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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Don't let Antarctica's size fool you. It's melting fast.

Don't let Antarctica's size fool you. It's melting faster than ever.

Did climate change cause these ancient civilizations to collapse?

South Florida Republicans are fed up with their party leaders on climate change

Inky the octopus's great escape isn't really all that surprising — or unusual

The 'Damsels of Design,' women who changed automotive history

There's a new tree of life, and humans are just a tiny twig on it

At this Paris restaurant, 'freegans' fight waste by cooking up food diverted from the dumpster

Fighting the haze at the Grand Canyon

Scientific study? Or spoof? You tell us.

Mexico City residents are forced to cope with bad air

Why Vermont’s GMO labels will be showing up in your grocery stores

These chefs are giving French cuisine a climate change makeover

The melting Arctic is to blame for snow and rain in other parts of the world

9 statistics that explain the magnitude of the Panama Papers

In the US, the cost of illnesses triggered by air pollution is falling

An investigation has found lead in 2,000 US water systems

A Viking village in Canada, spotted from space

A close encounter of the underwater kind

How a Communist island nation became a biotech powerhouse