The Pulse Archive

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

Lobstermen and conservationists are finding common ground with ropeless fishing gear, but time is running out.

There was a time when seeing was believing — but that’s changing, thanks to new technology that’s elevating fakery to a whole new l ...

Machine learning is democratizing special effects — and that might be a bad thing.

Lab-grown meat for dogs and cats might be on the market before lab-grown meat for humans.

Scientist. Farmer. Feminist. Leader. Alpha male. Veteran. African-American. Hindu. Identity isn’t just about who we think we are — it ...

Coloring is a complex chemical reaction, a sophisticated organic synthesis, that takes place in each strand on the top of your head.

Long natural hair elicits wonder — but also much wondering about how to achieve it, and how to stop comparing ourselves with others who have.

How emerging microbiome science is pointing the way toward an innovative approach.

You know when you get butterflies in your stomach? Or your gut clenches with fear? Or the way a gory movie can fill you with nausea? Thos ...

It’s Labor Day, which means we’re celebrating the hard-working people who keep the engines of productivity humming. On this e ...

It was supposed to be paradise, a slice of raw nature in a densely populated country. But things didn't go according to plan, and the conditions were ripe for controversy.

It was supposed to be a paradise. A parcel of wilderness, reminiscent of the past, where birds and large grazers would find refuge. Conse ...

Playing doesn't end with childhood. It's important for adults too, just in a different way.

It wasn’t until a few years ago that researchers defined what really counts, to animals, as play.