The Pulse Episode Archive

Our relationship with animals is, as they say on Facebook, complicated. Humans love animals. We drop big bucks on those we keep as pets. ...

Is the computer the elephant in the exam room? On this episode, we explore the world of high-tech medicine — technology that changes tr ...

Think of all the conversations every generation has had — to vaccinate or not, what makes us happy, what foods are bad for you, and mor ...

Ever have a moment where you realized you’ve been looking so hard at one thing, and you’ve completely failed to notice anothe ...

Today’s show is all about sacrifice.  What would you give up for love, for opportunity, or for science?   We’ ...

Winter is nearly over, Spring is near, love is in the air — and that got us in the mood to make a match…in a health and science s ...

In health care, interventions can make a huge difference. Can you reduce deaths related to gun violence by teaching more people first aid ...

Pam Gilbert could hear things that other people couldn’t. That superpower quickly turned into a nightmare when she began to hear no ...

It’s the same enemy, but a different kind of war. The way we’re fighting drug epidemics today looks vastly different than the ...

In hospitals lately, the emphasis has been on quality of care, patient outcomes, and avoiding repeat visits whenever possible. So do thos ...

You’re walking around, going about your day-to-day life, and suddenly, a song pops into your head. Our brains are filled with songs ...

We’ll take you back in time to 1976 in Philadelphia. The American Legion is having a conference at the Bellevue Stratford Hotel whe ...

Of the women who find out they are carrying a baby who has Down Syndrome, 74 percent choose to terminate the pregnancy, according to one ...

We’ll take you from pages to pixels, through stories in the stacks, all to get a better idea about what the next chapter has in sto ...

It’s a new year, so that means a new you, right?  We dissect our desires to start over — to do things better and perh ...