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.

PRI's The World Science

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In India, access to toilets remains a huge problem — worst of all for women and girls

Solving the monarch butterfly's decline will take more than just milkweed

Why Mexico City's bad air can't be ignored — or easily fixed

Here's where to find some of the cleanest air in the world

A Miami port dredging project may have damaged the city's offshore coral reef

The already troubled British red squirrel has a new problem – leprosy

Wildlife in Chernobyl is thriving 30 years after the nuclear accident

The world's new lightning capital sees more than 100,000 flashes a year

A Puerto Rican scientist defends an ecological gem and wins a Goldman Environmental Prize

Is DNA the future of digital data storage?

How soon until we can get robots to tend our gardens?

Wildfires like Alberta’s are fueled by climate change

In parts of India, the heat is scorching, forests are burning and the water is almost out

In parts of India, the heat is scorching and the water is almost out

An unlikely early adopter of Paris climate agreement: Somalia

Famine haunted his childhood in Ethiopia. Now he sees food running out again.

A fire in Canada has forced an entire city's population to flee their homes

Some of the best TED Talks you should be watching

The Arctic is opening for business this summer when a cruise ship plies the Northwest Passage

Famous explorer Captain Cook's ship may have been found in Newport, Rhode Island