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 organic-approved weed control technique is poised for the big time

'Bacterial nanowires' may lead to breakthroughs in semiconductors, fuel cells and more

When environmental activists march in New York, look for immigrants at the head of the parade

Your paper brain and your Kindle brain aren't the same thing

Should we even call computer problems 'viruses' anymore?

A journalist returns to his hometown in Kashmir after the worst flood in a century

With climate marches across the globe, the US walks gingerly toward a climate summit in Paris

A rare colossal squid was dissected in New Zealand — and you can watch it on YouTube

China is planning the world's largest carbon trading market —and could take the global lead on clima

Scientists prepare for a historic landing on a 'seething and sputtering and spitting' comet

Get ready for a manufacturing revolution, as the 'maker movement' goes mainstream

Even the symbol of America is now at risk from climate change

Want to be a woman entrepreneur? Here's advice from those who have made it

Here's how to keep that old cell phone you're about to toss from becoming toxic e-waste in a develop

Taxi sharing in NYC could be a godsend — but would New Yorkers go for it?

The latest news on the ozone layer shows we can solve big environmental problems

The wreck of a long-lost ship from the Franklin Expedition has been found in the Canadian Arctic

Apple is banking on the fact that you will want to wear your tech on your sleeve

At the Darién Gap, the Pan-American Highway's 30,000 mile journey is interrupted by 100 miles of bar

Here's the green success story of the California blue whale