PRI's The World Science

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There's a new weapon in the battle against wildfires — goats

Rain barrels, wrigglers and rising temperatures bring concern about malaria to urban England

Deep seabed mining is a new — and lightly regulated — ecological experiment

This Iraq war veteran goes back to Iraq on a different mission: to save the wetlands

Scientists are starting to worry about 'conscious' machines, as in the movie 'Transcendence'

A new report finds nations are woefully unprepared for Arctic oil spills

LEGO's new line of female scientists features an astronomer and a paleontologist

China announces its own plan to rein in carbon emissions

Greenpeace decides to create a fracking well — under David Cameron's home

A new study shows that koalas cuddle trees to keep cool

Listening to the 'music' of brain seizures could help epilepsy patients

This Italian farmer is fighting for the right to grow genetically modified corn on his land

In the Philippines, underwater gold mining comes with small payoffs and big risks

Obama's climate plan targets coal, but it will face challenges

Is China the real target for Obama's sweeping new carbon rules?

If you can't afford an expensive air filter to deal with the smog in China, you can build a DIY mode

Tunisians are taking 'trash selfies' in an effort to get cleaner streets

Pablo Escobar may be long gone, but his hippos are still a big problem for Colombia

Even as cyberwar rages, we can't really decide what cyberwar is

Pakistani health officials are having a tough time getting parents to vaccinate their kids