PRI's The World Science

Each week, The World's Rhitu Chatterjee brings you the latest and greatest science news from all four corners of the globe. The World is a US-based international news and analysis program co-produced by the BBC, PRI, and WGBH.

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Blood-forming stem cells likely hold the key to curing many types of disease

Protests and cancer concerns raise doubts for Roundup's future in Europe

Congress finally modernizes the US toxic chemicals law

Puffin TV captures the successful restoration of a threatened seabird to its Maine habitat

Research from Sweden finds a link between air pollution and mental disorders in young people

Congo pushes for a mega-dam project, with no environmental impact studies

UMass becomes the first major public US university to divest from fossil fuels

Cities: The intersection of people and place

Democrats sit down and take a stand with social media

Two patients rescued from South Pole in dramatic winter evacuation

Young Puerto Ricans bucking the flow: Heading home to rebuild their island

Did you catch that bee’s license number? Unusual research project begins in London.

How one Virginia city is re-framing sea-level rise as an opportunity

Are US cities prepared for a post-Hurricane Sandy future?

At least 185 environmentalists were killed last year — the highest toll recorded

What it might take to protect the world's biggest naval base from rising seas

Holland is relocating homes to make more room for high water

In Norfolk, climate change means dealing with rising water. The Dutch are there to help.

As sea levels rise, Rotterdam floats to the top as an example of how to live with water

An Indian court will decide whether a palm is, in fact, a tree