The Pulse Episode Archive

What should fuel America? Wind? Sun? Cow dung? We’re having a power struggle over that – it’s political, but it’s ...

What can we learn from extremes? On this episode, we’ll meet athletes who are ready to risk their lives to shed pounds quickly, med ...

Many of us have some baggage when it comes to our health. A bad back. High blood pressure. Heart disease. Cancer. In health insurance spe ...

Vera Rubin. Zora Neale Hurston. Eugenie Clark. On this episode, we celebrate women who forged a path for generations of female scientists ...

Every year, thousands of people come to the U.S. from other countries. Some come as immigrants. Others come to this country under terribl ...

Farts. Flies. Maggots. Worms. Earwax. Poop. All of these things gross us out, but the science around them is really facinating! On this e ...

Can a copy really be as good as the real thing? We’ll explore that question on this episode. We’ll meet robotic cats that liv ...

Let’s explore the most complex computer system on Earth: the brain. On this episode, we’ll examine this wondrous organ — wh ...

Love is in the air, so we thought it would be the perfect time to talk about the heart…in a health and science sort of way! On this ...

Scientists say that the field of genetics is making progress at an exponential pace, but with great genetic power comes great responsibil ...

Sometimes you’re faced with a decision in which both of your options have drawbacks. You’re stuck between a rock and a hard p ...

Obama is out. Trump is in. What does it all mean? Some people can’t wait for the Affordable Care Act to go away, while others are s ...

We have so much information stored in our brains that helps us sort everything and every person we encounter. It’s amazingly helpfu ...

Sometimes the signs of things to come are right before our eyes, but the question is: do we notice them? And if so, how do we interpret t ...

With an exciting year in the world of health and science winding down, we’re listening back to some of our favorite moments from ou ...