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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Dogs get the call to protect rhinos in Kenya from poachers

Is seven your favorite number? We thought so. Here's what it says about you

That goat may be a whole lot smarter than it looks

Has the hydrogen fuel car finally arrived? Automakers are betting on it

The discovery of a new 'dwarf planet' expands our view of the solar system

London commuters deal with a new hardship — clouds of African dust

Was it luck or preparedness? What explains the low death toll in Chile's earthquake?

A shifting climate could mean trouble for one of Africa’s staple crops

Oil-chewing bacteria may be the future for quickly cleaning toxic oil spills

Oil production in North America is booming. And the spills are multiplying

UN scientists tell us, ready or not, here comes climate change

Why China is turning to Chicago for advice on its new skyscrapers

Japan told it can't hunt whales near Antarctica — because it's not scientific

A trillion different roses would all smell sweet — and different

Someday, you may store your solar or wind power in a 'rhubarb battery' from Harvard

Restoring a once mighty river that has slowed to a trickle

After 500 or so years, beavers have mysteriously returned to England

Why do we depend on 1960s technology to locate missing planes?

If you think you've seen it all — how about a jellyfish that can actually get younger?

An oceanographer tells why it will be so tough to find missing Flight 370 in the Indian Ocean