(Inside Science) -- With the new year, the world faces many of the same challenges it dealt with in 2020, but with some signs that changes may be coming. The United States saw the inauguration of a new president. In Brazil, demonstrators protested against their current president as COVID-19 cases spread. Around the world, researchers studied other challenges that the environment faces.
is not true -- but the myth did go viral. A research team at Boston University sought out a better understanding of how misinformation about COVID-19 was disseminated across eight English-speaking countries. Using Google Trends, they were able to determine that ill-informed rumors proliferated exponentially across countries, much like any other virus." data-credit="">
