The Pulse Episode Archive

We spend large portions of our lives in and around our homes. It’s where we eat, sleep, and heal. Some of us were born in our homes ...

A decade after Hurricane Katrina struck the Gulf Coast, much of the physical damage the storm caused has been repaired—neighborhoods an ...

You open a medical bill, thinking ‘okay, how bad can it be?’ Sometimes it’s bad, very bad. Elana Gordon brings us a sto ...

What color is your ribbon, your pin, your rubber bracelet? We hear about the economics of awareness campaigns, the story behind the color ...

This week on The Pulse: a look at failure as both a stumbling and building block for the human race. We fear, loathe and avoid failure. W ...

The sun is blazing, the humidity is the highest it’s been all summer and your dog is panting nonstop. Could a summer haircut bring ...

Scalpels, suction tubes, heart monitors—these are some of the instruments you will find in an operating room. But when you, the patient ...

Yoga during lunch and nutrition counseling right in your office sound like a good deal. But as workplace wellness programs become more po ...

Today’s show includes a few snapshots from physicians’ lives, a game of darts that results in a research effort, a quest to c ...

The space race, even in its dullest moments, is pretty darn exciting. It’s a testing ground of ingenuity, physical strength, econom ...

Today’s show is about moments. Life-changing moments, moments that offered new insights into age-old questions, and “a ha! ...

This week’s show is all about that crazy little thing called love—not to mention lust—and we’re breaking them down to the ...

Our first story takes us to the New Jersey shore, where the effects of Hurricane Sandy are still lingering. Public health officials say l ...

This week on The Pulse, we take a trip into the unknown. We explore things many people swear by but the science to support them isn’ ...

We start off this week’s show with an installment in our occasional series, “Pain in the Neck” where we talk about the ...