The Pulse Episode Archive

Humans have a close relationship with trees. We plant and cultivate them for food and shelter. Trees offer protection from the rays of th ...

You know what they say — all work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. And science seems to confirm that statement, with findings that pl ...

Being a dentist can be a lonely job. Your patients don’t want to be there — and even if they did, it’s not like they can talk with ...

The roles of nurses have changed and expanded a lot in recent decades. Nurses are highly specialized, they have branched out into new are ...

Thanksgiving usually means we’re going big — way over the top. Twice as much turkey as we could possibly eat; more side dishes than ...

Police forces in democratic societies are supposed to safeguard the rights of citizens, and protect their lives and well-being. We think ...

We look at things that are hard to measure and the different approaches that we take to get those measurements correct.

December 30, 2011 never happened in Samoa. The island nation in the South Pacific skipped this day, to move ahead into a different time z ...

Often we think of life and death as opposite sides of a coin — categories as final as they are discrete. But in an age when machines ca ...

Cars have played a fundamental role in changing our modern lives — where we live, where we work, the shape of our communities, and how ...

Every culture, workplace, group, and family has its norms — its standards, the way things are done. Norms govern everything from relati ...

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 ...

Scientist. Farmer. Feminist. Leader. Alpha male. Veteran. African-American. Hindu. Identity isn’t just about who we think we are — it ...

You know when you get butterflies in your stomach? Or your gut clenches with fear? Or the way a gory movie can fill you with nausea? Thos ...

It’s Labor Day, which means we’re celebrating the hard-working people who keep the engines of productivity humming. On this e ...