In science news around the world, the United States reports record numbers of COVID-19 diagnoses and hospitalizations, with increases across almost all states. The European Parliament negotiates an unexpected €4 billion boost to Horizon Europe, the European Union's next research funding program, but basic science may still see a funding squeeze in 2021. Tristan da Cunha, a U.K. overseas territory, announces a marine reserve that will be the Atlantic Ocean's largest. The Dueling Dinosaurs—entwined fossils of what appear to be a juvenile Tyrannosaurus rex and a Triceratops horridus, discovered in Montana—are sold for $6 million to the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences, where they will be publicly displayed. Prominent French microbiologist Didier Raoult will face a disciplinary hearing next year for promoting the antimalarial drug hydroxychloroquine as a COVID-19 treatment despite a lack of evidence that it works.

在世界各地的科学新闻中，美国报道了创纪录的COVID-19诊断和住院人数，几乎所有州都在增加。欧洲议会协商出意想不到的40亿欧元促进欧洲联盟下一个研究资助计划Horizo​​n Europe的投入，但基础科学可能仍会在2021年出现资金紧缩。英国海外领土Tristan da Cunha宣布将建立一个海洋保护区大西洋最大。决斗恐龙—似乎是少年霸王龙和三角龙的化石，在蒙大拿州发现的，以600万美元的价格卖给了北卡罗莱纳州自然科学博物馆，并在那里进行公开展示。著名的法国微生物学家迪迪埃·拉乌尔（Didier Raoult）明年将面临纪律听证会，尽管缺乏有效的证据，但他还是将抗疟药羟氯喹作为COVID-19疗法推广。