The Pulse
By WHYY
Go on an adventure into unexpected corners of the health and science world each week with award-winning host Maiken Scott. The Pulse takes 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.
Episodes (9)
Why We Need to Talk About Poop
44m4/1/2026
Inside the Boom of Urgent Care: How It’s Changing American Medicine
47m4/2/2026
What Greenland Can Teach Us About The Earth’s Past and Future
49m4/9/2026
So Many Cravings, So Few Rewards: Understanding How Dopamine Works
49m4/16/2026
40 Years After Chernobyl: What Caused the Disaster — and How It Changed Nuclear Energy
49m4/23/2026
Healing with Psychedelics: Veterans, PTSD, and the Science of Mind-Altering Drugs
49m4/30/2026
The Complexity of Motherhood
49m5/7/2026
What It Takes to Survive a Disaster
49m5/14/2026
The Strange Science of Color — And Our Quest to Understand It
49m5/21/2026
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