The Pulse Episode Archive

It’s the holiday season, so this week we listen back to some stories that make us feel warm and fuzzy. We’ll also attempt to ...

Smells have the almost magical quality of being able to transport us back to a specific time and place with one sniff—an olfactory time ...

Hate to break it to you, but your fitbit is old news. Electronic brain stimulation (think battery-powered headbands that help improve the ...

A quick ethics test: Should a not-for-profit foundation make $3.3 billion selling royalty rights for a drug that treats its own donors an ...

For young athletes, concussions have been a huge topic of conversation and concern – and we’re not just talking about footbal ...

With the year’s biggest meal upon us, we look at the science of Thanksgiving dinner. On the menu is the gluten in dinner rolls, sal ...

President Obama’s carbon reduction agreement with China this week was criticized by Republican leaders including Mitch McConnell, w ...

This weekend, Matthew McConaughey will head into outer space on a quest to save mankind. The new mega sci fi movie directed by Christophe ...

Easy access to prescription pain pills has led millions of adults to addiction over the past two decades. Opioid addiction has hit the No ...

Observation is an important life skill—especially when it’s your job to save lives. It’s the first and most basic tool doct ...

Dear Science, This week, our Pulse team sat down to craft a special show that’s like a love letter to you. Of course ...

When you have a serious illness, and you’re confronted with several treatment options, who should choose the best path? You? Your d ...

Chances are, in all your visits to the doctor, you’ve been helped, at least once, by a physician assistant, or PA. As new patients ...

Usually, when we talk about climate change, we’re talking about things that might or might not happen 50 or 100 years from now. But ...

Fifteen seconds. That’s all it took to raze a 16-story public housing high-rise in Philadelphia last weekend. Only an implosion—a ...