
The Pulse Archive
How a hormone affects the way men think about money
New research shows how testosterone can affect financial markets. Seven years ago, Tyler, the co-founder of a tech comp ...
8 years ago
ListenIn a room of their own, women find path to recovery
Sex-specific treatment is changing the fight against female addiction. When Tanya Barie, 33, relapsed after almost a year of sobri ...
8 years ago
ListenTrying to manage mental illness in the workplace
When the CEO responds to your out of the office email about taking ...
8 years ago
ListenWhy vacations might make you a better worker
There are science-based reasons to take all your vacation days. Each Labor Day, we acknowledge workers for their contributions to ...
8 years ago
ListenSelf-driving trucks won’t make people obsolete
In the future, truck operators may work from a virtual driver’s seat. Think of Amazon Prime, those meal kits from Blue Apron ...
8 years ago
ListenThe land and vistas around us tell a story about weather, the seasons, and light, but also about human influence, climate change — ...
Air Date: August 18, 2017
ListenThe story behind Philly’s heroin encampment
As the controversial spot closes down, we take a tour of its history. There’s a part of Philadelphia, just a few miles north ...
8 years ago
Listen 13:03A star-studded trip to witness the 1973 eclipse
Retired Pennsylvania science teacher Stephen Berr made plans two years ago to witness this year’s solar eclipse in Driggs, Idaho. ...
8 years ago
Listen 3:59What’s a cloud forest without clouds?
Scientists say climate change could dry out misty jungles in the Andes of Peru. Along mountainsides in Central and South America, ...
8 years ago
Listen 6:08Gulf Coast land loss threatens food sovereignty
Pointe-au-Chien and other Louisiana tribes want to protect native ways of eating. Native Americans living along Louisiana’s ...
8 years ago
Listen 9:46Returning restaurants’ oyster shells back to the water
Shell recycling keeps them out of landfills and improves ecosystem health. About 120 miles east of Washington, D.C., Delaware’s ...
8 years ago
Listen 6:44When natural history collections bow to other priorities
In 1962, Neil Douglas accepted a position in the brand new biology department of what is now the University of Louisiana Monroe. The scho ...
8 years ago
ListenAs Americans quit smoking, farmers give up tobacco
Shifting public opinion and smoking habits have changed Kentucky farming. I’m in northern Kentucky with University of Kentuc ...
8 years ago
Listen 9:18How to deal with sweaty, smelly feet
We do a lot of walking during the summer, slogging a few blocks to the beach in the blazing sun, carrying those pesky chairs and the umbr ...
8 years ago
Listen 4:40Gambling. Drugs. Prostitution. Booze. As a society, we have always regulated behaviors we consider vices. Those regulations were once gro ...
Air Date: August 4, 2017
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