The 100 greatest innovations of 2020

The 33rd annual Best of What’s New awards.

Popular Science Staff
Updated: December 2, 2020

Latest

Apple’s rumored VR headset could be very powerful and extremely pricy
The best hair dryer: Get a salon-worthy blowout at home
RIP Loon, Google’s balloon-based cellular network
Local languages are dying out and taking invaluable knowledge with them
How rural America is making the haphazard vaccine rollout work
The best external hard drives: Expand your file storage
The FCC is about to undergo a huge shift that could drastically affect the internet
The best microwaves: This way for buttery popcorn and tempting leftovers
The US is back in the Paris Agreement. What does that mean?