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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How 'letters to the future' are putting the spotlight on climate action now

How to bring out the wild in zoo animals

Welcome to Carmel, Indiana — 'Roundabout City, USA'

2016 brought more record temperatures. So what climate course will the US and Trump set in 2017?

Seeking the long-lost 'City of the Monkey God' in dense Honduras jungle

Millennials are the new 'fossil fuel freedom fighters'

Three ways to die on Venus, and other space facts

The art and science of composing movie scores

Ever thought someone who died was already dead? Science can explain that.

Muslim environmentalists give their religion — and their mosques — a fresh coat of green

A village's first female chief ended illegal logging with spies and checkpoints

Oh, for fox sake: Thousands of Londoners join petition to ban 'fox cull'

There's an intriguing theory that illiterate miners invented the alphabet

Why the moons of Uranus are named after characters in Shakespeare

Listen to the audio sorcery used in the Broadway show 'The Encounter'

This Republican holds out hope for a Trump conversion on climate change

Sweden tries to curb buy-and-throw-away culture through tax breaks

This lost Native language of Massachusetts is waking up again

One man is planting mangroves in Indonesia to stave off tragedy

Germany finds itself in the center of the cyberstorm