If you’ve ever eaten sushi, then you have probably also eaten the red algae called porphyra. That’s the species used for the dried edible seaweed sheets.

One in five of all mammal species on the planet today are bats.

Wondering about the 2024 Artemis mission to the moon? NASA is working on a new spacesuit – the first redesign in 40 years – that’s called the Exploration Extravehicular Mobility Unit. Currently, it’s being tested underwater in the Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory at Johnson Space Center in Houston.

London psychic Nicolas Aujula, who claims he predicted COVID-19, says he believes Tom Cruise, Natalie Portman, and Kim Kardashian will all experience some sort of heartache in 2021.

The age of Aquarius began on December 21, 2020, with the conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn.

This article appears in January 1 • 2021.

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