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Many people practice remembering their dreams. What's the use in that? (Image courtesy of val.pearl/Flickr)
The Pulse
Science

Vivid dreams and their role in waking life

Many people practice remembering their dreams to help with clarity, creativity, or problem solving.

6 years ago

Listen 9:10
A ’55 Bel Air is one of the first things you see at Town Square, an adult day care center in Baltimore, that’s designed like the 1950s to bring out old memories as a form of reminiscence therapy. (Lecia Bushak/For WHYY)
The Pulse
Health

Recalling the past, in hopes of triggering better life in the present 

Reminiscence therapy helps jog a sense of the former self, for those who’ve lost parts of who they are today.

6 years ago

Listen 7:26
X-rays showing a spine with scoliosis before and after surgery. (Image courtesy of Shriners Hospitals for Children — Philadelphia)
The Pulse
Health

Rope or rod? Torn between scoliosis surgeries

One’s tried and true. The other’s promising, but uncharted in the long term. Which would you choose?

6 years ago

Listen 14:11
Part voyeurism, part advice column, part moral philosophy — AITA is a place for debating who's right and who's wrong in everyday conflicts. (bigtunaonline / Big Stock Photo)
The Pulse
Science

What’s fueling the rise of AITA — an online community dedicated to calling out jerks?

How a subreddit dedicated to strangers’ problems taps into our human desire for fairness

6 years ago

Listen 11:37
In this Aug. 30, 2017, photo, Stephanie Pope-Earley, right, sorts through defendant files scored with risk-assessment software for Jimmy Jackson Jr., a municipal court judge, on the first day of the software's use in Cleveland. In a growing number of local and state courts, including Cleveland, judges are now guided by computer algorithms before ruling whether criminal defendants can return to everyday life, or remain locked up awaiting trial. (Dake Kang/AP Photo)
The Pulse
Science

Can algorithms help judges make fair decisions?

Is taking away the human factor the key to more just rulings?

6 years ago

Listen 11:45
Many movies, like
The Pulse
Health

A codependent’s guide to codependency

When people are in unhealthy or unbalanced relationships, we often use a term to describe them: codependent. But what does that actually mean?

6 years ago

Listen 11:08
Dracula (Carlos Villarías) and Eva (Lupita Tovar) in Spanish Dracula. (Universal Studios Licensing LLC)
The Pulse
Science

From the laboratory to the screen: How science inspires horror movies

Think of some of the iconic movie monsters: Frankenstein, Dracula, the Mummy, Godzilla. What do they have in common?

6 years ago

Listen 07:11
When Quentin Tarantino accepted the Palm Dog award at the 2019 Cannes  Film Festival, he called Sayuri, the dog actor in
The Pulse
Science

Can dogs really act or is it all an illusion?

Clever choreography, a strong bond between dog and trainer … and evolutionary psychology?

6 years ago

Listen 08:12
Reporter Liz Tung quit smoking with e-cigarettes. (Kim Paynter/WHYY)
The Pulse
Health

How vaping restrictions could send ex-smokers back to cigarettes

New policies meant to curb the youth vaping epidemic could hurt adults who vape to quit

6 years ago

Listen 09:44
(agsandrew/ Big Stock Photo)
The Pulse
Science

How the placenta evolved from an ancient virus

When evolutionary biologists studied the protein involved in fusing placenta cells, it didn’t look like it came from human DNA. It looked like a virus.

6 years ago

Listen 9:16
Chelsea and Ethan Holtsoi in front of their cabin near Many Farms on the Navajo Reservation. (Eilís O’Neill/For WHYY)
The Pulse
Health

On the reservation, asthma is especially tough to control

Since the 1980s, asthma has been increasing across all ages and ethnic groups in the U.S. But it’s a bigger problem among Native Americans.

6 years ago

Listen 07:18
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The Pulse
Health

How psychology is just catching up with the effects of online hate

When online creators get hateful comments — who can help?

6 years ago

Listen 8:06
(Photo: Rachel Hall)
Radio Times
Arts & Entertainment

Sacred harp singing

Hundreds of singers will be assembling in Philadelphia to participate at the Keystone Sacred Harp Convention in January. One of the conventions organizers, Thomas Ward, joins.

6 years ago

Listen 17:00
Delaware Senator Chris Coons (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
Radio Times
Politics & Policy

Sen. Chris Coons

Delaware Senator Chris Coons talks with Mary about a range of topics, including the impeachment proceedings and the crises in Iran and Iraq.

6 years ago

Listen 18:30
U.S. Attorney William McSwain speaks at a press conference.
Radio Times
Health

Supervised injection sites

WHYY's Nina Feldman gives us an update on the legal battles over supervised injection sites in Philadelphia.

6 years ago

Listen 13:30
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