The Pulse Episode Archive

Are you an introvert or an extrovert? Open to new experiences, or comforted by routine? Shy or the life of the party? Figuring out what m ...

Thanksgiving usually means we’re going big — way over the top. Twice the size bird we could possibly eat; more side dishes than the t ...

We’ve all been there — you start out Googling local pharmacy hours, and all of a sudden you find yourself reading about how to constr ...

Not even a year after SARS-CoV-2 was first identified, several coronavirus vaccines are now in the final stages of testing. Some people w ...

There’s not a lot to laugh about right now. But throughout the pandemic, we’ve managed to joke about our shared misery — like makin ...

Think about the millions of details stored in your memory: what you had for breakfast; how to get to work; the smell of lavender; your fi ...

In science, we tend to focus on the destination, not the journey. But for every big breakthrough, every historic discovery, there are cou ...

The pandemic has changed the way a lot of us understand and experience happiness. In normal times, we think of happiness as a big-picture ...

We all know that drinking a lot of alcohol is bad for your health. It’s tied to heart disease, heightened risk for some cancers, addict ...

We’re trying to have more meaningful conversations about racism as a country. Part of that means talking about implicit bias — assump ...

The pandemic has put a lot of pressure on both our health care system and the scientific process — exposing weaknesses that have long e ...

We rely on our friends for all kinds of things — companionship, laughter, and right now — support in times of crisis. But it’s ...

Technology is always changing the way we work, and what kinds of jobs are available. But now these changes are happening at lightning spe ...

Most of us dread mosquito season — but on some level, you’ve got to admire these pesky bloodsuckers. Over the millennia, they’v ...

Fall usually means the start of a new school year — but for millions of American kids, it marks the continuation of an extended limbo t ...