The Pulse Archive

When flames started to burn down the hill toward his family ranch, Charlie Lovick saw his chance: He kept a cool head and took action.

Being in nature is restorative; the wild can feed your soul. But, for hundreds of years, we pushed west across the country, tra ...

New research on solitary confinement could bridge the mind-body gap when it comes to cruel and unusual punishment.

Humans are social animals, equipped with brains hard-wired to connect with those around us. We rely on relationships for safety and survi ...

Some humans here on Earth think so, now that the Opportunity rover’s mission has ended.

Math is a discipline of logic, but for lots of us, it may as well be magic: a force as powerful as it is unattainable. The “math anxiou ...

A little-known learning disability is helping kids — and adults — reframe their struggles with numbers.

For decades, people in the U.S. have worried about falling behind the rest of the world at math. Some teachers think they have answers.

What matters to a child’s health? Sure, some things are embedded in our genetics. But from the moment we’re born, there are a million ...

Like many cities, when schools closed for the day, usually schoolyards did too. But when the school district upgraded its playgrounds, it kept them open longer.

Segregation in housing and education has had reverberations on health care and health outcomes for African-Americans. In this episode, we ...

From anti-vaxxers to climate change deniers and even flat-Earthers, there’s a lot of mistrust in science. But how did we get here in th ...

How public mistrust in GMOs destroyed one scientist's dream of helping farmers in developing countries produce sturdier, higher-yield crops.

Hospitals can be bewildering places. They operate according to their own special logic, which can make them feel a bit like a well-oiled ...

Doctors are trained to remove maggots from patients, but could it be that maggots are actually there to help?