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The Pulse

Go on an adventure into unexpected corners of the health and science world each week with award-winn

Episodes

Total: 138

We all know that exercise is good for us — for both our bodies and our minds — but motivating yourse

It's the goosebumps you get at the crescendo of your favorite song; the stupefying wonder that comes

We think of life and death as clear cut — you're alive or you're not; your heart's beating or it isn

Lowering Barriers to Care

2023/12/8

Lots of things can get in the way of taking care of your health, catching medical issues early on, a

What comes to mind when you think of the ocean? Maybe a day at the beach — swimming in the waves, sn

For decades, the idea that you could attack genetic illnesses right at the root — that you could mod

Changing Tastes

2023/11/17

What we make for dinner, grab as a snack, or have for breakfast changes all the time — and there are

Sugary cereals for breakfast, a protein bar as a snack, a microwave lasagna for lunch, and a frozen

In March of 2022, the war in Ukraine was weighing heavily on Fabian Falch, a Norwegian tech entrepre

Rejection, or even the thought of it, can strike fear into our hearts, and leave a bad taste in our

How We Talk About Death

2023/10/27

For most of the big moments in life, we have rituals — proposals, weddings, births, graduations, and

Flying saucers, little green men, and the X-Files — for years, that's what most people associated wi

Dealing with a serious or chronic health condition is hard enough — but what happens when that condi

Most of us have been there — feeling our jeans get tighter, watching the numbers on the scale creep

Space Pioneers

2023/9/29

In 1978, NASA recruited six candidates out of thousands of applicants for a special, groundbreaking

It sneaks up on us while we're sitting in traffic, or waiting at the doctor's office, or doing our t

In November of 2019, New York Times tech reporter Kashmir Hill got a tip that immediately had her on

We often think of art and science as existing in different — even opposite — spheres. One revolves a

Finding Happiness

2023/9/8

We spend a lot of time thinking about happiness. Wondering if we are truly happy, and how we could g

The teenage years can be an emotional rollercoaster. One moment everything is great, it's amazing, t