The Pulse Episode Archive

Finding the right therapist — or, sometimes, any therapist — can be a grueling process. Someone with the right expertise, who is stil ...

When you hear the word fungi, chances are mushrooms come to mind: button mushrooms, maybe portobellos, or chanterelles. But so much of th ...

Humans have long been fascinated by the idea of communicating with other species — not just teaching animals to mimic human words, but ...

It’s the goosebumps you get at the crescendo of your favorite song; the stupefying wonder that comes with witnessing a birth or a death ...

It’s the start of a new year — a time when lots of people are thinking about how they can improve their lives … and themselves. We ...

On a technical level, noise and sound are the same thing: vibrating molecules that travel in waves straight to our ears. But when sound i ...

Science journalist Ed Yong is a must-read — with his in-depth reporting, his beautifully told stories, and spot-on analysis. He is one ...

The soundscape of our lives changes depending on where we are — the murmuring of voices, birdsong in trees, the beeps and dings of tech ...

Whether we’re in a forest, a park, or in the middle of a city, wildlife is always close by. Birds flying overhead, deer peeking through ...

The death of a loved one can be shattering — especially when it’s unexpected. It destroys our feeling of safety, warps our sense of r ...

Pain is powerful — and when it becomes chronic, it can be all-consuming. It takes over our minds, saps our energy, and becomes the focu ...

The bottom of the ocean seems like an unlikely place to be teeming with life — it’s dark, freezing cold, and subject to enormous pres ...

What we eat — and how our food is produced — is always changing. Over the past few decades, we’ve seen attempts to go from industri ...

Hurricanes. Tornadoes. Blizzards. Flooding. Over the past 20 years, we’ve seen a staggering increase in extreme weather events, res ...

There are 19 million veterans in the U.S. who have served in the armed forces. For many, the military gave them a sense of shared purpose ...