The Pulse Episode Archive

There was a time when seeing was believing — but that’s changing, thanks to new technology that’s elevating fakery to a whole new l ...

The killing of George Floyd by police officers in Minneapolis has sparked another wave of national outrage over police brutality and viol ...

Imagine for a moment a world without air conditioners, refrigerators, fans, or even ice. We take them for granted — but keeping cool is ...

The pandemic has warped and stretched time in strange ways, and this week, we listen back to our episode on time.

Around the globe, COVID-19 has frozen economies, closed schools, stores, and restaurants, and even canceled the Olympics. Millions of peo ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...