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.

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Keeping our planet cooler just got a little easier

'The Hidden Life of Trees' asks us to rethink our relationship to the world's forests

What happens in our brains when we look at art?

What’s the future of your commute?

Cholera spreads in Haiti in the wake of Hurricane Matthew

Samsung halts production of exploding phone due to explosions

Environmentalists to millennials: Donald Trump's climate policies are dangerous

Paris moves to ban older, polluting cars from its streets

There's a hospital in the United Arab Emirates that serves only falcons

After quick action, the Paris climate deal is set to go into effect way earlier than expected

Nobel winners get cash, a gold medal and a piece of original art

We need phosphate to grow food. But should we be digging it up from the sea floor?

A scientist and her team wish their Rosetta comet probe a bittersweet farewell

Is 'last-chance tourism' good or bad for endangered places?

Redwoods and fog: a love story

President Obama just created the Atlantic's first national marine monument. What is it?

The war over wine, water and fuel in New York’s Finger Lakes

Can a lawsuit against the EPA help solve ocean acidification?

A physicist who proved Einstein right started by tinkering with the family record player

French Chablis makers can't take another tiny harvest. So they're bringing in anti-hail cannons