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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Smelly seaweed assaults, blankets Caribbean beaches

Japan's nuclear plants prepare to re-open, four years after Fukushima

What makes fireflies glow?

This woman's job is to make Boston stronger

The key player in global climate change policy is China, again

Barnacles could help unlock the mystery of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370

As Mideast temperatures soar, Iraqis lament the 'fiery August, that burns the nails on the doors'

What we're learning about the teenage brain

Zimbabwe has a lot more going on than the death of Cecil

Web to stricken robot: The world is better than Philadelphia

What modern builders could learn from the Pantheon — and grass bridges in Peru

This 'Star Wars rebel' biologist isn't giving up on cleaning Rio's polluted bay

Bacterial 'Hunger Games' could help in the fight against infectious diseases

The reign of 'King Coal' may be coming to an end. What's next?

Minecraft is not just fun — it's changing education

Why screams are scary

Mosquitoes are developing resistance to insecticides

What can the Indian Ocean plane wreckage tell us?

Climate change is fueling a spike in wildfires across the Americas

Bringing back the prairie dog will help restore the ancient grasslands of Mexico and the American We