PRI's The World Science

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A US-trained scientist was deported, then became the 'father of Chinese rocketry'

Updating the $50 billion plan to defend and restore the Gulf Coast

Can we develop immunity against fake news?

Why the shortage of veggies in UK shops? Lettuce find out.

The 'single biggest assault' against environmental policies?

How Iranian scientists at one Harvard lab are reacting to Trump’s immigration restrictions

Rio’s water cleanup barely works and it’s crimping impoverished fishermen

A new report recommends updating the 'social cost' of carbon calculation

The rarest porpoise in the world is on the verge of disappearing forever

Dads give birth and other interesting facts about seahorse pregnancies

A little lizard in Puerto Rico is adapting quickly to big-city life

People around the world are helping the US save its climate data

President Donald Trump isn't the only world leader denying climate change

Trump gives the go-ahead to two controversial oil pipelines. Canada's PM sees it as a business oppor

What the Mexico City rule means to women around the world

Now blooming in the desert: Morocco's grand dream of energy independence

Companies remind Trump: What’s good for the planet can be good for business

An independent study confirms NOAA's conclusion that the Earth is getting warmer

Obama's hidden, and surprising, fossil fuel legacy

Coal country is pinning its hopes on Trump