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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Who built this mystery tunnel underneath Toronto?

The FCC prepares for its historic net neutrality vote

How the warming Arctic might be behind Boston's deep freeze

The worst droughts in 1,000 years may be on the horizon for the American West

A trip to Mars is a lifetime dream — and excellent reality TV

China's American canal could sacrifice Nicaragua's great lake

Forget the floating Pacific garbage patch — new trash entering the oceans is much worse

Native American tribes unite to fight the Keystone pipeline and government 'disrespect'

Someday we may be heating homes and businesses with personal computers

A proposed Ohio gas pipeline is raising safety and property rights concerns for landowners in Ohio

Here's what happens when increasingly severe weather meets deforestation

Change in climate and energy strategy is a key for the GOP’s road to the White House

Your smart TV may be spying on you — and stopping it is against the law

Rogue fishermen beware: Big Brother is watching you

Big snow in a warming world. What's up with that?

You think the snow in the US is bad? Spare a thought for Iranians caught in a dust storm

New technology could turn your smartphone into a lab to test for STDs

Saving our fisheries and feeding a growing population are both possible

Can Italy build another Renaissance?

The FCC delivers an Internet declaration of independence