The Pulse Episode Archive

Optimizing our brains has become an obsession of the modern world. We meditate, take supplements, read books on productivity — all in t ...

What does it take to get through a global pandemic? How do you keep going, keep working, get up every day and hope for the best? Around t ...

The COVID-19 outbreak is creating increased demand for mental health services — lots of people are feeling anxious, or are getting depr ...

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

Communities around the world are scrambling to slow the spread of COVID-19: closing businesses and schools, canceling gatherings, and lim ...

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 ...

Medicine is always changing. New treatments become available. Old ones become obsolete. But how does a treatment become established? How ...

COVID-19 — a coronavirus disease — is spreading around the world, putting people and governments on high alert. How will we respond t ...

Sadness seemingly comes out of nowhere sometimes: a song, a photo, a movie scene, a memory, and there it is. Your heart seems heavy. Tear ...

“It’s not fair!” That’s a common refrain anyone with kids is familiar with. From the time they learn to talk, kids begin protesti ...

What is love? Is it that warm and fuzzy feeling, that crazed obsession, that deep sentiment of trust and good will? It’s all of those t ...

Movies may not be real — but in a lot of ways, they’re real to us. Great films help us understand the world, history, and one another ...

When you’re a teenager, everybody tells you that getting pregnant happens quickly, under all kinds of circumstances. But when you look ...

Hair can be our crowning glory, a big part of our identity, and a tool for self-expression. We shave it, style it, cut it, dye it — an ...

In the decades after the Civil War, the nation was changing rapidly. Cities were industrializing, the railroad was expanding, business wa ...