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- World's largest offshore wind farm begins construction
- World's first truly smart contact lens will feature built-in display
- Microsoft aims to be carbon negative by 2030
- 2060-2080 – The next Nankai megathrust earthquake occurs
- World's first "living robots"
- Liver storage time increased from 12 hours to one week
- Record fall in U.S. cancer death rate
- Longevity breakthrough: 500% increase in nematode lifespan
- Deep Genomics raises $40 million in series B financing
- Earth-sized exoplanet found in habitable zone
- 2020 – First orbital test flight of the SpaceX Starship
- 2020 – Great conjunction
- 2020 – Internet use reaches 5 billion worldwide
- 2020 – The PlayStation 5 is launched