The Pulse Episode Archive

There’s a comfort to the mainstream way of doing things — it offers standard solutions to standard problems. But sometimes existing s ...

For a lot of Americans, cats and dogs are more than just pets — they’re our fur babies. We’re willing to do whatever it takes to ke ...

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 ...

Marijuana is starting to feel like the new normal. In less than 25 years, it’s gone from illicit drug to accepted medical treatment in ...

As Kermit the Frog once said — it’s not easy being green. Amid challenges like pollution, deforestation and climate change, engaging ...

In science — and in life — failure is both a stumbling block and a building block. We regard failure as the enemy of success — but ...

“Motherhood will change your life.” It may sound like a greeting card sentiment — but it’s also a statement of fact. Pregnancy ch ...

Chow. Nibbles. Grub. Food — we relate to it in a lot of different ways. It can serve as nourishment, as pleasure, as fuel for our bodie ...

At its best, sex isn’t just fun — it’s good for our health. It can relieve stress, enhance our mood — even offer a bit of ...

Earthquakes, storms, fires, disease — they sweep into our communities, often unexpectedly. They don’t happen often, but when they do, ...

Being in nature is restorative; the wild can feed your soul. But, for hundreds of years, we pushed west across the country, tra ...

Humans are social animals, equipped with brains hard-wired to connect with those around us. We rely on relationships for safety and survi ...

Math is a discipline of logic, but for lots of us, it may as well be magic: a force as powerful as it is unattainable. The “math anxiou ...

What matters to a child’s health? Sure, some things are embedded in our genetics. But from the moment we’re born, there are a million ...

Segregation in housing and education has had reverberations on health care and health outcomes for African-Americans. In this episode, we ...