The Pulse Episode Archive
We start off this week’s show with an installment in our occasional series, “Pain in the Neck” where we talk about the ...
Air Date: May 22, 2015
ListenRemember the HAL 9000 from the sci-fi classic 2001: A Space Odyssey? Though it seemed like pure wild imagination that a computer could se ...
Air Date: May 15, 2015
ListenA group of students at Columbia University in New York are creating projects detailed in a series of 16th century French manuscripts call ...
Air Date: May 6, 2015
ListenEvery morning, countless masses of fitness buffs dutifully record their breakfast menu, their exercises, and other health metrics, in app ...
Air Date: April 30, 2015
ListenTypically, getting in a nasty car accident hinders your life, but in the case of 24-year-old Albert Leva, rear-ending a car full of under ...
Air Date: April 22, 2015
ListenThis week, The Pulse kicks off a new series looking at the role technology is playing in our well being…”Bit By Bit: How data ...
Air Date: April 16, 2015
ListenCollege students around the country are demanding that their schools divest from fossil fuels. That would mean selling off investments in ...
Air Date: April 9, 2015
ListenElectronic cigarettes are a booming business with a growing customer base. Some see them as a great hope for smokers who want to quit, ot ...
Air Date: April 3, 2015
ListenFriday, March 20, 2015 is Match Day—the NBA draft for future doctors. At every medical school in the country, students will open envelo ...
Air Date: March 19, 2015
ListenIf someone tells you they have Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, what thoughts run through your mind? Be honest. Of course many of us are going t ...
Air Date: March 11, 2015
ListenWhat if every time you bought a bottle of Poland Spring or Evian water to quench your thirst, you first poured a third of it onto the str ...
Air Date: March 5, 2015
ListenOn Wednesday, March 4, the Supreme Court will hear a case that challenges one of Obamacare’s key provisions: subsidies that make co ...
Air Date: February 26, 2015
ListenWe 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 ...
Air Date: February 19, 2015
ListenThis is the final weekend to sign up for Obamacare in 2015, and Latinos are one of the groups that could really stand to benefit from thi ...
Air Date: February 12, 2015
ListenHealth researchers have declared a new public enemy number one…sugar. In the past, this unenviable position has been occupied by fa ...
Air Date: February 5, 2015
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