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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That freezer full of tiger cubs in Thailand isn't the end of the story

South African firefighters dance as they arrive in Canada to help battle wildfires

Vancouver's former Olympic Village is now home to urban beavers

A Canadian city is putting warning labels on gas pumps

Why today's rent-to-own economy presents a host of privacy challenges

The fish people kill to own

Environmentalists are very worried about Brazil's new government

A Rhode Island senator speaks out often about the dangers of climate change

Falling natural gas prices are bad news for some US communities

What if robots take our jobs? Switzerland considers giving people a guaranteed income.

An NGO focused on water poverty turns its attention from Africa back to the US

Where do Facebook 'likes' come from? Often, it's Bangladesh.

Rio’s filthy water is already making pro athletes sick. Just ask the surfers.

Debris from EgyptAir flight located, but little else is known about the crash

The advancement of A.I. has the potential to fundamentally change how we solve problems

He'd never seen jukeboxes before. Now he is a master at repairing them.

Two environmental groups sue on behalf of the monarch butterfly

One way to escape the tyranny of gendered languages: emojis

How ISIS recruits online — using encryption, chat rooms and even dating sites

Doubling renewable energy by 2030 could save the global economy trillions of dollars every year