The Pulse Archive

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.

How are kids being impacted by the pandemic? Our high school reporters produced short personal essays on ways that the pandemic has impacted each of their lives.

Are you an introvert or an extrovert? Open to new experiences, or comforted by routine? Shy or the life of the party? Figuring out what m ...

A race-car accident shook her frontal lobes and cerebellum like a baby rattle, doctors said. Personality change after a trauma like that isn’t uncommon. 

Psychologists have a name for that sense of being different when we’re with different groups of friends: our social selves.

Nurses have been a part of every aspect of care with the coronavirus pandemic — taking care of patients, communicating with families, w ...

Health and beauty may go together in the drugstore — but in real life, the two aren’t always so simpatico. From excessive dieting to ...

Technology isn’t just changing our world — it’s changing the words we use to describe it. Language is evolving at breakneck speed, ...