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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The mom and the EPA 'rogue employee' who exposed Flint's water crisis

Just how big is the natural gas leak in California?

New Planet 9 'is a massive thing that's pushing everything around out there'

Zika virus may be responsible for shrinking babies' heads in Brazil

Funds for renewable energy were boosted in the last budget compromise

What are the GOP candidates saying about climate change?

'Green' financier Tom Steyer wants to accelerate the renewable revolution

Flint's lead problem extreme example of chronic global problem

The tale of one lost bear cub and its rescue by game wardens

The massive gas leak in Los Angeles shows no signs of ending

Why the crisis over Flint's water could really happen anywhere in the US

Looking small for big answers in Greenland

In Greenland, a climate change mystery with clues written in water and stone

A PSA campaign got Israelis to stop picking flowers in order to preserve them

Why South American parents are hiding their kids from the sun

Warm ocean temps could be starving Alaskan seabirds

People who traveled to the Paris climate summit can offset their carbon emissions — but it isn't eas

5 countries dump more plastic into the oceans than the rest of the world combined

VW's CEO is expected to end his US apology tour with a proposed fix

The Internet's founding fathers issue a warning