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Go on an adventure into unexpected corners of the health and science world each week with award-winning host Maiken Scott. The Pulse will take you behind the doors of operating rooms, into the lab with some of the world’s foremost scientists, and back in time to explore life-changing innovations. The Pulse delivers stories in ways that matter to you, and answers questions you never knew you had.
New episode every Friday at 9 a.m.
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Hosted by Maiken Scott
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Online therapy apps promise a therapist anytime, anywhere — but at what cost?
Telemedicine has revolutionized therapy driven by subscription-based apps, but therapists say they're paying the price.
3 days ago
Why the nuclear fusion ‘net energy gain’ is more hype than breakthrough
What does this “breakthrough” actually mean and why some are calling it a ‘scam.’
1 month ago
Scientists have their eyes on Chagas disease and the 'kissing bugs' that help spread it
Chagas disease can lead to heart failure and damage to the esophagus and gastrointestinal tract. Roughly 20-30% of those who contract Chagas may be at risk of dying from it.
1 month ago
Listen 9:5510 years after Sandy Hook: One mother’s journey through grief and healing
Francine Wheeler’s son, Ben, was killed in the Sandy Hook Elementary School Shooting in Newtown, Connecticut on December 14, 2012. For Francine, it was the moment that changed
2 months ago
Listen 17:36‘This was going to be a tidal wave’: What makes pandemic grief similar to violent death grief
Researchers find that pandemic grief is on par with violent-death grief — and what makes both so traumatic
2 months ago
Listen 14:28The Bobbit Worm Chronicles: One man’s epic battle against the sea’s creepiest crawly
When Don Arndt discovered he had a bobbit worm in his aquarium, he knew it needed to go — what followed was a saga worthy of legend.
2 months ago
Listen 16:34As climate change threatens coffee and tea production, where will our future buzz come from?
How caffeine went from natural to synthetic and why we should maybe expect more of it in the future.
2 months ago
Listen 8:47How a comic overcame stage fright and how science can help
Stage fright can be treated with therapy, and even with a blood pressure medication, but there are tradeoffs.
3 months ago
Listen 13:37How a therapy once seen as a victory for autistic kids has come under fire as abuse
The first generation of kids to receive intensive ABA has grown up — and many have criticized it as harmful and even abusive.
3 months ago
Listen 42:05Can the cheetah help save India’s grasslands?
Cheetahs were declared extinct 70 years ago in India. Ecologists hope its reintroduction will boost efforts to preserve the country's vast grasslands.
3 months ago
Listen 10:41How less traffic led to more deaths during the pandemic
If less traffic makes roads more dangerous, what does that say about our roads?
3 months ago
Listen 13:51Getting to the bottom of Philadelphia’s potholes
What causes potholes — and why are there so many of them?
3 months ago
Listen 11:52Doing more good than harm: Conflicting feelings on the frontlines of harm reduction
Doing harm reduction work can feel like walking a tight line between helping and enabling.
4 months ago
Listen 11:48For the first time, prosthetics manufacturers in the U.S. also own clinics that can recommend their products to patients.
5 months ago
Listen 12:06‘No pulse, no problem’: Learning to live with a life-saving device
When Chris Donges was diagnosed with heart failure in 2018, he was given two options: Wait for a heart transplant or implant a medical device onto his heart.
5 months ago
Listen 11:38Partners
