The Pulse

The Pulse

WHYY

839 - Engineering Happiness into Our Daily Lives

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.

839 - Engineering Happiness into Our Daily Lives
00:00
00:00

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

839-

Engineering Happiness into Our Daily Lives

Thu, 28 May 2026
838-

The Strange Science of Color — And Our Quest to Understand It

Thu, 21 May 2026
837-

What It Takes to Survive a Disaster

Thu, 14 May 2026
836-

The Complexity of Motherhood

Thu, 07 May 2026
835-

Healing with Psychedelics: Veterans, PTSD, and the Science of Mind-Altering Drugs

Thu, 30 Apr 2026