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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A new book documents China’s exploitation of Tibet’s natural resources

How the arms race in dung beetles could be instructive for human geopolitics

The northeastern US isn't quite a winter 'wonderland' for refugees from warmer countries

Kickstarter is going to the Moon in a new crowdfunded space mission

Can Hemingway help break down the barriers between the US and Cuba?

Boozy birds in the Canadian Yukon can end up in the drunk tank

As fracking booms, waste spills rise — and so do arsenic levels in groundwater

George Washington Carver overcame segregation and Jim Crow laws to become one of America's most infl

Google is teaming up with environmental groups to help fight illegal fishing

Is the Internet equal around the world?

An Italian appeals court overturns the convictions of six scientists accused of not warning people a

Barack Obama and Xi Jinping look to a future with lower carbon emissions

A new study pieces together the puzzle of insect evolution

Europe makes history by putting its lander safely down on a speeding comet

This new scientific journal is kind of like YouTube, but without the cats

This bike path is made entirely of solar panels

US Internet speeds lag their international peers, but some cities are taking action

An ornamental garden grass is causing problems along a wild, scenic river in Oregon

Automation in our jobs is both a blessing and a curse

EPA approves a new herbicide for GMO crops and lawsuits follow