The Pulse Episode Archive

Our bodies are ours, but how we feel about them is largely defined by others — by the things people say, the culture we live in, the me ...

Most of us take our drinking water for granted — switch on the tap, and out it flows. But in much of the world, that’s not the case. ...

A gun can change a moment, a life, a family, an entire neighborhood. Like a catalyst in a chemical reaction, guns have a unique ability t ...

Ever sit down to Thanksgiving dinner, look around at the shining faces of your family, and think to yourself: “How the heck am I relate ...

From penicillin to the moon landing, we have science to thank for humanity’s greatest achievements. But science has also helped advance ...

When’s the last time you saw a get-well card for psoriasis or eczema? Skin’s our biggest organ — and does lots of hard work keeping ...

Nerve-racking. Sickening. Facing your fear can be all of that — and sometimes a little thrilling, too.

Climate change could transform our planet sooner than we thought. A new report from the United Nations says that just 1.5 degrees Celsius ...

Who has time to read the small print — to go over all the “stuff” that’s in our food, medicine, or supplements? And what’s carr ...

Advances in science don’t just happen — sometimes, real progress requires heroic measures. On this show, we explore the lengths peopl ...

Medicine, healthcare — even illness — vary from country to country. Those differences are driven by tradition, culture, even politics ...

Technology helps us run our lives, do our jobs, get directions and keep track of our calendars. Right? Or, is technology taking control o ...

They call it the golden years, but there’s a reason many of us dread old age — it can mean losing our health, our independence, our m ...

It’s been a year since Hurricane Maria swept through Puerto Rico, destroying lives and reducing many communities to rubble. The storm a ...

It’s Labor Day, which means we’re celebrating the hard-working people who keep the engines of productivity humming. On this e ...