In science news around the world, the European Commission proposes spending €13 billion on military R&D from 2021 to 2027, of which €4.1 billion would be for research—a 20-fold increase over an existing pilot fund. The British Business Bank, a public company owned by the U.K. government, unveils a £2.5 billion fund called British Patient Capital that will make long-term investments in technology companies. Google announces plans to open an artificial intelligence research center in Accra later this year, its first such laboratory in Africa. Israel says it will begin pumping desalinated water into the Sea of Galilee starting next year to alleviate the effects of a 5-year drought. The launch of the European Space Agency's Euclid mission to study dark energy will be delayed by 2 years to 2022 because of problems with its infrared sensors.

在世界各地的科学新闻中，欧盟委员会提议从2021年到2027年在军事研发上花费130亿欧元，其中41亿欧元将用于研究，是现有试点基金的20倍。英国商业银行是英国政府拥有的一家上市公司，它推出了一项名为British Patient Capital的25亿英镑基金，该基金将对技术公司进行长期投资。谷歌宣布计划于今年晚些时候在阿克拉开设一个人工智能研究中心，这是其在非洲的第一个此类实验室。以色列表示将从明年开始将淡化水注入加利利海，以减轻5年干旱的影响。由于其红外传感器存在问题，欧洲航天局的欧几里德研究暗能量的任务的发射将推迟2年到2022年。