The Pulse Episode Archive

A smile, clean socks, a sandwich, a wound care kit, a heartfelt “how are you feeling today?” All of these things can be part of a pub ...

During World War I, thousands of soldiers suffered catastrophic facial injuries. If these soldiers survived their injuries, they were oft ...

Tom Mustill was sure he was going to die — that was the last thing he thought as he watched a humpback whale arc majestically out of th ...

Around the world, at dawn, something magical happens. As the sun rises, nature seems to wake up, and different species break into a choru ...

The pandemic hasn’t just changed how we live — it’s changed how we work, and how we feel about our jobs. One of the major r ...

It was a summer day in 2012 when Bob Richey’s life was changed forever. He was a new college grad, having fun with friends at the beach ...

Learning how to be a parent can feel overwhelming, and advice is everywhere. There are the things you’re learning from other parents, t ...

Serum follows the life and work of Dr. Gary Davis, a Black physician from Tulsa, Oklahoma, who was working on a treatment for AIDS in the ...

The modern ICU, or Intensive Care Unit, was born out of a time of crisis. It was 1952, and polio was raging in many places — especially ...

Science is all about discovery — tackling the big questions that define our world, and hopefully our future. But some of these question ...

It’s when a dark alleyway makes the hairs stand up on the back of our neck; when a mother just knows that something’s wrong ...

In the fall of 2019, reporter Grant Hill jumped into a cab  — where his driver, Clyde Ashley Sherman, told him the story of a lifetime ...

Our lives depend on water — not just any water: clean, safe water. We need it for drinking, for cooking, for washing. And very often, w ...

Science is constantly propelling athletes to run faster, jump higher, push harder, and break records. Scientific advances have become suc ...

When we’re stressed, upset, feeling down, or off, most of us have things we do to decompress. Things we ...