The Pulse Episode Archive

Our bodies are ours, but how we feel about them is largely defined by others — by the things people say, the culture we live in, the me ...

Most of us take our drinking water for granted — switch on the tap, and out it flows. But in much of the world, that’s not the case. ...

A gun can change a moment, a life, a family, an entire neighborhood. Like a catalyst in a chemical reaction, guns have a unique ability t ...

Ever sit down to Thanksgiving dinner, look around at the shining faces of your family, and think to yourself: “How the heck am I relate ...

Nerve-racking. Sickening. Facing your fear can be all of that — and sometimes a little thrilling, too.

Climate change could transform our planet sooner than we thought. A new report from the United Nations says that just 1.5 degrees Celsius ...

Who has time to read the small print — to go over all the “stuff” that’s in our food, medicine, or supplements? And what’s carr ...

Advances in science don’t just happen — sometimes, real progress requires heroic measures. On this show, we explore the lengths peopl ...

Medicine, healthcare — even illness — vary from country to country. Those differences are driven by tradition, culture, even politics ...

Technology helps us run our lives, do our jobs, get directions and keep track of our calendars. Right? Or, is technology taking control o ...

It’s been a year since Hurricane Maria swept through Puerto Rico, destroying lives and reducing many communities to rubble. The storm a ...

School is a place where kids learn about health — everything from nutrition to avoiding STDs. But increasingly, schools across the coun ...

From panic disorders to social phobia, anxiety is the most common mental health condition in the United States. What toll does anxiety ta ...

We travel to experience awe or learn something new — maybe even to get our worldview shaken up a bit. On this episode, The Pulse explor ...

In science and medicine, we often fail to predict the outcomes of our experiments and actions. The result: unintended consequences. Somet ...