Here are the highlights from a busy year in space launches
So many things launched into space this year: Six humans traveled aboard commercial crew vehicles, three spacecraft began journeys to Mars and several hundred...
Lisa Grossman
This might be the most valuable Hot Wheels car
You can buy most Hot Wheels cars for about a dollar at Target, Wal-Mart or pretty much any local drugstore. But for Bruce Pascal,...
The coolest ancient weapons discovered in 2020
Here are nine cool ancient weapons discovered this year.
Chinese journalist who covered Wuhan Covid-19 outbreak jailed
Zhang Zhan, 37, an independent Chinese journalist who reported from Wuhan at the height of the initial coronavirus outbreak, has been jailed for four...
How the pandemic brought a rising tide of hunger to Europe
Life wasn’t easy for Patricia, even before the pandemic hit.
An Australian green energy project could provide nearly all of Singapore’s electricity
Deep in northeast Australia’s outback, underneath grassy eucalypt woodlands and vast grazing lands scattered with cattle stations, lies one of the world’s largest known...
Opinion: How to distribute Covid-19 vaccines fairly around the world
As the number of countries that have authorized the use of a Covid-19 vaccine grows, many are sighing with anticipated relief. Yet now comes...
US surpasses 19 million COVID-19 cases: Johns Hopkins
Author: AFP ID: 1609124034469061400 Mon, 2020-12-28 06:27 WASHINGTON: The United States surpassed 19 million coronavirus cases Sunday, figures from Johns Hopkins University showed, adding...
‘I would never go back’: Horrors grow in Ethiopia’s conflict
Author: By NARIMAN EL-MOFTY and HALELUYA HADERO | AP ID: 1609139652589485100 Mon, 2020-12-28 07:05 HAMDAYET, Sudan: One survivor arrived on broken legs, others on...
Analysis: China’s UK envoy leaving after combative tenure
One of China’s original “wolf warrior” diplomats is set to resign, ending a combative tenure dominated by controversies over Beijing’s policies in Hong Kong...
A new treatment could restore some mobility in people paralyzed by strokes 
What has Perseverance found in two years on Mars? 
This robot automatically tucks its limbs to squeeze through spaces 
Greta Thunberg’s new book urges the world to take climate action now