democratic societies are supposed to safeguard the rights of citizens, and protect their lives and well-being. We think ...

Intimidation and police force enraged protesters in Hong Kong. Is there a different way to manage masses of people?

We look at things that are hard to measure and the different approaches that we take to get those measurements correct.

Improvements in audio recorders, artificial intelligence, and data storage make sound a more powerful tool for ecology than ever before.

The Gregorian system we all know is just pseudoscience and so random, says Tom Sherman. He’s out to disrupt it.

December 30, 2011 never happened in Samoa. The island nation in the South Pacific skipped this day, to move ahead into a different time z ...

Join us on an audio walking tour through Philadelphia's Old City to discover how the yellow fever epidemic challenged the city’s health and political infrastructure.

Often we think of life and death as opposite sides of a coin — categories as final as they are discrete. But in an age when machines ca ...

Cars have played a fundamental role in changing our modern lives — where we live, where we work, the shape of our communities, and how ...

Every culture, workplace, group, and family has its norms — its standards, the way things are done. Norms govern everything from relati ...