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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An Artist Who Hears Colors, Scientists Rescue Frogs in ‘Amphibian Arks,’ New Clues Explain An Ancien

Sea Turtle Poaching in China, Can You Taste the Difference Between the Sounds? Goats Have Accents To

Humans Increasing Global Plant Diversity, Introduce Elephants and Rhinos in Australia? Earworms-Tune

Scientist Warned of Tsunami in Japan, Gabon’s Eco-tourism Efforts Stumble, Publishing Negative Resul

Stephen Hawking on the Future of Humankind, Lake Kivu’s Energy Promises

Listening to the Deep Sea, Illegal Bird Trapping in Cyprus, Saudi Company Invests in Rice Production

Mystery Kidney Disease in Central America, New Bird Flu Research Sparks Terrorism Fears, Beethoven’s

Climate Talks Face Stalemate, Sea Level Rise Speeds Up, Satellites Reveal Violence Along Sudan's Bor

New Report On the Fukushima Disaster, DNA Technology Counters Overfishing, How Ants Wage War

Crowdsourcing Darwin’s Study on Human Emotions, Climate Change Affects Ugandan Coffee Cultivation

World Population at Seven Billion, A Dutch Science Scandal

Malaria Vaccine Trial Brings Good News, The Dying Trees of France’s Canal du Midi

Oldest Known Paint Workshop, Australia’s Water Wars

Promoting Happiness as Public Policy, Prehistoric Cave Art by Kids

Israel’s Oil Dream, Laughter Fights Pain, Italian Scientists on Trial

Resilience of Trauma Survivors, Improving Tsunami Warning Systems, Reviving Ancient Incan Agricultur

Amazon Atlases, Hot Weather and Conflict, Galapagos Creationists

Food Crisis in East Africa, What Constitutes a Famine? Saturn's Giant Storm

The History of Coconut Domestication, Beauty in the Brain of the Beholder

End of Rinderpest, How Smallpox Was Eradicated