The Pulse Archive
What’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, ...
9 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 ...
9 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 ...
9 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 ...
9 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 ...
9 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 ...
9 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
ListenTribes hope tradition will fight unhealthy tobacco use
Cheap tribal cigarettes can complicate tobacco control on reservations. States and cities have come to understand that if they jac ...
9 years ago
ListenIt’s summer, and it’s hot. On this episode, we get stranded on an urban ‘heat island’ and learn what people are d ...
Air Date: July 28, 2017
Listen 48:51On July 29th, 1958, President Eisenhower signed the National Aeronautics and Space Act and soon we sent men where only our imaginations h ...
Air Date: July 21, 2017
Listen 49:13A futuristic vacation guide to our galaxy for the savvy space traveler
How two space geeks imagine the future of trips to the stars. Rock climbing on Mars, playing baseball on the moon and skydiving th ...
9 years ago
Listen 5:11Why heat is central to health in traditional Chinese medicine
For Chinese herbalist and acupuncturist Cara Frank, treating patients boils down to one thing: patterns. “We have a saying i ...
9 years ago
Listen 5:53The biodiversity of heat-loving bacteria in Yellowstone rivals a rainforest
Blue, dark peach, bright red, orange — thermophilic organisms make the hot springs so colorful you’ll want to grab your selfie st ...
9 years ago
Listen 4:29Washington’s wildfire whipped up dangerous ‘weather’
Wildfires can create atmosphere changes around them — making raging infernos even more unpredictable and dangerous. Western Wash ...
9 years ago
Listen 6:53World weather libraries offer historic clues about climate
Whether it’s an especially hot or cold day – or mild or unmemorable one – the weather reports coming through the radio, ...
9 years ago
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