The Pulse Archive

In Puerto Rico's mountain towns, grassroots community groups are finding purpose and protection by making homemade mosquito nets.

As the island’s utility struggles to turn the lights back on, there’s a larger conversation about rebuilding better.

We have dogs to thank for pacemakers. We probably should be a little grateful to mice for the development of chemotherapy. Cows helped us ...

Chimpanzees used in biomedical research often have no place to go when they retire. But a sanctuary in central Washington state is now home to seven animals, and counting.

At the University of Calgary scientists say this tiny, tropical fish may be a quicker, cheaper way to find new drugs to treat epilepsy.

Veterinarians say bored mice and rats that live in barren cages are bad test subjects.

Neuroscientist Ashley Juavinett says, “we have medicine and amazing treatments because of all the animal research we’ve done.”

On this week’s show, we talk with people taking their health and wellness into their own hands — with varying results.

The government is reviewing the status of an herbal supplement touted to ease opioid addiction.

Still reeling after lasts year’s storm season, women in the town of Mariana, Puerto Rico, spend time together and prepare meals for others to ease depression.

Emergency medicine doctor Emmy Betz wanted to get more comfortable with guns. Pistol instructor and family physician Michael Victoroff had a proposal for her.

Renee Norris Jones was in an abusive relationship for seven years.

Gun-shop owner Andy Raymond thought personalized firearms might get new people interested in guns. Instead, he attracted anger and was cast as an anti-gun gun dealer.

On the eve of her first hunt, a 9-year-old talks turkey: how to hold a steady shot — and what she likes best about hunting so far. Spoiler alert: It’s time with dad.

We like to romanticize farming – but the truth is that it’s tough, complicated, sometimes dangerous work. Technology has made som ...