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Mosquito
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Science

Buzz Off, Mosquitoes

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

Air Date: May 8, 2020

Listen 49:05
U.S. National Library of Medicine poster
The Pulse
Health

Outbreaks and Epidemics: The Role of Public Health

You know you’ve made it when you get parodied on Saturday Night Live … by none other than Brad Pitt. And you really know you’ve ...

Air Date: May 1, 2020

Listen 48:56
WW2 inspired coronavirus poster
The Pulse
Health

How to Stop an Invasion

It feels like we’ve been invaded by an invisible enemy — so scary we don’t even want to go to the grocery store. Inside of hospital ...

Air Date: April 24, 2020

Listen 48:35
Optimizing Brain Performance
The Pulse
Science

This is Your Brain During a Pandemic

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

Air Date: April 17, 2020

Listen 48:44
New Jersey coronavirus response
The Pulse
Health

Finding Resilience During a Pandemic

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 ...

Air Date: April 10, 2020

Listen 49:47
Bigstock/Dilok
The Pulse
Health

Mental Health in Times of Crisis

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

Air Date: April 3, 2020

Listen 47:58
(Courtesy of Jonathan Lai)
The Pulse
Science

Why We Need Friends — Especially Now

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

Air Date: March 27, 2020

Listen 49:04
The UME (Emergency Army Unit) attend the train station in Granada, Spain Tuesday March 17, 2020. Police checked passports and IDs at the Pyrenees' border with France and along the 1,200 kilometer shared border with Portugal, as Spain re-established controls for incoming and outgoing travellers to stem the new COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak. For most people, the new coronavirus causes only mild or moderate symptoms. For some, it can cause more severe illness, especially in older adults and people with existing health problems. (AP Photo/Carlos Gil)
The Pulse
Health

Slowing the Spread of COVID-19

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

Air Date: March 20, 2020

Listen 48:44
A camera next to an old photo album on the table.
The Pulse
Science

Working Memory

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 ...

Air Date: March 13, 2020

Listen 48:32
Bigstock/World Image
The Pulse
Health

Changing Treatments

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

Air Date: March 6, 2020

Listen 48:50
The Pulse
Health

Outbreak 1793

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

Air Date: March 4, 2020

Listen 27:03
The Pulse
Science

The Anatomy of Sadness

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 ...

Air Date: February 28, 2020

Listen 49:33
The Pulse
Science

Deciding What’s Fair

“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 ...

Air Date: February 21, 2020

Listen 48:56
A couple makes a heart shape with their hands
The Pulse
Science

The Science of Love

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 ...

Air Date: February 14, 2020

Listen 49:12
Watching movies
The Pulse
Science

How Movies Move Us

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 ...

Air Date: February 7, 2020

Listen 49:07
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