The Pulse Archive
Artificial pancreas could mean “freedom” for diabetic patients
For years, people have been frustrated with the slow pace of innovation in diabetes care. About one million Americans have Type 1 d ...
10 years ago
ListenLove is in the air, so we thought it would be the perfect time to talk about the heart…in a health and science sort of way! On this ...
Air Date: February 10, 2017
ListenSynchronized defense: How animals move as one to avoid predators
When watching these birds move, it looks like they're one giant organism with a centralized brain. But an ornithologist explains it's not one brain so much as one thought.
10 years ago
Listen 5:49New procedure leads to miraculous recoveries in stroke patients
On July 17, 2014 Kurt Hinrichs, of Gladstone, Missouri, went to bed early. When his wife joined him, she woke him with her snoring. That ...
10 years ago
Listen 8:09How electroconvulsive therapy’s troubled past has colored its modern use
Elyse Hunt hit rock bottom last summer. She had pummeled deeply into an already serious depression, leaving her bedridden and contemplati ...
10 years ago
Listen 12:05Let him eat cake: Reframing life after a suicide attempt
Michael Bohannan-Calloway was diagnosed with cancer in January 2010. Doctors told him it was treatable but incurable. Looking for guidanc ...
10 years ago
ListenEverything happens for a reason: How this doctor became a patient
With one phone call, Navin Vij went from seeing himself as a doctor to seeing himself as a patient. He was diagnosed with Hepatitis C, an ...
10 years ago
ListenListening to the brain to reveal damage and disease
Researchers are studying the way the brain processes sound to better understand – possibly even diagnose – concussions. < ...
10 years ago
Listen 6:25The dirty lives of Pittsburgh’s sewer cleanup crew
During heavy storms, the city’s backup sewer system dumps raw sewage into local rivers to prevent basement floods and sludge in the ...
10 years ago
ListenScientists say that the field of genetics is making progress at an exponential pace, but with great genetic power comes great responsibil ...
Air Date: February 3, 2017
ListenThe many options of choosing half of your future child’s genes
The list for parents to choose from can include smarts, looks, college major.. even pet preferences and zodiac signs. Rache ...
10 years ago
ListenGenomics leads chocolate farmers to hardy plants faster
Growing cacao is difficult but scientists are trying out ways to make the process more efficient. Robert Campbell makes chocolate ...
10 years ago
ListenSometimes you’re faced with a decision in which both of your options have drawbacks. You’re stuck between a rock and a hard p ...
Air Date: January 27, 2017
ListenMexico and U.S. make big plan to save tiny porpoise from extinction
The population of an adorable porpoise called the vaquita has fallen below 60. Scientists, the governments of two countries, and military ...
10 years ago
ListenGenetic tests help parents avoid passing on serious diseases
In 2009, Emily Brooks was newly married and eager to start a family. Then her dad, after years of symptoms, was diagnosed with Hunti ...
10 years ago
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