Here’s what people Googled this year as they tried to make sense of 2020
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SCIENTIFIC NEWS
Missing link in pterosaur origins discovered
An enigmatic group of Triassic reptiles might be a close relative of pterosaurs.
Elon Musk says he has moved to Texas
Tesla’s CEO says he has relocated to the Lone Star State.
This gym is expanding even as Covid cases soar
During the depths of the pandemic, all 1,400 Orangetheory Fitness studios around the world went dark. The future looked bleak for this fitness brand...
Tripadvisor’s app, and more than 100 others, have just been blocked in China
China says it has pulled Tripadvisor from mobile app stores in the country as the government embarks on a fresh bid to “clean up”...
Chinese-made COVID-19 vaccine is 86% effective, early data suggest
The United Arab Emirates has approved the vaccine based on this data.
Zombie fires and vanishing sea ice in the Arctic may be permanent
From vanishing sea ice to blistering air temperatures to zombie fires, climate change is reshaping the Arctic. And that transformation may be permanent, researchers...
Escaz: Historic Step Towards Protecting Human Rights Defenders in Latin America and the Caribbean
MEXICO, Dec 09 (IPS) – The global health crisis that has marked 2020 did not put an end to another pandemic that has been...
When will COVID-19 vaccines start to make a difference?
A new model projects how case rates, hospitalizations and deaths will fall as COVID-19 vaccinations begin.
Anti-extremism plan is law of freedom, says France PM
Author: AFP ID: 1607523428792381600 Wed, 2020-12-09 13:59 PARIS: The French government defended a draft law clamping down on extremism on Wednesday as a “law...
For Brazil’s Indigenous youth, visibility is resistance 
The Mediterranean’s own odyssey: An ecological treasure feels the strain 
Peacock party takes pride of place in nod to decades of turbulent history 
‘Sudan is losing another generation’ to war, Mohammed warns