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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Are we witnessing the death of 'uh'? Um, maybe.

Riding the bus through Japan's forbidden nuclear zone

The flood of the half-century — and you probably haven't heard about it

How pro-Assad hackers pretending to be women tricked Syrian rebels

Scientists have engineered a bacteria with a genetic 'kill switch'

Coral off the coast of Cuba is flourishing — a rare glimmer of hope for this threatened ecosystem

A rising tide lifts Iceland — literally

A fossil flexes its muscle in Newfoundland, but it can't keep thieves away

One woman's plan to take your creativity back from your phone — by making you bored

A US-Russian pair is trying to smash the 'holy grail' of ballooning records

Canadians vote for a national bird, and the loon is in the lead

The energy efficiency revolution is coming — just don't tell consumers

It's a day of wild winter weather for PRI's The World

A Canadian photographer captures images of a whale 'poopnado'

Scientists think they may have found a way to rewire your brain to like healthy foods

Is the notion of 'innate genius' widening science's gender gap?

Relations with Russia chill, and nuclear security cooperation gets put on ice

Greenpeace names activists behind a failed stunt at Peru climate talks

Cyber security — and broadband access — is on President Obama's mind

How the US caught North Korea "spear phising" against Sony